Nordic Crescent – is a small, contemporary residential crescent at Low Blantyre. Comprises of brick two storey houses with a small playpark in the middle. Built by Permission Partnership Homes on behalf of the West of Scotland and Clydevalley Housing Association, it is entered from Auchinraith Road and Elm Street. The street was constructed […]
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Origins of Elm Street
Following the Lanarkshire Slum clearance drive of the 1930’s, and the clearing of Merry’s Rows, in 1950 town planners announced a new Street was to be formed where once the miners homes had been. These were to be modern, spacious double storey homes with gardens, indoor toilets and more than one bedroom. […]