If you’ve been away from Blantyre for any length of time recently, you may be surprised to see several large new developments under construction. The town is changing and one notable development is the new flats between Logan Street and Church Street. This great drone picture by Blantyre Drone Works shows the development well in […]
Annual Co-Operative Gala Days started in Blantyre in 1900. It’s worth a quick description of a special one held, 10 years later in 1910, if only because how exceptionally well it was attended and families of course had no idea of the horrors of war that would in a few short years after, descend in […]
Now this advert in the Hamilton Herald in 1910 certainly puzzled me. On one particular Saturday in December 1910 two tons of linoleum and 500 pairs of curtains were being sold at Logan Street, Blantyre. The strange thing is, knowing that Logan Street had only been formed for a few years earlier, in 1910, it […]
In September 1979, three streets in the centre of Blantyre were blocked off (for their own good, it was said!) Hamilton District Council had decided in August that year they would block off the end of Elm Street, Logan Street and Greenside Street because of redevelopment in the area. The plan was to prevent traffic […]
Beautiful sunrise over the Terminal One Building (end of Logan Street) this morning Wednesday 9th May 2018 at 4.50am. Foxes playing outside the doors. Photo: Blantyre Project Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said, Sandy Wilkie Keep the foxes there please, we’ll away […]
From the book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Turner’s Buildings (Central Buildings) One of the most populated buildings ever on Glasgow Road was the former Turner’s Buildings, or as they were also known, Central Buildings. Before we explore this, lets clear up yet ‘ainother incorrectly previously […]
Logan Street started off simply as a Auchinraith field boundary during the 19th Century, likely land belonging to the Craig family. By the 1870’s a small dead end street was formed when Priory Place was constructed at the eastern junction to Glasgow Road and the opposing ‘Turner’s Buildings’ to the West. An eminent man […]