Over the next few months, I’ll be posting daily with extracts from my open book draft about the entire history of Glasgow Road. Collecting the social history and comments from many thousands of people on this site over the last few years, I’ll be further exploring, every Glasgow Road building through each Century, […]
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Colin’s Milk Bottle Collection
In June 2015, I was contacted by Colin Gray, who has a remarkable collection. He told me, “I found your site while trying to find some information about an old 1930s milk bottle ( I collect them from 20 miles around East Kilbride) from Thos Watson, High Blantyre. Your website farming section was excellent and […]
2014 Fields at Newhouse
Pictured here in September 2014 are the green fields above Hamilton Drive at Newhouse. The leaves are just starting to change colour on the trees. The hay waiting to be collected on farm fields, that offer spectacular views not just of Blantyre but of all the valley right across to the Campsies in the distance. […]
1747 Springwells Map
Whilst i’ve referred to this section of the map as Springwells, the date of 1747, is long before any reference to Springwells. The area though is well known as are some features, properties and areas such as Craighead and Whistleberry. Bothwell was nothing more than a handful of homes and there was a small community […]