This beautiful previously unseen photo was taken by David Ritchie around 1910. A couple of his own children are in the photo. The fashions and styles are very much Edwardian and the location is known. This is the former Oval Pool near Craigneith, High Blantyre. Wearing their Sunday best the group looks like they’re on […]
Have I got a wee treat for you today!! A beautiful video by ‘East Kilbride Tranquility’ of Calderwood Castle, colourised. A window back to the past. Photos from my collection and from EK historian Chris Ladd’s collection have been beautifully colourised and used with permission, set to a lovely piece of music. This video part […]
With some of the heritage at risk in the Calderwood Glen area in recent months, it’s important as ever to be aware of what was once there. Pictured here in the early 20th Century is the Oval Pool fountain at Calderwood Glen. The pool was on the Blantyre side of the gorge (down the hill […]
Pictured here in 1904 is the Oval Pool (fountain not in operation) at Calderwood Glen. The pool was on the Blantyre side of the gorge and fed from the River Calder itself via a sluice gate and channel. The attached map puts the pool into context, showing it not far from Auchentibber and Calderside Farms. […]
On the east side of Calderwood Glen on the Blantyre Craigneath side (the river boundary separates Blantyre from East Kilbride) a small stream called Fiddler’s Burn cascades impressively down into the valley from high rocky outcrops. A sluice and sliding panel were formed in the 1800’s, to draw off water to a triple fountain on […]