Roy O Neil contacted me recently with a snippet of interesting info. Roy is the son of John O Neil, who owned the former 1970’s garage on Glasgow Road. This relates to a lamppost next to the Africa Pavilions at David Livingstone Centre, which I recently said belonged to the LMS Railway and was once […]
Shared here by Sandy Wilkie, is the former Esso Garage on the North side of Glasgow Road. A particularly snowy winter in 1978. Just look at the price of petrol! I have this garage as being owned by John O Neil and dating from the late 1950’s following the demolition of Baird’s Rows. Situated directly […]
At Hamilton J.P. Court on Monday 10th December 1934, Robinson McCormack, a garage assistant, 8 Greenside Street, Blantyre, pleaded guilty to having, at a dance-hall at Glasgow Road, Blantyrc, assaulted John O’Neil, motor driver, Bellshill Road, Motherwell and committing a breach of the peace. The Fiscal heard how the said accused and some other men […]