Ive got loads of great, auld Blantyre photos hopefully seen for the first time online, coming here in the next few weeks. Like this one taken from the back windows of houses on Station Road, looking over the public park towards Glasgow Road. Shared here kindly by the Gordon family, this was taken from their […]
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1937 Station Road
This picture has a great deal of familiarity. Allegedly from 1937, it’s Station Road, looking down towards the Village, Blantyre. School children, some barefoot turn into the entrance to St Joseph’s School. Street lighting is electric and some of the homes on the right look fairly new. One thing which has dramatically changed though, is […]
Station Road Improvements
In early 1902, there was not a street or road in Blantyre which was causing so much comment and complaint to authorities, as Station Road. At times, especially in wet weather, conditions were deplorable and with homes planned, the road was significantly too narrow. The complaints had arisen particularly in 1901 when a large drain […]
Tommy Morgan’s Shop
The Village
Thank you to Rob Gordon who kindly shared this lovely painting of the village with Blantyre Project. It was painted by Rob’s brother, the late Blantyre historian, Neil Gordon of Stonefield Crescent and the painting is of course Station Road looking down to Livingstone Memorial. This painting was used for the cover of Neil’s post […]
Girl Injured by Tramcar, 1909
On Monday 15th November 1909, a horrific injury happened to a little girl in Low Blantyre. A warning that this article contains some upsetting content. On that afternoon, six year old girl Teresa McCaffrey or Cafferty, daughter of Thomas McCaffrey (a miner of McAlpines Buildings) was seriously injured by a tramcar. The little girl had […]