In early October 2015, Brian Frankham messaged me saying, “I was was told that access to the Greenhall Brickworks was from the top of Sydes Brae. I was born in Hamilton Drive which is off Sydes Brae and was always being told that I was born “up the Brickie” Certainly the people who told Brian […]
Auchentibber, is a hamlet, one of the original fermetouns of Blantyre in the Parish of Blantyre, Middle ward of the county of Lanark; which in 1846 contained 73 inhabitants. It is situated in the south western part of the Parish, on high ground above Sydes Brae, and on the west, the Rotten-Calder water forms the boundary, […]
A significant meeting for Blantyre took place on Tuesday 5th May 2015 where South Lanarkshire Councillors passed a motion for Blantyre’s brand new Cemetery. An agreement was reached to purchase 4.9 acres of land at Sydes Brae above Newhouse, which will accommodate over 1900 new lairs. Designed for Blantyre’s burial needs for the next 30 […]
With a crematorium just 200 yards outside Blantyre Parish, the thought of a second one being built in the area was met by the people of Blantyre with much protest. Indeed, when the site was proposed by South Lanarkshire Council at Greenhall, not only was Blantyre going to have a new crematorium, but was also […]
A previously unpublished photo taken around 1910. Here’s the Auchintibber Inn, pictured in the best clarity seen yet for this building. Photographed by Main Street man, David Ritchie this pub sat at the corner of Auchentibber Road and Sydes Brae (close to where the war memorial ended up). The photo is clear enough to see […]
This photo dates from around 1900. A delivery outside the Auchentibber Inn (and no doubt some of the people inside, coming out for a photo opportunity!). The Auchentibber Inn sat about halfway up Sydes Brae, on the corner of Auchentibber Road.The small, single storey building was made of stone and the gable you see here […]
I recently posted about Park House and its history here http://blantyreproject.com/2014/10/02/blantyre-park-house-sydes-brae/ Alex Rochead contacted me recently saying, “My grandfather had been in the army for many years serving in South Africa and India. When he returned to the UK and was demobbed he worked at Hamilton barracks as a Barracks Warden. I have been told […]