Going back 30 years now and inside another old property. This time it’s Crossbasket House (long before any rebranding or renovation!). I forgot what a haphazard layout Crossbasket had back then, with only parts of the building in use, large parts of it neglected or damp. Back then it was in use by a cultural […]
This illustration shows the possible interior layout of the former, old High Blantyre Kirk, once located within the Kirkton Cemetery. Built in 1793, it had space for 360 worshippers but was not maintained very well and it a bad condition by the time it was demolished in 1863. The current High Blantyre Old Parish […]
This photograph shared by Lon McIlwraith is the glorious Back Room of Hastie’s Farm, just off Victoria Street, before the 1975 fire, taken from the end of the middle corridor. As you can see, it was very rustic looking, as one would imagine from the Stonefield Farm building. Old miner’s oil lamps hang from […]
Thank you to Jim Brown who earlier today allowed permission of this photo he took of Crossbasket. As readers of Blantyre Project will know by now, Jim’s wonderful photos adorn many articles here and within some pages of Blantyre Project books, each one with his kind permission. I have been privileged enough recently to be […]