Continuing our look this week at Sanny McVicars excellent cine videos of Blantyre during the 1960s’ Sanny’s cine reels were converted by Blantyre Project and with his permission shared here for you all to see. Today, we’re looking at High Blantyre Industrial Estate, out with the dog, looking across to the timber houses and homes […]
During the first week of October 1978, there were threats to form “human barricades” across the new section of the A725 East Kilbride Expressway at the Auchinraith Junction. That part of the expressway was due to open from Crossbasket down to Auchinraith on Tuesday 10th October 1978 and some nearby residents in Springwell were NOT […]
These two photos are taken from a short 1962 Lanarkshire film, that ever so briefly featured a scene in Blantyre. Pictured are the timber houses at the east side of Blantyre, and in particular views of Birdsfield Drive, Parkville Drive and Bellsfield Drive. The houses still look very familiar although some of the high […]
These 4 photos were taken in 1955 from the nearby Auchinraith Bing and feature the timber houses. Streets pictured include Birdsfield Drive and Bellsfield Drive, named after the 2 local farms, bought over by compulsory purchase order, to make room for new housing estates. This followed a shortage of homes in Blantyre that existed from […]
In June 1938, The County Council Housing Committee subject to the approval of the Department of Health for Scotland, accepted an offer of £246,900 by Cowieson’s, Ltd., Glasgow, for the erection of 512 timber houses in various parts of the county. A tenth of them were destined for Blantyre to relieve a housing shortage. The […]