On January 17th, I met Matt Boyle at the Barnhill Tavern to discuss his well-known family member, the late publican Matt Boyle of Auchinraith Vaults. We shared stories about their family history and explored fascinating anecdotes about his father and grandfather. The accompanying photo dates back to approximately 1906.
On the evening of Tuesday 19th September 1967, Matt Boyle, the High Blantyre publican had cashed up at his Main Street pub and was making his way home. He lived at a detached house near Kirkton Cross, which had the name “Parkhurst”, (pictured here in 2007 by Jim Brown) Matt, born in 1899 was 68 […]
I’ve found lately that if a house has a name, rather than address, and its kept that name for some time, I can usually find out a good history about it from old records, census and valuation roll. One such example of this is: Parkhurst, which was as a former detached stone house at 306 […]
A three storey block of modern flats located on the North side of Main Street, near its junction with Schoolhouse Lane. Built on the site of former Matt Boyle’s home, the flats are adjacent to Croftfoot and set slightly back off the Main Street itself. Demolition of the existing detached house happened during the last […]