A fantastic photo by Andrew Guthrie, taken by him around 1880. This shows the River Clyde at Blantyre and in particular, the bend in the river with a former boat shed in the middle of the photo. The boat shed is on the Bothwell bank below the castle (out the picture to the left). […]
Hopefully this is a first for this picture online. Taken in 1950, it features the Clyde Braes just down from the end of John Street and looks across to Craighead Railway Viaduct in the background. How steep the braes were, more so in the 20th Century with Craighead bing. Of course the viaduct is no […]
Had to share this lovely photo of Bothwell Bridge that local photographer Jim Brown took in early January 2017. Looking very beautiful in a Winter’s evening the modern lights combined with the old architecture of the bridge spanning the River Clyde. We’re lucky to have this on our doorstep.
This great photo was taken in 1897. Of course we’re looking at Bothwell Castle ruins at the bend in the River Clyde, a scene which really hasn’t changed much since then. A girl stands in the foreground with a walking stick, or perhaps fishing rod on the Bothwell side of the river. There once […]
With thanks to Betty McLean for sharing this photo of the Lido in 1908. Although the Lido was outwith Blantyre Parish, as is Bothwell Bridge, I like these viewpoints, which were taken from the boundary itself, of a popular spot so close by. Children paddle in the River Clyde, in what looks like real shallow […]
Pictured from the opposite side of the River Clyde at Blantyre Works, the camera in 1903 looks across to the very end of the Blantyre Mills. The large 5 storey brick built building is the former Powerloom Factory. You can just make out the whitewashed parts of the building that once was entirely covered […]
Continuing this months look at brand new “old” photos, exclusively being seen online for the first time. Today we have a couple of photos of the demolition of Blantyre Mills. Taken in 1904 it shows the mills being demolished literally brick by brick. Its easy to forget what a labour intensive job the demolition must […]