I took these photos early on Remembrance morning, earlier this month. This is the perimeter fence at Auchentibber War Memorial, just off Parkneuk Road. In recent years, the young conifers have sprouted somewhat, now higher than the small fence, and whilst everything looks nice and tidy just now, it made me wonder what this area […]
Renovation is Complete Well, what can we say! The Council have excelled themselves! (Not often we’ve said that!) Auchentibber War Memorial in High Blantyre is now fully rebuilt and landscaped, ready in time for Remembrance Sunday. The memorial was demolished and rebuilt with grant money following concerns about its dilapidated state. Council workers have been […]
From the condition of the stone on the Blantyre War Memorial, i’d guess this great photo was taken in the 1930s or 1940s. It is of course the war memorial at the High Blantyre Cemetery just off Cemetery Road. The buildings pictures are now gone. It is clear from the lawn, shrubs, beds and railings […]
I have learned yesterday that the Auchenitbber War Memorial is to soon be renovated by South Lanarkshire Council. The monument has been suffering in recent years due to heavy traffic and poor previous repairs. Following a poll by Blantyre Telegraph in December 2016 (on behalf of SLC, Blantyre Community Council, Blantyre Project and various other […]
The final instalment of Flora Dickson Potter’s memoirs and research about Auchentibber. Written in her own words, Flora in this part discussed the Auchentibber War Memorial. “By 1919, the war having ended, war memorials were springing up in many towns and villages. JBH Struthers and Miss Wallace were the organisers of a fund that was […]
I took a picture of Auchentibber War Memorial in January 2015, noticing it looked like it had been cleaned. Well kept, with nice poppy wreaths. ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF AUCHENTIBBER IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914-1919 BROWN Thomas Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. BROWN Robert Lance Corporal, Black Watch. Killed in action […]
This photo shows the Auchentibber War Memorial half way up Sydes Brae, near the junction with Auchentibber Road. The memorial faces out on to Sydes Brae Road and is situated near the roadside. It looks newly constructed, allegedly using pillars from the fireplaces of the demolished Hamilton Palace. The tidiness of the site also supports […]