On 7th July 1898, a letter appeared in the Glasgow Herald, sent in by W.G which gave an interesting, written description of the decaying Blantyre Works Village at the time. Pictured in that era is one of the larger mill buildings, derelict with windows broken to suitably illustrate. “Sir, If my letter of the 13th […]
Further to my article the other day about where it was alleged that the sundial from Crossbasket was taken to Tudor House in Washington, USA, I’ve now been able to confirm that is indeed the case. There was a story about the sundial being taken by the Peter family across the Atlantic in the early […]
This photo is the former Bridge Mill up at High Blantyre near Crossbasket. It’s actually over the Parish Boundary and was in the 19th Century milled amongst others, by the Forrest family. Nature is certainly surely but surely taking over, destroying the above ground ruins and slowly infilling the deep void below ground. With thanks […]
The next in a new series of colourised old photos. Here’s what happens when you put a quality 1904 black and white image and colourise. A hundred and sixteen year old photo brought back to life in colour, letting us see what the demolition of Blantyre Mills must have looked like! In the foreground the […]
In 1889, the Blantyre Works Village, and especially the mills suffered a serious crisis. Except for the weaving factory which was still continued on vigorously by Messrs R. Kerr & Co, the famous Blantyre mills stopped working, with the turkey red dyeing mill exposed to the auction hammer. The mills stopped to a standstill, by […]
Here’s the full photo from 1900 or just before showing the expansive Blantyre Works Mills, the sweeping Clyde at the bend. If you look closely you’ll see the gardens on the left hand side, the whitewashed double storey homes of Waterloo Row and the old suspension bridge. On the opposite bank, on the horizon is […]
Thanks to Alex Rochead for sharing this illustration of Blantyre Works Mills. I hadn’t seen it before so was delighted to see the detail. On the left is the Powerloom mill and after the break in the buildings, on the right is the Cotton Mill. The Madder mill out the picture to the right. […]