During a Football match, a cup tie at Blantyre between Blantyre Celtic and Irvine Victoria on Monday 15th May 1933, some sensation was caused in the crowd of spectators when a man collapsed and died. John Ferns, (69), of 101 Station Road was seen to fall when standing immediately behind the Irvine goal. At that […]
Pictured here in 1911, is Low Blantyre Station , pictured from the North platform, looking towards Glasgow. Scanned in high resolution, you can make out quite a bit of detail including the iron pedestrian footbridge in the background, and further back beyond it the iron road bridge. Two figures stand on the side and i […]
On Saturday 27th July 1935, Mrs Johnstone of 25 Station Road, Blantyre, received a letter that brought some very unwelcome and tragic news. The postman delivered an international intimation that her son-in-law, Mr John Collison Martin, had been killed in an accident when at work as a miner in the Reserve Mines at Cape Breton, Nova […]
I was passed an interesting article from G Cook about an illegal still in Station Road. From 1924, “Sheriff Shennan, at Hamilton yesterday, imposed a fine of £75 on Alexander Dunbar Nicholson, who admitted having had an illicit still in his premises at 30 Station Road, Blantyre. Accused’s house was raided at midnight by the police, and the Fiscal stated that […]
Looking back at the 1747 map of Blantyre, I was intrigued to see one of the earliest houses in Blantyre called “Woodhouse”. Pictured here amongst agricultural fields, the property was later accessed from Station Road (later formed from the straight line of nearby field boundaries). Indeed, during this time, there was nothing much else around […]
Thanks to Marion Robertson for sharing this still from her home cine movie. Pictured at the corner of Station Road and Glasgow Road are people lining the streets at the Broadway Cinema, which is believed to be part of the crowd lining the street for the Queen’s visit through Blantyre in 1962. How great to […]
It is with the utmost pleasure and thanks to Marion Robertson for sharing some of her precious and treasured Blantyre family memories here. A cine film from 1961 (in colour) taken at Glasgow Road and Station Road amongst other places. Two wonderful minutes of rare nostalgia. You can view the uploaded video here on our […]