The annual general meeting of the High Blantyre Quoiting Club was held in Mr. Blackley’s Hall on Saturday 17th February 1900. The location would suggest that the public house and hall, which is still Blakely’s on the corner of Main Street and Broompark Road today, was handy for the quoiting green, which was then […]
This photo is not the Auchentibber Quoiting Club, but was taken at a similar time. Other quoiting clubs existed in Blantyre, although perhaps were not as well known as the accomplished Auchentibber players. Quoiting greens were located at Broompark Road and at Stonefield Public Park, as well as the famous Italian Gardens near Auchentibber Inn. […]