In December 1980, there was still the question of what businesses would move into the new flat roofed shopping units at Larkfield. Owner, Jaquib Ali came under fire from residents nearby when he announced he was planning on letting to an arcade company. People were up in arms that gambling machines would be installed in […]
Taking you all now to 1960. Pictured is the old chip shop on Fernslea Avenue at the junction of Oaklea Crescent. The picture looks north towards the old St Blanes school. The houses adjacent on Fernslea Avenue look fairly new, the roughcast still pristine, with young hedgerows in the gardens. What’s your memories of […]
In March 1979, uncertainty existed at a block of shops on the north side of High Blantyre’s Main Street. The shops on the lower floor of the tenements at the corner of Cemetery Road and Main Street were to be put under compulsory purchase order, to make way for the council’s new development of […]
From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. Exploring Stonefield Road Stonefield Road takes its name after the old district of ‘Stonefield’ in Blantyre, which in the early 20th Century actually extended from this point southwards up to Larkfield and as far […]
Clydeview Shopping Centre – East Clydeview Shopping Centre is a contemporary small shopping centre fronting on to Glasgow Road, currently with partially occupied businesses. It is located near Blantyre Asda supermarket and was opened in October 1980. It comprises of 2 storey retail units to the east and west of a central pedestrian […]
These photos are of High Blantyre Main Street in 1927. A busy street as horse and carts go about their business as well as people on bicycles. This scene looks East towards Hamilton. On the at the S bend in the road is the junction with Broompark Road. The buildings on the right are now […]
Most of the Blantyre Colliery owners liked to exercise a fairly rigid social control system over their workers, especially if it lined their pockets even more. The colliery managers were usually pillars of the local church as religion was a very real factor in community life and it led to collieries being positioned beside churches […]