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Thanks to Stephen McGuigan for sending in and sharing this photo, which was taken in the early 1980s, from High Blantyre’s Forres Street, looking over towards Main Street. The photo demonstrates exactly why this housing estate, built in 1970, had a local nickname of being “The Jerusalem Houses”, a term some people still use […]

Last ‘Jerusalem’ House Roofed

Digital Reporter

August 26, 2014

Blantyre Buildings

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Not meaning to post about anybody’s house here in particular, but I thought this was an interesting post as the dates are well recorded. Pictured here in 2007 is the last roof being placed on the ‘Jerusalem’ Houses, High Blantyre. This affectionate nickname was given to this housing estate due to the nature of the […]