Elizabeth Weaver shared this beautiful photo, a first time certainly I’ve ever seen the former Paddling Pool at High Blantyre Park. (Kirkton Park). Located near the entrance to Broompark Avenue, the paddling pool I believe was built in the 1940s, though this photo dates around 1950. The houses at Broompark Avenue are in the background. […]
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Park Bothy, 2000
Who remembers the Park ‘Bothy’? It’s been gone for 2 decades. Here it is in its final months back in 2000. A large, redundant store, prone to being broken into….often! It certainly didn’t look so great and for many….people were pleased to see it go. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by […]
Kirkton Park, 2000
Staying with the Millennium year 2000, here’s Kirkton Park (High Blantyre Park). Before the current zipwire and play equipment was installed, the central large, open field was underused, and often too marshy to play football on. Further up, near the trees at the seats, even 2 decades ago as pictured then, it was regularly an […]
Interesting Photos
My good friend and history colleague Robert Stewart shared these 3 interesting photos with me recently. Robert added, 1) The aerial photo is from July 1965. Points of interest, the scar on the ground, bottom right, the start of the ground works for the EK Expressway, and top centre, the railway embankment next to […]
1955 Kirkton Park
Mr George Park has a real talent for restoring and making old photos look amazing! Like this one, shared this evening with Blantyre Project. Pictured in 1955, is Kirkton Park, High Blantyre, taken from a vantage point just over my own garden wall , looking eastwards, towards Broompark Road. The camera is near the slope […]
1970s Kirkton Park
Large Crowd for Kirkton Park – 1933
On Saturday 17h June 1933, Blantyre saw perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled in the town, all descending upon High Blantyre, when 12,000 people attended the Loyal Orange Order Parade. The annual event saw the turn of Blantyre to host the National event, which accounted for the large numbers of crowds. No less than 18 flute […]
2015 High Blantyre Gala Day Success
After the warm, sunny weather Blantyre had at the Gala Day back in June, could it REALLY be another beautifully warm day for High Blantyre’s Gala Day! A resounding YES, it absolutely was! The sun came out, and people headed out to Kirkton Park in T Shirts and shorts and from midday onwards, Kirkton Park […]