A photo of Glasgow Road from 1903. In the middle of the picture, Logan Street leads off to the right (which now would be the road leading up to ASDA petrol Station. The Priory Pub is a notable feature as is the tall Turners Building at the corner of Logan Street, which later would […]
Pictured here looking eastwards is Glasgow Road. Behind the building on the right is Church Street and you can see the roof and steeple of Stonefield Parish Church at the top right. The steeple is leaning northwards and it would later be demolished for safety. To the left is former Clark Street leading off […]
This view of Elm Street looks north towards Glasgow Road and was captured on camera in 1978, just prior to the extensive redevelopment. On 3rd September 1979, Stonefield Parish Church suffered the fate of many other Blantyre church buildings and was accidentally set on fire. The roof was being restored at the time when […]
I recently found out something quite remarkable. The organist at Glasgow Road’s Stonefield Parish Church from 1968 – 1970, was none other than Hitler’s pianist! It seemed an unlikely tale but I have learned to give an ear to the extremes of improbability, on the outside chance that it might just be true. A little […]
1903 Glasgow Road. Stonefield Parish Church on the right. The road in the foreground is Priory Place, bottom of Logan Street, with Church Street beyond on the right. Incredible that this photo is now 111 years old. Buildings all now gone. Today, the sports centre is on the left and Devlin Care Home.
Pictured here in 1903 is the Stonefield Parish Church (corner of Glasgow Road and Church Street). The present St Andrew’s Parish Church stands on the site of the former Stonefield Parish. By the 1800’s ‘low Blantyre’ was growing due to the cotton mills although this tailed off in the 1870s but was superseded by the […]