Joseph O Rourke kindly allowed permission to share this brilliant photo. From 1953, as a boy on the main Blantyreferme road above Fin-me-oot. On the left was Boat Jocks orchard and a field where there were pigs. To the right is the road down to the former Caldervale village. What a delightful photo this is. […]
Continuing the exclusive look at some stunning colourisation of Blantyre photos, today bringing back the magic of the Orchard at Boat Jocks, in all its glory. Incredibly, these photos are 112 years old, dating from 1908. The black and white photos were restored removing their scratches and grainy appearance, sharpened in contrast then sent off […]
Whilst we’ve been looking at the diary of Archibald Brown this week, you may have seen references walking “to Orchard”. This was Orchard at Crossford and Archibald, prior to coming to Blantyre lived in the little gardener’s house seen here on the left. It looked like a small tower, but has since been added to […]
Speaking back in 2005, the late Blantyre historian Jimmy Cornfield recalled his childhood memories of a daring raid on a local fruit orchard, near Boathouse at Blantyreferme during the late 1930s. Pictured in 1910, is that very orchard at Boat Jocks, with its abundant fruit. “It was a year in my childhood (late 30s) when […]
We’ve uncovered a beautiful little story set in Blantyre in the early 1820s. Here is what we found: “Old Robin was once the Minister’s man (janitor) and of course had charge of the Manse Gardens at Kirkton. But although he watched carefully against all depredators, he was a tender-hearted man, and thought it not great […]