A nice picture from 1st December 2010 of something many people will fondly remember. The little wooden bridge at Milheugh, near the falls. Shortly after, the bridge was demolished, forcing walks to Greenhall along a more Eastern route of the River Calder. Thanks to Robert Stewart for sharing. This does bring back a lot of […]
In Spring 2014, I was given a copy of an old account of various historical events in Blantyre, primarily centering around Barnhill. This old account was given to Alex Rochead’s wife when she was a teacher at Auchinraith Primary. The words were actually written much earlier around 1940 and they relate to events 80 years […]
Curious about a mysterious postcard in the Hamilton reference library that was titled “Blantyre or Bothwell Mill” and wanting to know more about the Mill at Milheugh, Blantyre man Alex Rochead and I set out on a quest in March and April 2014 to find further information and investigate the mill in more detail. Alex […]
It is with sincere thanks to Gordon Cook and with his permission via Alex Rochead, that I have been permitted to share this previously unseen photograph of Millheugh Bridge, at the bottom of the Pech Brae. Although there’s no date on it, I’m confident from features on old maps showing the nearby mill(s) that it […]
Pictured here in 1915, is the older Milheugh Bridge (i.e this one was renovated and built upon in 1952). This old bridge had a peaked arch underneath, which was commonly thought by people at the time as being broken or stressed due to mine workings below. However, this was not the case, and the arch […]