Pictured here in February 2013 by Robert Stewart are the new flats at Broompark Grove, Blantyre. Located just off Kirkton Park, this construction extended the culdesac at Broompark Avenue with many more homes. These modern flats were built in 2011 by Rosewood Homes, based in Livingston and fitted out to a high standard. They contain […]
A nicely preserved, crisp and clear photo from around 1961. Pictured are pupils at Calder Street school. Sent in by Robert Stewart, he told me, “My late brother Peter, centre of the back row, John Blyth, second left, front row.” The date of the photo may be out slightly, so if you know anybody, please […]
This lovely colour scene is at David Livingstone Centre in Summer 1967. Photographed on the lower slopes to the Clyde at the old Rose Garden (no longer there). Pink and Red roses grow over the wooden trellis and offer a nice setting to take a walk, sit on a park bench, or enjoy the beauty […]
Thanks to Robert Stewart for providing another excellent school photo, taken in 1929 at High Blantyre Primary School, Hunthill Road. Incredibly, the names of the children are also attached.
Thank you to Robert Stewart for sharing this clear and crisp photo of the children and their teacher at High Blantyre Primary School. Located on Hunthill Road, the school was later known as the Annexe. Incredibly, Robert has the names of these people, which are also attached to this article. It was great to see […]
Pictured here between 1900 -1910s is the Boatland Crossing. The small ferry boat crossed back and forth from the Uddingston side at this Ferry Path in the foreground on the left, over to the Blantyre side at Boatland, near Blantyre Ferme. Although not dated, these photos are consistent with similar featured postcards of the era. […]
Robert Stewart recently sent in this photo to me, adding, “Here is my mum’s school photo taken at Calder Street c1930. My mother was born in 1918, I’d say that the children look about 12. My mother is sitting in the centre of the second front row. Her maiden name was Elizabeth McLachlan.” What a […]