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 […]
About ten o’clock on the evening of Tuesday 16th May 1916, a terrible motor car accident occurred on Glasgow Road, Blantyre, resulting in the death of a boy and injuries to two girls. This was a time of very few vehicles on the road and few rules for safety. The motor car in question actually […]
Catching up on some requests. Andrew Cousins sent in a message asking, “I’m looking for any info on the Taggarts who lived on Station Road pre 1948. Also, info on James and Michael Taggart whose name are on the War memorial. My mum is Ann Cousins (Nee Taggart) daughter of John Taggart born 1910. Many […]
William Rae was a ‘bonesetter’ who lived in Blantyre for a time and quietly practised and treated the local people in relative obscurity. In 1904, the popular press became aware of his work, and after they printed stories of his skills and cures, Rae was flocked by patients from the surrounding regions hoping for miracles. […]
A former pedestrian shortcut in the far end of Stonefield Public Park through to Station Road. Farm Road is in the distance. This land to the left and middle was used to build modern houses. Woodburn Avenue off towards the right. I’d love to know when the modern detached houses were built. (I’m sorry, I […]
Marion Robertson kindly shared this lovely little cine clip of her family in 1962. You may recognise the top of Station Road and the Broadway Cinema. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said: Elizabeth Weaver Aww, what great footage! I remember the fashion for […]
More photos from 1999. Taken in and around Station and Farm Road. Relatively unassuming back then, they may be of interest now almost 2 decades later! The styles of the cars have certainly changed and I suspect the colours of some of the houses too! Thats one thing about the 90’s, we LOVED to paint […]