This photo with 5 Blantyre lads was taken about 1947 in the Public Park across the road from where some of them lived near John Street. Shared by Arch Park with fond memories of childhood. Left to right: Andy Wallace, Jimmy Park (Arch’s younger brother), Billy Toes, Archie Park, Johnny Ferns. They had just come […]
Elizabeth Weaver shared this beautiful photo, a first time certainly I’ve ever seen the former Paddling Pool at High Blantyre Park. (Kirkton Park). Located near the entrance to Broompark Avenue, the paddling pool I believe was built in the 1940s, though this photo dates around 1950. The houses at Broompark Avenue are in the background. […]
Complaints about the Stonefield Public Park were heard in June 1967 at a meeting of the 8th District Council. The first concerned the number of children and adults who were increasingly using the boating pond for bathing, particularly during that very hot summer. At times it had been so busy the boats hardly had room […]