Norma Marr in Calgary has shared this charming photo of a former house in High Blantyre. Pictured in 1969 is the previous Calderside Cottage, part of the Calderside Rows. Norma told me, “Our uncle, James Downie, was born there.” Despite the well kept look of the terraced row, these homes were demolished not long […]
Tag: MacFarlanes
Calderside Landfill Mystery solved
On 30th August 2015, a mystery was presented to me, and solved in the same day by another person. Blantyre man Gordon Cook took this photo in 1974. He asked, “The photo is just before McFarlane’s scrap yard, where the wee car park is today before you turn the corner into Calderside and on to Camp […]


