Pictured in its final years in 2001 is Blantyre Health Centre. The Health Institute building on Blantyre’s Victoria Street was a vital building to the welfare of Blantyre people. Opened on 12th October 1928, it was initially a children’s clinic with a grand title of “The Public Health Institute and Children’s Welfare Centre”. Later however, […]
The redesigned health centre and The Haven, located in Victoria Street, Blantyre opened in May 2002. Pictured here by Robert Stewart, in all its brand new glory.
Alex Rochead has recently restored this old photo of Park Street (formerly thought incorrectly by J Cornfield as being Hall Street), Dixon’s Rows, Blantyre. The restoration sees the best quality yet of these Miners homes. When Alex emailed me it, I took some time to have a real good look at this photo. Dixons’s Rows were built in […]