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Return to Nature, 1986

Blantyre Parks
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This scene is strangely familiar yet different now. That’s because the photo is 34 years old, taken in 1986 after these fields near Blantyre Priory had been reclaimed. The Bings had been reduced in the previous year and flattening the unsightly mounds created relatively flat, new expansive areas, an immediate hit with dog walkers. It […]

Blantyre’s 18 Hole Golf Course

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  Redevelopment in Blantyre in 1979, did not just consider properties and shops. Recreation space was a major consideration too. Did you know plans and budget had been approved in September 1979 for a large 18 hole golf course for Blantyre on the site of the former Priory Bing! The £1m set aside for Blantyre […]