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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Several people in the last couple of decades have referred to this photo of Kirkton Park as being taken in 1957. However, I wish to correct this. Whilst the flower beds certainly existed in the 1950’s, the picture was actually taken in the 1970’s, and I suspect in the early 1970’s. I have a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sitting at home on 29th December having a relaxing festive break, I commented to my wife early in the morning what a beautiful crisp day it was and how blue the sky was. By half an hour later, a real thick fog had descended. It came down so rapidly that it prompted me to lift […]