I think I may have uncovered evidence of Blantyre’s first petrol station. The Hamilton Advertiser commented on 30th May 1914 that a “Mr. Anderson, The Wheel, Blantyre had just erected a suitable place for the storing of petrol or shell spirit, the largest portion of which was placed below ground level.” Owing to restrictions imposed […]
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The Detached Wheel
Dan Connor (73), was injured in a peculiar road accident on Monday 3rd August 1931. He was standing at the junction of Glasgow Road and Stonefield Road, Blantyre, when one of the wheels of passing motor car which had been forced to swerve avoid another vehicle, became detached from the axle and dashed against […]