Millardale – this contemporary house and garden was one of the original thatched weaving cottages of Hunthill. Located at 45 Hunthill Road, it was in recent decades home to the McLean family and is today well kept next door to the Weavers Gallery. The name appears to be derived from the Millar family who […]
A charming photo of Hunthill Road, still with gas lamps and several thatched cottages. The photo dates from the late 1930’s. The large sawmill factory chimney at High Blantyre, which was a tall as the steeple of the church, had been removed by this time. The building in the foreground also now demolished. Otherwise, […]
A new type of home was constructed in Blantyre in 1929. A decade before the Second World War, steel homes were built at Watson Street and at Hunthill Road to alleviate an accommodation shortage. In the valuation roll of 1930, they are noted as being owned by the County Council of Lanark. They were […]
On or around 17th May 1858, Mr David Smith a mason from East Kilbride entered into a 2 year agreement as an apprentice for James Aitkenhead. The Aitkenheads lived at Orchardhead, just off Hunthill Road and at this time, the house was fairly isolated with not even the school opposite built yet. Now, David served […]
This fantastic colour photo was taken during the 1960’s at High Blantyre. The vantage point is the former dismantled railway spanning over Hunthill Road, from a point where the two lines converged to the east of the northern railway bridge. Looking down Hunthill Road, many of the buildings on the western, left side still […]
Further photos showing the removal of the Railway Bridge at Hunthill Road. What is thought to be 1962 or 1963, the bridge removal is underway. Workmen have a stop/go board to continue letting pedestrians through, like these ladies going about their business unaffected by the work. The ladies are walking past the second Hunthill Railway […]
This previously unseen photo was taken on the day the Railway Bridges were removed at Hunthill Road. Looking up toward Kirkton along Hunthill Road, the police car is parked near the top of Stonefield Crescent. A crawler crane is in place with the burning of girders already commenced on the underside of the bridge. Incredibly, […]