As some readers may have heard, this week South Lanarkshire Council have received an initial application to build up 1200 houses along Westburn Road at the Calder Road, to the North of Blantyre, leading off Blantyreferme Road. The massive housing development is still at planning stage but is causing controversy in Newton, as well as […]
Pictured a few years ago is the River Calder. The location at this point is little known, as it’s a slightly remote just beyond where ‘Fin Me Oot’ was (Caldervale). On the boundary of Blantyre and Newton, the photos are just beyond the small footbridge not far north of the railway. I have to admit, […]
A great aerial photo taken in 1941. From above Blantyreferme, this photo looks over to “Finmeoot”, Caldervale. The former mining community is no longer there. The railway line to Glasgow from Blantyre can be seen cutting across the middle of the picture. The road leading over to Newton in the foreground. On social media: Rena […]
Haughhead Brickworks were constructed around 1955. They were also known as Newton brickworks by some people as well as the name, Blantyre Ferme Brickworks. This may have confused visitors and locals, as there was a Newton and Blantyre Ferme brickworks not far from this location, albeit in different but nearby areas. Haughhead brickworks were certainly […]
As you head down the Blantyre Ferme Road, you can turn left on to Calder Road which leads to Newton. About quarter of a mile from that junction, and right on the exact boundary of Blantyre Parish, is a little bridge, commonly referred to in modern times (certainly as recently as 1930s) as “Redlees Bridge” […]