These photos were taken around 1908 at Barnhill Quoiting Green. This small sports field was located in what is now the beer garden of the Hoolets. In later years it looks likely to have moved from this small waste ground pictured, to behind the wall, in a larger more defined Quoiting green adjacent to Broompark […]
Looking through old newspapers, I stumbled upon a sizeable outdoor concert held in Blantyre in on 14th May 1938. The venue was the outdoor concert arena at David Livingstone Centre (at the time only 9 years old). The outdoor concert arena is no longer there, replaced by the Africa Pavilions and gardens. THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL […]
Update: This is actually the 1890’s, rather than 1905. A previously unseen photo of Blantyre Works Mills, taken around 1890s. Pictured from the Bothwell side of the River Clyde, the photographer David Ritchie has captured the everyday industrial scene at the Village Mill. Showing five chimneys at the mills, the suspension bridge leading into the […]
A previously unpublished photo taken around 1910. Here’s the Auchintibber Inn, pictured in the best clarity seen yet for this building. Photographed by Main Street man, David Ritchie this pub sat at the corner of Auchentibber Road and Sydes Brae (close to where the war memorial ended up). The photo is clear enough to see […]
A photo now from 1908, previously unpublished on the Net. This is little Kate Ritchie of Broompark Avenue, as photographed by David Ritchie. Barefoot, Kate stands at the front door of the house and is probably around 3 years old. Holding a makeshift barrow she’s carting her doll, standing in her parent’s kitchen. Incredible to […]
Pictured here in a previously unseen photo around 1905 is Greenhall Lodge and entrance to Greenhall estate. Until this picture was shared with me by Alex Bowie, I’d never seen this building before, but always wondered what it looked like. The photo was taken by David Ritchie of Main Street, a joiner who also had […]
Photographed here by David Ritchie of Main Street in 1908 are ten well dressed men at the Rotten Calder, High Blantyre. The little building on the right was known as The Hermitage and the bridge crossed from Blantyre Parish into Kilbride’s. This is located beyond Auchentibber, in the Calderwood Glen. This looks like an outing […]