This beautiful and well tended scene was photographed in the late 1930s. Most Blantyre people will recognise Bothwell Bridge on the very fringes of Blantyre. The lovely and exquisite park was laid out and constructed in the mid 1930s on the Blantyre side of the River Clyde Banks. As can be seen, the grass was […]
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Blantyre Public Park
Sadly the light has got to these family photos a little, but they give a wonderful insight into Blantyre Public Park and David Livingstone Centre. The holiday is when my father Joe Veverka came over to Scotland in Summer 1969 (so this is 6 months before they got married!). In this set of photos, Joe […]
The Mineral Spring at Park
In the 1791 “A Statistical Account of Blantyre” written by Rev Henry Stevenson, there is a comment about a Spring in Blantyre that was even visited as a tourist destination! Where from the description below could this be? The account had me puzzled as no particular Spring is currently famed today in Blantyre. I’ve previously […]
1933 David Livingstone Centre
As i write this, it’s actually the week of the 200th anniversary of Livingstone’s birth. What better way to celebrate this event than show some lesser known photos of the Livingstone parklands and centre. In 1933 the David Livingstone Centre was a busy, busy attraction. Blantyre’s new tourist centre was opened only 4 years earlier […]
Redlees – our new green space
Redlees – oor new green space Oan the left o’ the auld ferme road, Jist before the turn fir Newton, A car park entrance sae underused, Easily missed ‘an hidden. Ye park yir motor, pit on yer jaicket, Doon the red chipped path ye saunter, Till ye arrive in a big open space, Wi brick […]
Kirkton – Hamlet Name
Kirkton – A place in High Blantyre, we now officially recognise as probably only the Park. However, in years gone by, Kirkton was a lot more than just the public park. Prior to the early 1900s and long before the park was even created, Kirkton was the name of the hamlet, the little village that […]