Pictured in 1903 looking down Station Road is the Village, Blantyre. Beyond the circular former gatehouse to Blantyre works, is the Village Bar and behind that the three storey tenements of Ulva Place. Ulva Place was a former street in theVillage. It was more of a cul de sac. Leading eastwards off of Station Road, […]
Continuing our look at brand new “old Blantyre photos”. This time a private photo, so exclusively again on Blantyre Project, for the first time online, one of the only known two photos of Mid or Middle Row at Blantyre Works. Mid Row – or Middle Row was two blocks of single storey homes and one at […]
Hugh B Kerr & Son Ltd were Blantyre based building and civil engineering contractors in the mid 20th Century. In 1950, they had subsidiary companies Kerrlaw Quarry Ltd (suppliers of freestone and silica sand) on telephone Blantyre 231. Also Kerr Plant Hiring Co Ltd (plant hirers and contractors). Their offices were at Station Road with […]
Does anybody remember Tommy Morgans Sweet shop? Mr. Tommy Morgan ran a sweet shop during the 1960’s at the Village, Low Blantyre. It was located in a wooden hut situated on the east side of Station Road, directly opposite the entrance to Viewfield Avenue and near the north gable of the tenement at Ulva Place. Behind the shop was a […]
Continuing this weeks look at Blantyre Rights of Way. Taken from an ex council book from the late 1970s, another right of way is described in Low Blantyre. Railway Line Right Of Way, Council reference BL/3. “This right of way begins in the carpark at Blantyre Station, just off Station Road and goes alongside […]
I was surprised to learn nobody has ever written about the history of the Village Bar, so continuing my detailed look at Blantyre’s Pubs, I decided to write up an article. The Beginnings The Village Bar can be dated back to 1785, a time when Monteith’s were building the Blantyre Works. The new gated community […]
Whilst looking at a less common map of 1832, I noticed with some surprise a name that is not used in Blantyre anymore. Clayhouse appears on Station Road, approximately beside where the Village Bar would be. This is somewhat of a mystery to me, and has proven most difficult to research. Not only are […]