Going back 55 years in this article to 1967. This is 6 Watson Place, just off Watson Street, near Hunthill Road. Shared by Jim Cochrane, this is the home of his aunt and uncle. The houses have a very unique build, commonly known at the time as “the steel houses”. They are however, more than […]
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Watson Place, 1960s
Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing these photos of 6 Watson Place, Blantyre. (the steel houses) Jim told me, “This is 6 Watson Place back Garden. Constructed in steel. My great GrandParents lived here From the 1930’s William and Catherine Cochrane. Then my Uncle Bill and Aunt Liz Cochrane untill the late 1990s.” Featuring Blantyre […]
Bill Cochrane at Watson Place
6 Watson Place & the 1960s
Thank you to Jim Cochrane for sharing these photos of 6 Watson Place, Blantyre. Jim told me, “6 Watson Place back Garden. Constructed in steel. My great GrandParents lived here From the 1930s William and Catherine Cochrane. Then my Uncle Bill and Aunt Liz Cochrane untill the late 1990s.” In the other picture (from 1960s), “My […]