This snowy scene was photographed by Gordon Cook almost 40 years ago in 1984. Worth showing here as there’s an interesting piece of history attached to Calderwood North Lodge, located at Stoneymeadow Road. This was the former Calderwood Castle lodge house and entranceway to visit the castle. At the time of the attached postcard from […]
This photo is dated 1963. Pictured from Greenhall, looking Eastwards, is the line of tall Railway Viaduct pillars at High Blantyre. You can see the Blantyre Old Parish Church in the background. The Railway pillars allowed the Busby and East Kilbride train lines to connect to Blantyre and onwards either to Glasgow or Hamilton. The […]
Pictured in the background of this 1950’s photograph is Craighead Railway Viaduct. This structure carried trains from Hamilton over to Bothwell across the River Clyde on the L.N.E Railway, all at an impressive height of 180 feet! It would surely have been an impressive journey or sight from a rail carriage window. The old walkway at […]
Most people are aware of the old Mills at Low Blantyre, located in and around “the village”. During the late 1700’s the Mill owners erected stone gates within the tollhouses either side of Station Road at the corners of Rosebank Avenue and Knightswood Terrace. The gates used to close to the mill workers around 10pm […]