Today, I have a previously unseen photo of a former business, Abbott the Plumbers on Main Street, High Blantyre. To put this in context, the tenement you see is now the Shanghai Wok. I think this is 1953, during the Queen’s Coronation. Union Jack flags are on the buildings and as you’ll see from more of […]
Robert White was a local plumber, electrician and domestic heating engineer during the 1940’s and 1950’s based at 251 Glasgow Road, Blantyre. His phone number was Blantyre 380. Can anybody tell me more about Robert White’s business, especially when it disappeared?
Abbott the Plumber – was a successful plumbing business in High Blantyre’s Main Street from the late 1920’s until the 1960’s. Located near Causeystanes on the north side of the street in a small single storey building with a pitched roof. The little garage type building was a workshop and was owned by 2 […]