Local man Alex Rochead had recently taken some photos of the former Pey Bridge abutments. The old stone abutments on the Blantyre side of the River Clyde are still there from the first suspension bridge. In February 2022, he revisited the area as it was always his intention to have a look over on the […]
A charming, rural scene from 1930 or so. In the foreground prominently is the Suspension Bridge (or former Pey Brig) over the River Clyde. Above the braes, which were used for drying greens, you can see the villas of Rosebank Avenue. This whole scene is very overgrown now, woodland on the slopes and homes on […]
Whilst this postcard of Blantyre Works Mills dates from 1905, I think it depicts a slightly earlier scene. By 1905, the mills had fallen into decline , yet in this postcard, nicely colourised, the scene looks pristine and new, (and effect i think of the colourisation and touching up the photo). The large mill buildings […]
On Tuesday 26th April 1949, one of the River Clyde’s oldest landmarks passed into the limbo of forgotten Blantyre things. The suspension foot bridge linking Bothwell with Blantyre was closed on that Tuesday night, and shortly after, dismantled. Opened in 1852, four years after David Livingstone left Blantyre, the bridge was built by the firm […]
A wonderful old postcard of Low Blantyre’s “Pey Brig” or “Toll Bridge” and even known as the “Swing Brig”. The iron bridge spanned between Bothwell and Blantyre at the site of the old Mills on the banks of the River Clyde. Don’t let others ever tell you there were just 2 toll booths in Blantyre! […]