More photos from 2000. Pictured again in Stonefield Public Park is the former playpark equipment. These swings, climbing frames and see-saws had been there for several decades, but by the Millennium , as you can see they had seen better days. In the background is Woodburn Avenue. This playpark was near the Station Road entrance […]
During WW1, a fete was held at Stonefield, at the large Curling pond, just off John Street. The location of this former curling pond is now where the fields are in the public park, where the modern summer gala is normally held. In Summer months, when the green was not frozen over, it was used […]
Marie and Davie Kelly kindly shared this photo recently. Marie says, “Davie Kelly & I was looking at old pictures & found one of the Blantyre Public Park. We thought you’d like to see it early 1970s” Taken from the back of the tenements on Glasgow Road, the scene is idyllic and a far […]
The British Workmen’s Public Houses, perhaps designed in the 19th Century to offer an alternative to the rowdy drinking dens of working classes. British Workmen’s Public Houses offered something else other than the bar. The had free reading rooms with newspaper and magazines and there were lots of the them about Central Scotland. At least […]
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 Road and Stonefield Road. Out of sight to most people, I wanted to post this on the page for later reference to if ever needed […]
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 and allows picking out good detail when zoomed in. It’ll certainly help illustrate articles when I start posting about all the Glasgow Road North businesses! […]
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 for a short part of Glasgow Road for about hundred yards before the old Blantyre Cotton Works Toll Point (not to be confused with Monteith’s […]
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 price of £2,000 ended up at £2,750 due to keen competition. The buyers being the Forrest family. They may not have realized the extent of […]