Little Buildings at Stonefield
Not wishing to overlook small buildings, I recently had the help of Robert Stewart, who kindly shared his recollection of what several small outbuildings were near the corner of Glasgow […]
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1910 Stonefield
This excellent postcard was emailed to me by Blantyre Project reader, Arch Park (in Australia) back in December 2017. I’d seen it before, but this one is much better quality […]
Toll Brae
From the start of the Council houses, directly opposite the public park entrance was the lower end of the “Toll Brae”. This was a local name from the 19th Century […]
Stonefield Burn
When the 59 acres of land was up for sale in Stonefield in 1851, including the Stonefield farm steading (Hasties) and fields where the park is today, its starting […]
1967 Small Pool, Stonefield Public Park
Well, its finally happened! The holy grail of Blantyre photos, well, certainly in terms of what people keep asking me to see. Ladies and gents, here’s the small, oval pool […]
Blantyre Ploughing Society
In September 2016, Eric Flack sent me a message saying, “Hi Paul, I am aware of some family ‘connection’ to Jackson, Craig and Coats Blantyre names. I have a silver fob medal […]
Advert: J Dunsmuir 1950
Dusmuirs Drapers Shop – was located at the corner of Stonefield Road and Broompark Road. Formerly Danskins, Dunsmuirs bought over the shop sometime in the 1940’s. Mr and Mrs […]
Postal Change at Stonefield
Mr James Young was a postmaster of Blantyre from 1923 until 1928. It was reported in July 1928 that throughout the Blantyre community there was a feeling of regret […]
1903 Stonefield Road
I’ve scanned this in at a great resolution to show more detail than ever before on this 1903 postcard of the bottom of Stonefield Road. Looking north to the […]