Saturday 28th June, 1980 was a day to remember in Blantyre. All day drinking in pubs had arrived! The public had only weeks earlier voted for afternoon drinking and Hamilton’s District Licensing Board gave the “all day” go-ahead to two of Blantyre’s pubs and one hotel. Mr Francis Doonin was amongst the first given permission […]
Kennedy’s Hall was a former hall located in Main Street, High Blantyre not far from where the Water Fountain is. It was located on the upper storey above a pub, by name of the Red Lion Pub and was owned by Mr. Kennedy in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The 2 storey stone […]
OK, a pub picture next, well outside it during the 1980s. Near the bottom of Stonefield Road was the Red Lion Pub. These guys standing outside for a photo. Before the Red Lion became a pub, it was Maxwells Supermarket. Pictured across the road is the cobblers and in the background the gable of the […]