It was with sadness on 26thMay 2019 that Blantyrepeople learned of the sad passing of Mr Harry Hood (74). Harry’s business ‘Lisini Pub Co’ owns and runs several pubs and restaurants in the Greater Glasgow Area including the ‘Parkville’ and ‘West End Bar’in Blantyre. Born in 1944 during WW2, many people will remember Harry’s talents […]
Cathy MacDonald Scott shared this photo saying, “A friend sent me this photo taken in Blantyre in 1970/71? She cannot remember the name of the establishment. The quality of the photo makes it difficult to read the sign by the door. Anyone recognize it?” It is of course the Parkville on Glasgow Road! What’s YOUR […]
February 1978 saw a spate of house and shop break-ins in Blantyre. Cleary Hairdressers at 208 Glasgow Road was subjected to a daylight robbery, with thieves taking money fro the till, a hairdryer and attempts to break into a phone coin box. During the same evening thieves broke into 1 Holmswood Avenue, 1 Heathcliffe Avenue […]
An advert appeared in local press in 1967 for the Parkville Roadhouse, Glasgow Road. A rather wordy advert, but sharing plenty of information. Offering wedding receptions, the Parkville, just like today, was clearly a popular venue for wedding celebrations, boasting at the time of the function suite that could accommodate 160 people. Can you […]
A distressing bus fatality occurred on Monday 22nd October 1928 on Glasgow Road where a young lady was killed. The victim was schoolteacher Miss Peggy McLinden (26), daughter of Hugh McLinden a clothier and tailor of Glasgow Road. Peggy had just stepped off the bus coming from Hamilton and when crossing the road had failed […]
Fire was discovered on the Saturday afternoon of 17th January 1930 in the roof of Parkville House, in the west end of the Glasgow road, Blantyre. At the time, the property was a house and was owned and occupied by Dr. John Cowan Wilson. The doctor and his household and others tackled the outbreak with buckets of […]
Mr Ronald Paterson Wilson, son of Dr John Cowan Wilson, Parkville, Blantyre, was appointed Chief Constable of West Sussex on 1st January 1935. When the vacancy occurred Mr Wilson was living at his parents’ house (now, the front of the Parkville Pub) and in 1934 when he heard of the position, had newly arrived home to Blantyre […]