Sometimes, I’m “stumped” and need help. That can happen often when researching history and so recently, I called upon the members of the Group “Lost Houses of the Clyde Valley” who were quick to solve the puzzle. I’ve had this photo for some time and suspected it was the Clyde and one of the grand […]
Going back again to John Thompson’s 1832 Atlas Map of Scotland and staying with Blantyre Parish. Here’s another old Blantyre name, no longer there anymore. “Turnwheel” was situated right at the north end of the Parish at its boundary with Cambuslang Parish and exactly where the Rotten Calder met with the River Clyde. Not far […]
How about this for a charming photo. From nearly 100 years ago, this is Shuttle Row, the birthplace of David Livingstone, pictured from the Bothwell side of the River Clyde. Looking over the weir, you can make out the demolished Blantyre Mill Buildings on the riverside. Lots of new homes have sprang up on the […]
Here’s a brilliant photo of the former Suspension ‘Pey’ Bridge once crossing the River Clyde at Blantyre. This rare photo, thought to have been taken in the 1920s or 1930’s shows good detail of all the railings and (locked) gates that protected walkways from the riverside. Despite that a few boys clearly on the path […]
A wee treat today. Seen here exclusively for the first time online, this is a photo of Blantyre Works. Taken around 1900, the clear picture was photographed by early photographer David Ritchie just a couple of years before the demolition of many of the mill buildings. The former Suspension Bridge (the Pey Brig) can clearly […]
This postcard was given to me by Blantyre Project reader Margaret Stewart in January 2020. (Its amazing that people can pass things over to me in my garden from the park!) It is of course Craighead Viaduct (not Greenhall). The photo dates from around 1904, though the colourised postcard is from 1909. Simply titled ‘Blantyre […]
This scene is from around the 1910’s. Beyond the River Clyde on the Blantyre side of the river are the ruins of Blantyre Mills and up on the hill, Shuttle Row, the birthplace of Livingstone which was thankfully saved. The mills were demolished in 1903 leaving nothing much but the wages building (i’ve still to […]