The annual 3 day Dundee Horticultural show opened on 1st September 1898 and travelling there was Mr Campbell of the Auchinraith Nursery, High Blantyre. Mr Campbell’s nursery was formerly at the corner of Auchinraith Road and Main Street, where the current derelict Kirkton Care home now stands. 125 years ago, this land was being used […]
Here’s a few more photos from the nursery in High Blantyre. Shared here by Cath McInally. I’m not sure of the dates but know these are all Blantyre kids. Do YOU recognise yourself, friends or family? Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: Pedro Coh […]
Another Nursery photo from Cath McInally. But what’s the year and do you recognise any of these Blantyre kids?
Cath McInally, pictured top left very recently gave me a copy of some of her photos of 47 years of running the nursery in High Blantyre. I’m looking for some help with a few of them, trying to date them, something which should be possible by knowing who the kids are. Do you recognise anybody […]
Cath McInally, pictured top left very recently gave me a copy of some of her photos of 47 years of running the nursery in High Blantyre. I’m looking for some help with a few of them, trying to date them, something which should be possible by knowing who the kids are. Do you recognise anybody […]
351 Glasgow Road in 1979 , adjacent to the start of Cloudhowe Terrace, once had a large nursery at the back of it. The former Bowie’s Nursery was the subject of much contention in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Hamilton District Council and an Edinburgh Housing Association got into a right pickle when attempting […]
Pictured here in an aerial photo from 1955, are the greenhouses and gardens of Auchinraith Nurseries. Located on Main Street, at its junction with Auchinraith Road, the nursery served Blantyre well and was run in the early to mid part of the 20th Century by the Pattie family. Frank Pattie in the 1950’s supplied […]