This postcard dating from around 1908, illustrates two of the methods used by Blantyre people to raise funds for good causes. Similar means were employed in later years for the fundraising for the “Cottage Hospital”. Organ grinders collected cash, while postcards featuring them such as this one , were sold to raise money too. […]
Looking at this photo taken by David Ritchie in 1905, it is clear the Greenhall Entrance Lodge (at the top of the hill) had some fine details to its architecture. Zooming in on the photo revealed that the soffits and fascia boards were ornately carved in wood and that the windows are arched, of a […]
This postcard dates from around 1905-1910. Pictured is Calderwood Lodge House, on Stoneymeadow Road, High Blantyre. Part of East Kilbride Parish, this little lodge house sits immediately over the Blantyre Parish boundary and was the main gate entrance to nearby Calderwood Castle. A long avenue was constructed around the same time as the lodge leading […]
With thanks to Gordon Cook for providing this article about the Masonic Halls of Glasgow Road. Back to the early 1900s, a great bazaar was held to raise funding (for the new hall), and along with donations and subscriptions, the Lodge hierarchy were soon able to engage architects to draw up plans for new chambers […]
The following article was emailed to me by Gordon Cook, who has taken time to research the Masonic Halls of Glasgow Road. It is spread over 2 articles, this one for the older hall at Forrest Street, and a Part 2 for the newer hall at Stonfield, Glasgow Road. Thanks to Gordon for sharing. Blantyre’s […]
On the Stoneymeadow Road, nestled in the old stone wall, directly outside Calderwood Lodge House (just before Allers Farm), is a hole in the wall. It looks quite odd to see a formed hole in the wall, and is believed to once have housed an old post box. I found it fairly strange when pointed […]
Looking at the 1936 map of High Blantyre, I see that there were Tennis Courts at Crossbasket. About midway along the estate entrance road between the Lodge and Crossbasket House, was a large flat area which in the 1930’s was used as a tennis court. The playing fields do not appear on the 1910 map, […]