A snippet from the Hamilton Herald 2nd October 1896, a newspaper describing the Blantyre column news from 127 years ago. This was the remainder of the news that week: “Last week the village was ‘en fete’, the occasion being a marriage in the Parish Church. The marriage caused a lot of stir in the place, […]
Further photos of the Pipe band leading the Scout Parade during the 1960’s at High Blantyre’s Main Street. This is near the top of Kirkton Cross, not far from the lights. The wooden trellises on the right, the beginning of a little circular park where now the modern flats at the corner of Douglas […]
These photos are from the 1960’s. Taken on High Blantyre’s Main Street, the buildings in the background are the Masonic Buildings and the little one storey cottage now derelict but still standing. The 2 storey tenements in the foreground, now demolished. The pipe band marches westwards back up to High Blantyre Old Parish Halls. […]