During a walk around Redlees Park (near Blantyreferme) in May 2012, I stopped to take this picture. It was calm, quiet and very beautiful. Redlees i think is SO underused, for being Blantyre’s newest parklands. It offers great dog walking opportunities and a great place for a family picnic in Summer.
Thanks to Robert Stewart for sending in these 2 photos. Robert was out walking in Mid November and noticed how beautiful the colours were at the entrance to Greenhall Estate. Stopping for a moment to take these 2 photos, they’re now shared here for everybody to see.
The following article about Blantyre Celtic Football Club has been written using information researched by myself and also calling upon researched information by the late Jimmy Cornfield and Neil Gordon with additional subject material graciously provided recently by Jimmy Whelan. The words also call upon the old Blantyre Gazette historical reports recorded by Hugh McQuade. Thank […]
23rd August 1969. My mum (Janet Duncan) plays pitch and putt at Blantyre Public Park in front of the boating pond. This was the first holiday my dad had to Scotland after he met mum. My dad took the photo. This is an important point….he loved Blantyre SO much saying it was tidy, SAFE, well […]
This 1747 map of High Blantyre including Greenhall is probably the oldest map i have of Blantyre and shows Greenhall spelling as “Greinhall”, the same as it was in valuation records of the time. Several sources indicate that Greenhall house was built around 1760, but this map (which shows man made structures in red) clearly […]
Hot off the press. David Livingstone Centre have issued a new map of the Centre and it’s attractions. The recently restored walkway along the River Clyde has been upgraded to form a perfect path leading out from behind the Africa Pavillions out towards the old quarry, in amongst the woodlands on the Southern bank of […]
This wonderful poem about the building and beauty of Kirkton Park dates from the 1930’s. Reference is made to Captain Barr who was obviously integral in making it come to be. A kind thanks goes to Robert Stewart who took time to hand deliver this poem to me at High Blantyre. Robert later wrote, “In […]