A previously unseen photo of Main Street, High Blantyre. To put this in context, the tenement you see is now the Shanghai Wok. I think this is likely 1953, during the Queen’s Coronation. Union Jack flags are on the buildings and strung across the street. D&R Ritchie Joiners and Glazers is the sign on the […]
How about this for an amazing photo! This is Main Street in High Blanyre, photographed from the middle of the road at High Blantyre Cross looking east down Main Street. What’s remarkable about this 1890’s photo is everything you see in this picture is no longer here. The people. The fire hydrant, the old Kirk […]
The children’s annual gala day in connection with Blantyre Co-operative Society was held on Saturday 24th June 1916. The children from Stonefield assembled at the Society’s premises on Glasgow Road, where they were marshalled in processional order, and headed by Blantyre Silver Band and the Salvation Army Band, marched via Auchinraith to the Society’s premises […]
Agnes Cook sent me a message saying, “Can you look into 159 and 161 Main Street, High Blantyre for me please.?My great grandparents home (159)” Well, I do have a few notes on this house. There is an added complexity though, as this property like many on Main Street has had several names and addresses! […]
Its worth sharing this photo this particular week, if only as it’s exactly 100 years old! Yes, this photo was taken in April 1920 meaning its a Century old. It is of course Main Street in High Blantyre and has been exclusively colourised for Blantyre Project. On the right beyond the entrance to Preistfield, are […]
Stuart McIntosh shared this photo. From 1982, it was taken at High Blantyre Cross from outside Carrigans. The old Church Hall would be just out the photo to the right. A simple photo taken of the memorial, but suddenly now, 38 years later, interesting in its own right.
A couple of photos next, once shared from Cath McInally. I suspect they’re from the 1990s or just after and show a parade on Main Street, just outside the Dales near the top of Broompark Road. Also pictured is a gala at High Blantyre’s Kirkton Park. Anybody know the year or recognise anybody? Featuring Blantyre Project […]