The photograph taken in mid 1920’s was kindly borrowed from Mrs Mary Wilson and shows a very quiet street. High Blantyre Main Street pictured from the middle of High Blantyre Road at approximately Russell Street (beyond the current industrial estate) looking East along the road towards Burnbank Cross. A noticeable lack of traffic and road […]
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Memories of Stonefield Road
This photo dates from 1890’s and features the bottom of Stonefield Road, Blantyre. The old RC schoolhouse and chapel at the bottom of the road is no longer there and many of the buildings are gone too. Noticeably, a lack of traffic with a solitary horse and cart loading near the public house. I cant […]