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 […]
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 at Stonefield Public Park! This 1967 picture is courtesy of Blantyre Project reader Lorraine Adair. The small pool was located near the Station Road entrance […]
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 won around 1840’s by a Jackson at the Blantyre show. Ploughing or milk. Plus a medical text book belonging to a Jackson dated 1829.” The Craig, Coats […]
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 Dunsmuir ran the business. In 1950 John Dunsmuir’s shop specialised in Children’s Wear, Ladies Wear, Gents underwear and wools. It also sold hardware at their […]
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 at the Postal Services decision to transfer James from Blantyre to Bridge of Weir. For 5 years, James Young had been a popular postmaster at […]
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 junction of Glasgow Road, this is the bottom area of Stonefield Road, where the postal address numbers start. The photo is around 1903, but no […]
I was contacted by a lady named Jacquie in April 2016, who wrote, “Hi, I’m researching a relative who was a schoolteacher. The 1901 census gives this as her occupation and she lives on Priory Place. Is there any way to find further information on what school she may have taught at. Her name was […]