Members of St Joseph’s Church, Blantyre are pictured in costumes for a play they produced to entertain the residents of Blantyre. Held in the Co-operative Hall on Wednesday 5th November 1930, the chosen play was “The Colleen Bawn”, a rather dark, melodramatic but well known Irish Play. Amateur Dramatics seems to have fallen by the […]
What a wonderful, charming photo this is, from an era of bygone Blantyre times. At over 100 years old, this WW1 photo has both the St Joseph’s Church on Glasgow Road (by then only standing for 13 years) and the older School / Chapel adjacent. How nice it would have been to see trams trundling […]
Next up, the little known story of how a man died following a tragic accident inside St Joseph’s Church in 1921. In June 1921, the British and Foreign Glass Company of Glasgow were contracted by the RC Church on Glasgow Road to undertake some urgent repairs to the large windows facing out on to the […]
1903 was a year of significant change at the Glasgow Road junction of Stonefield Road. Leading that evolution was the construction of the tall and impressive St Joseph’s Church on the north side, so distinct in style by use of its red sandstone, by comparison to other grey stone used in Glasgow Road. Trams […]
Here’s a view you won’t see often. Photographed from the steeple of the Livingstone Church in 1989 is the view across Blantyre to the north, looking down on to the TWO manses, (Livingstone and St Joseph’s Manses). Looks cold, perhaps the afterwards of prolonged, snowy weather. These prominent houses cannot really be seen from Glasgow […]
With thanks to Maureen Friery who shared her beautiful wedding photo here adding it to the growing archive. Maureen messaged me this week saying, “I lived at 49 Morven Avenue, Blantyre at the time of marriage. My husband’s name is Hugh Moran and he lived at 3 Tynecastle Place, Glasgow. We were married in St. […]
With thanks to Gordon Cook and Alex Rochead for a copy of this great photo of St Josephs Church. Pictured on Glasgow Road, I’ve zoomed in on the high resolution image to capture some of the architectural detail on the church itself, the former church school on the right and also of course the boundary […]