Another previously unseen photo of Crossbasket House, again from nearly 120 years ago. This photo shows the new stone entrance which George Neilson added and it looks like the older windows had been renovated around that time too, in a style sympathetic to other parts of the house. However, what I’d like to show are […]
Blantyre Lawn Tennis Club – Between 1910 and 1915, this local sports club established tennis courts and a pavilion at 81 Stonefield Road. The club arrangements were done through Mrs Catherine Weir of 16 Victoria Street. The club bought the land from the Trustees of John Clark Forrest. At that time the adjacent Bowling club were […]
Looking at the 1936 map of High Blantyre, I see that there were Tennis Courts at Crossbasket. About midway along the estate entrance road between the Lodge and Crossbasket House, was a large flat area which in the 1930’s was used as a tennis court. The playing fields do not appear on the 1910 map, […]