Interesting wee story this next one. Well, I thought so. When the new Housing estate at Priory Bridge was built in the early 1970’s, builders and the District Council argued about who should be landscaping the verge at the side of the B758 Blantyre Farm Road. A beautiful new housing estate with modern homes had […]
Half a century on, it’s difficult to imagine Blantyre without the Priory Bridge Housing Estate. The excellent photos keep coming in, this time from either the late 1950’s or early 1960’s, photographed from a house on Northway, Coatshill, Blantyre. In the foreground is the relatively new tarmac road at Coatshill of Northway itself. Beyond that […]
When the extended tram line opened from Priory Bridge into Cambuslang in 1907, the Priory Bridge and Spittal Bridges presented a problem, forcing initially a singular tram lane to be used. Something had to be done as two tramcars couldn’t pass by each other. So, widening of the bridges was requested by the Middle Ward […]
In June 1910, a sensational affair was reported to the Cambuslang police though this story happened on the border with Blantyre. A man named Henry Kelly (28) visited his parents at 71 Main Street, Cambuslang. As he missed the last Lanarkshire tramcar at Cambuslang for Hamilton, he started to walk back towards Blantyre. He reached […]
This story takes place on the night of Monday 5th February 1912 and is about an alleged highway robbery! This prompted a lot of investigation by the police as they tried to uncover the facts. It begins with Blantyre man William Blake (20) who lived at Lamonds Buildings in Springwell, Blantyre. William had been at […]
In September 1915, during WW1, Blantyre residents were urged to take care when driving on the road between the West End and The Priory Bridge. A five week programme to upgrade the road, laying down tarmacadam was scheduled, a job which required some care given that the trams were to be kept running. Part of […]
Here’s an uncommon, hidden view of some existing steps. This set of stone steps is at the side of the Priory Bridge which crosses the Rotten Calder river on the boundary of Blantyre and Cambuslang Parishes. The entrance from the old abandoned former road has been blocked up. The steps are near Bardykes Mill, which […]