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 […]
During the 1930’s, situated between Logan Street moving east was a small wooded area, which ran through to Church Street. The wood ran alongside the drill hall, what we know now as “Terminal One” Youth building. The name “St John’s Wood” was common to the 1930’s and 1940’s era and was less used post […]
Another fantastic photo taken from Auchinraith Bing, this time looking westwards right across Blantyre. The date is 2nd June 1958 and Anthony Smith has shared the photo. Of course the most prominent feature in this photo isn’t Logan Street in the background or indeed Auchinraith Road or railway, but is actually the light coloured prefab […]
A photo of Glasgow Road from 1903. In the middle of the picture, Logan Street leads off to the right (which now would be the road leading up to ASDA petrol Station. The Priory Pub is a notable feature as is the tall Turners Building at the corner of Logan Street, which later would […]
Lets talk about the little piece of green land at the corner of Glasgow Road and Logan Street near the petrol Station. Many people will remember the old post office that used to stand there, opening in 1953, demolished in the early 1980s. Before that was Turner’s Building and at that very corner a […]
This photo dates from around 1976 or 1977. It’s the end of an era for Glasgow Road as many buildings lay empty and vacant, ready for demolition. Some business still traded through right up until the point of neighbouring properties being demolished. The scene looks eastwards towards Hamilton and putting it in context, the photographer […]
About one o’clock on the last Sunday afternoon in August 1940, a considerable excitement prevailed among tenants residing at Central Buildings on the Glasgow Road. Word soon spread known that a large portion of the three-story property situated at Logan Street had suddenly collapsed and many tons of bricks, mortar and some wood crashed down into […]