From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. Priory Bridge The Priory Bridge is an iconic name and structure in Blantyre that exists to this day and yet it is still surprising how many people wonder where it is. Whilst the […]
Looking at Jean Claude Nattes, 1799 sketch of Priory Bridge, I was surprised to see a house sitting by the bridge on the North West Side. I know this not to be the Bardykes Mill, which was located in the river canyon itself, so what was this mysterious, old house in the field beyond the […]
1910 The Spittal Bridge, or more commonly known as “The Priory Bridge”. Located just off Glasgow Road, the bridge still exists today but is often missed. In this old (and nicely colourised) postcard, a tramcar passes over on it’s way to Cambuslang. Blantyre’s existing tramlines (which opened in 1903) were extended in 1906 and opened […]