During the immediate aftermath of WW1, the Auchinraith Social Club was formed at the west end of the Rosendale Building. Built in 1896 by Adam Kirk, this part of the building was initially several shops. Adam Kirk had died by WW1. However, post WW1, a working man’s club was formed, especially frequented by miners. The Auchinraith Club was opened in 1919, […]
Throughout the middle and end of February 1901, residents in Blantyre were alarmed to hear and read about cases of smallpox breaking out in the district. A railwayman residing at Rosendale Place complained of illness and Dr Grant attended, concerned enough to call in the County Doctor for a second opinion. They concluded it must […]
Rosendale Football Team or ‘Blantyre Rosendale’ was a former local football team which formed in April 1910. By Setpember that year, their skills were attracting interest from the community who compared their relatively new talents to some of Blantyre’s older teams. The team comprised of players largely from the Rosendale Tenements just off Glasgow Road. This was just one of […]
David McIntosh recently handed in this poem to me. David was born in Rosendale at number 3 in 1942, so he could resonate with the contents of this poem. The poem is about Rosendale written in 2004 by former Blantyre resident, Brian Cummiskey. It was Brian’s first poem and this version below has auld Scots […]
Rosendale Place Rosendale Place was a former large 3-storey tenement, situated just off Glasgow Road at the corner of Auchinraith Road, commanding an elevated vantage point above and to the rear of Chamber’s Buildings and Caldwell Buildings. In the 20th Century, across was toad was The Horse Shoe Pub (Kelly’s Bar or Kelly’s Corner […]
Caitlyn Clarkson emailed me recently from her home in Canada, commenting, “You have created a wonderful website, the photographs are amazing and create such a sense of time and space. My great great grandparents lived in Blantyre for quite some time. They were Helen Miller and James Hogg. Helen Miller who married James Hogg (coal miner). Helen […]
I’ve been very quick at retelling stories of drownings at the River Clyde. Sadly, this has happened too many times that I could mention. However, as much as those tragic people need to be remembered, what about the heroic tales of rescues and where the outcome was positive. The tales of Blantyre’s heroes over […]