On May 13, 1893, John Hamilton, a 41-year-old man from High Blantyre, tragically died after tripping over a signal wire while crossing the rail line to catch a train to Glasgow. He was struck by a moving train, leaving behind a widow and three children. This incident followed a similar tragedy just weeks prior.
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]