1920 Glasgow Road. Stonefield Tavern on the left, The Co-op building nearby. Tram lines in the street and what busy pavements. The vacant ground on the right eventually became the Broadway Picture house.
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1903 Glasgow Road at Priory Place
1903 Glasgow Road. Stonefield Parish Church on the right. The road in the foreground is Priory Place, bottom of Logan Street, with Church Street beyond on the right. Incredible that this photo is now 111 years old. Buildings all now gone. Today, the sports centre is on the left and Devlin Care Home.
‘Spooning’ on the Tramcar
When the tram Network was installed throughout Lanarkshire at the turn of the 1900’s, the long round trip from Hamilton, Uddingston, Bellshill, New Stevenson and Motherwell became a popular excursion on fine evenings or weekends. This was true also for the Wishaw , Hamilton, Blantyre, Glasgow lines too. The Blantyre tram line opened in 1903 […]