Thomas Ward recently shared these photos with us. He says, “I have just com across some photos of myself and good friend Davy Borden. Two were taken at the school camp near Meigle when the High Blantyre school packed us off for 4 weeks at end of term. The dormitories at the back were our […]
Jim Cochrane has shared some more photos of Calderside Farm Steading in the 1980s. He told me, “The rear of the farm between the red hayshed. This was the oldest part and dated from before 1700 . It was possibly the original house and small byre . The gable end was the end of […]
Jack Owens shared this lovely clear picture this week. Taken in 1946 are the children of Stonefield Parish School, affectionately known by some people as “Ness’s School.” Always wishing to add a little more to a picture somebody shared, I can tell you Jack that this was Class 1 in 1946 and their teacher was […]
They’re here! The first large box of my new book has arrived safely, well in time for the launch on 10th June 2017 at Blantyre Gala. The book looks and feels amazing! High quality prints of old and new Blantyre and glossy covers. Blantyre Images explores old and modern Blantyre by featuring 60 incredible photos […]
In May 2015, I stumbled upon a video about mining and couldn’t believe the first few very short scenes were of High Blantyre. But they were and in particular the exact day was on 6th January 1947, when the Coal Board Nationalised mining. Several of the initial scenes featured scenes of crowds at High Blantyre including […]
I find it amazing that some 1900’s and 1910’s publishers of postcards back in the day would go to great lengths to republish old photos as “modern colourised postcards”. I’m not a fan of Blantyre’s colourised postcards, for in many cases the colour is not representative of the actual scene, and lately I’ve been noticing […]