A final photo from Penny Robertson. This is the Stonefield Parish Church Group. The Rev Thomas Pryde sits in the middle and members of the congregation around him. This is a presumed church outing, but the location is unknown. There seems to be a tudor type house on the right hand side, and the building […]
Penny Robertson who lives in Australia has shared this wonderful photo of her family members who once lived in Blantyre. The photo is of Stonefield Parish Church Outing, just before WW1. The location is unknown but it looks like the boys have brought along some footballs for a summer ‘kick about’. In the middle I […]
Penny Robertson, who lives in Australia sent in this wonderful photo this week, adding, “I have just discovered your website and have been fascinated to read about the history of Blantyre. My grandfather was Daniel Sprott (a brother of William Sprott who was killed in the Auchinraith Coal disaster of 1930). My grandmother was Margaret […]
Dr John McArthur recently sent me this lovely little Jubilee Brochure from 1930. It celebrates with a soiree on 25th June 1930, the 50th Year Anniversary of the former Church, once located on Glasgow Road. The souvenir brochure, beautifully embossed, explored key events in the history of the church and also featured a programme of […]
Taken near the top of Forrest Street in 1980, this photo of Glasgow Road looks westwards and captures the street in a significant state of change. With Herbertson Street just out the photo to the left, an open, expansive “wasteland” had opened up on the south side of the street following the demolition of the […]
By end of December 1980, the former Masonic Buildings on the south side of the road and the tenement at Abbeygreen at the corner of Church Street was demolished. Glasgow Road is pictured looking east. The derelict Stonefield Parish Church stands at the corner of Church Street, the phone box still (almost) standing. Further shops […]
On 3rd September 1979, Stonefield Parish Church suffered a similar fate to other Blantyre churches that decade after going on fire. This appeared to be an accident following work being done on the roof. Despite losing their church building, the congregation remained resilient. During the next 3 years they travelled further west and met in […]