In March 1979, AA Brothers, a then well known off sales chain were refused permission to build a new pub in Blantyre. The drinks chain had a sister company Castle Wines, operating from Bothwell Road and had applied to open a brand new public house at their premises at 145 Stonefield Road (at a […]
John Ward Duffy shared this photo of the postbox at the bottom of Stonefield. I’m told it is an Edward VII box. If we can look beyond the rather ‘saucy” photo in the window of Tan Unique, you’ll notice of course that the pillar box has a remarkable lean, something that has been there […]
This great photo was taken at the bottom of Stonefield Road in the winter of 1978/1979. Shared here by Sandy Wilkie, it shows some of the more popular shops many of us remember. In the foreground most notably is Mickey’s Cafe and on the opposite side of the close, James Hastie bakers. These shops […]
Stephen Anderson kindly shared this great photo, which I’m sure loads of people will recognise. Yes, its the bottom of Stonefield Road and you can see that Mickey’s Cafe has been demolished, the rest of the building still intact. Anybody remember this. Now here’s the thing…..can you tell me what the year is!? Featuring Blantyre […]
From the illustrated social history book… “Blantyre – Glasgow Road, The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2016 – 2018. Exploring Stonefield Road Stonefield Road takes its name after the old district of ‘Stonefield’ in Blantyre, which in the early 20th Century actually extended from this point southwards up to Larkfield and as far […]
Following demolition of Minto’s Buildings, Dervoch Cottage, Broompark Place, Clyde Cottages, the workshops on Glasgow Road and the tenement houses and shops at the bottom of Stonefield Road, a new housing estate sprang up at the corner during the early 1990’s. The estate was named to remember the Valerio family who had traded at […]
I read with interest recently that Valerio’s cafe (Mickeys) sold cigars and cigarettes and “due to them owning the building in Stonefield Road throughout the 20th Century, constricted the sale of cigars and cigarettes in the adjoining newsagents.“ I’d just like to point out that thats completely wrong and wasn’t the case. Not only did […]
The Anderson Church on the east side of Stonefield Road, burned down in the early evening of Thursday 8th June 1978. Vandals were thought to have caused the blaze, which totally destroyed the Church. The fire was a final act in a prolonged campaign of malicious attacks on the Anderson Church, which had not […]
 | Dorothy Sredman on Collins Bakery & Birrell… |
 | Lindsay Paterson on Glasgow Road, 1925 |
 | Eric Flack on Soldiers at the Dookit, 1916 |
