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Origins of Victoria Street Unlike the other streets leading south we’ve explored so far and with exception of Auchinraith Road, Victoria Street joined Low to High Blantyre, cutting right through Blantyre and has many homes and public buildings. During the 19th Century until the mid 1870’s, small track led up a slight gradient […]
From the book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Police Station Our Herbertson Street diversion over, lets get back to Glasgow Road. Prior to the existence of the current Police Station at Calder Street, Blantyre had an earlier police station at Stonefield. During the mid 1870’s […]
SCOTS CONSTABLE ON TRIAL CHARGE OF STEALING PAINT On Monday 18th December 1933, the trial took place at Hamilton Sheriif Court before Sheriff Brown of Constable John Swanson, Lanarkshire Constabulary, residing at 45 Victoria Street, Blantyre, who denied stealing, between November 11 and 13 , a quart of paint and five gills of varnish from […]
A nice Summer photo of Blantyre Police Station facing on to Calder Street. Taken in 2005 by Robert Stewart, the long shadows from the trees cast on to the red sandstone on what is clearly a sunny day. The Police Station is one of the oldest remaining public buildings in Blantyre and despite recent rumours […]
Perhaps one of Blantyre’s most endangered buildings, is The Blantyre Police Station at the corner of Victoria Street and Calder Street. The police station has recently been threatened with downscaling or even full closure, although for no the crisis is averted. Pictured here in 2002 by Robert Stewart, the Station has been mentioned in recent […]