Stephen Anderson kindly shared this great photo, which I’m sure loads of people will recognise. Yes, its the bottom of Stonefield Road and you can see that Mickey’s Cafe has been demolished, the rest of the building still intact. Anybody remember this. Now here’s the thing…..can you tell me what the year is!? Featuring Blantyre […]
Following demolition of Minto’s Buildings, Dervoch Cottage, Broompark Place, Clyde Cottages, the workshops on Glasgow Road and the tenement houses and shops at the bottom of Stonefield Road, a new housing estate sprang up at the corner during the early 1990’s. The estate was named to remember the Valerio family who had traded at […]
Ah, the Café de Royal or more commonly known as Mickeys Café on Stonefield Road. I’m sure this will be fondly remembered by many people, even right into the 1970s. A popular order was 2 scoops of ice cream with any choice of ginger (juice). Tommy, Nancy and Velma worked there. It was allegedly […]