Following on from the recent articles about Priestfield Terrace, the High Blantyre Priestfield Hall recently showed me this nice colorised postcard. Pictured is Priestfield Terrace, possibly around 1930. As with many postcards, things appear slightly different for dramatic effect, and i suspect the background landscape has been altered to appear more “dramatic” or fill the […]
A beautiful drawing by Reg (Turner?) from October 1953. The scene is High Blantyre and the artist would have been standing in what is now Priestfield Cemetery, looking back along the road towards High Blantyre. At the back, is Dixons Number 2 pit. On the left is Priestfield Terrace, a row of 16 coal miners […]
1957. Here is Priestfield Terrace, High Blantyre. I’m sure some people here may remember this railway bridge going over the top of Hillhouse Road. The vantage point looks towards Hillhouse. On the right are Priestfield Terrace miners homes, (which would now be near the entrance to the Technology Park is). On the left are the […]
Pictured here in 1957 is Priestfield Terrace, High Blantyre. These miners homes were likely constructed at the same time as Dixons Pits 1 and 2 opened. The 1881 census for Priestfield Terrace gives a real detailed insight into who lived there, quite possibly amongst the first families to take up residence at Priestfield Terrace or […]
These three photos are courtesy of Jean Robertson, each taken in 1957 and feature Priestfield Terrace, High Blantyre, on what is now Hillhouse Road. Built as miners homes for Dixon’s pits, the cottages were arranged in 4 blocks of 4 semi detached. Brick and slate built, they were immediately beside the collieries in High Blantyre, […]