I particularly like this lighthearted story next, gleaned from auld, local newspapers and have suitably illustrated it with an AI image. Late one evening in May 1895, a High Blantyre farmer was making his way home from Hamilton, where during that day, he had earlier sat in public houses for too long and drank too […]
By 6th October 1874, Sheriff Spens had issued his judgement in the case of Blantyre local authority against Mr McGregor, residing at Hydepark House at the corner of Springfield and Broompark Road Blantyre. The case, a prominent one was around the water supply to miners’ families at Stonefield. It was alleged by the petitioners that […]
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 […]
In November 1962, to relieve flooding at Stonefield Road and the Public Park, a large outfall sewer was completed. The sewer was dual pipeline and was of sufficient capacity to permit the capture of both sewage and stormwater from all the nearby housing estates at Stonefield Road and the surrounding district. A burn exists at Low […]