It’s been some 91 years since there were tramlines on Glasgow Road. This picture illustrating just how much of the carriageway was once cobbled in Blantyre. This however was a tram stop, outside St Joseph’s Church, the scene at the back still today, very much familiar. To the far right you can just make out […]
Here’s a nice photograph of St. Joseph’s Primary Class of 1955/56. Robert Cumberland has sent it in saying, ” My wife Jane, nee Park, is in the photo but just can’t remember where she is in it.” This may be a longshot, but recognise anybody?
These are the two Primary 1 classes from 1980, taken at St Joseph’s Primary School. Do you recognise anybody? Perhaps yourself or friends? These kids would all be in their early to mid 40’s now. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: Karen Menzies That’s […]
By the turn of the Millennium as these 2002 photos show, St Joseph’s Primary School on Glasgow Road had seen better days. It is little wonder from these photos that plans were already then foot to discuss building a new school. The new school was built in 2010, opening in October that year although snagging […]
Local man, Jim Donnelly was walking through the derelict grounds of St Joseph’s Primary School in June 2018, when he spotted this brick amongst the rubble. Imprinted on it was “Blantyre Ferme”, fairly good evidence that the school was built using bricks from the relatively nearby former brickworks. I wonder just how many public buildings […]
David McAleenan shared this school photo adding, “My grandfather is 4 rows back 4 in from the left – Patrick McAleenan. We reckon this could be around 1930” Likely St Joseph’s School Chapel on Glasgow Road.
My Memory Took Me My memory took me the other day To a land that is now far far away. A land of innocence, of games and toys, A land filled with little girls and boys. Those little plastic golf sets you played with all day. Watching Bambi with my Mum at the old […]