Ian Cochran has given us permission to show this picture of him playing at the Lido’s little beach, as a wee boy in 1956. In the background is Bothwell Bridge. Ian is the boy on the right. He added, “Hi. I’m the one on the right of picture but the boy on the left cant remember […]
Saturday 22nd June 1935 was a hot, warm Summer’s day in Blantyre and also a day where small crowds had gathered near the Lido , at Bothwell Bridge. Whilst a growing rising threat brewed in Europe, this Summer celebration was a commemoration service to mark the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The service took place in the field […]
A remarkable photo exactly a hundred years old of the Lido at Bothwell Bridge. Taken in 1913, this photo shows a boy playing in the River Clyde during Summer months. This was a good 20 years before the park was built (now the EK expressway). On the Bothwell Bridge, to the far left stands a […]
This beautiful and well tended scene was photographed in the late 1930s. Most Blantyre people will recognise Bothwell Bridge on the very fringes of Blantyre. The lovely and exquisite park was laid out and constructed in the mid 1930s on the Blantyre side of the River Clyde Banks. As can be seen, the grass was […]