This is a subject I’ve been asked a few times. The question, “Why did the council build homes in the Public Park?”. I can answer this in some detail. In December 1977, a growing petition was circulating in Blantyre after residents heard of the Council’s plans to utilise some of the public park for new […]
By the start of June 1979, the first ‘positive’ visible signs on site of the multi million pound venture between ASDA and Hamilton District Council was apparent. Phrases like “Blantyre bomb site”, “open crater” and “dereliction beyond belief” were to be a thing of the past, as contractors confirmed that almost all of the […]