Last couple of photos of High Blantyre Main Street for now. From 1980, this is former tenements at Kirkland Place. Similar views of the north side of the street, with Cemetery Road in the distance on the far left. Photos courtesy of Willie McClelland.
The end of era for this building at High Blantyre, when in the early 1980’s it was demolished. Just prior in 1980, photographed here and kindly shared by Willie Mclelland. Who remembers SPAR and APOLLO TAXIs at Kirkland Place on the north side of Main Street, High Blantyre? The road leading off on the left […]
Cath McInally shared this excellent photo of the last days of the Kirkland Place, the former tenement on the north side of Main Street. The entrance to Cemetery Road would have been just out the photo to the left. Taken around 1980, perhaps you remember the Spar, Apollo Taxis, Pandoras Box or Jean Weavers shop? […]
Continuing our look at Kirkland Place, the former double storey tenement on Main Street. The final few shops during the 1920s pictured on the left were Andrew Gilmours grocers on the far left. A woman with a baby in a shawl stands at 80 Main Street which in the mid 1920s was Daniel Dow’s Butchers […]
This photo is a zoomed in part of a lovely postcard from the 1920’s. Pictured is the former Commercial Bank at the corner of Main Street and Cemetery Road. The Bank was part of a double storey tenement named ‘Kirkland Place‘ (not to be confused with Kirklea Cottage or Kirklea Place, the terraced houses on […]