These pictures are from 1985. They show the Whitehill to Blantyre corridor at the railway and also at Whistleberry Road. The A725 still looks new, this scene at the verges now very overgrown with woodland. Do you recognise the small track? I’m stuck with that photo. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for […]
A railway spur was opened in Blantyre in 1882, which connected High Blantyre to Low Blantyre. This was done so that the Caledonian Railway could operate a direct service from Glasgow to Strathaven, via High Blantyre and Hamilton at Little Earnock. At the north end of Blantyre, the railway branched off the main line and […]
You may be wondering what happens to the deep coal mine shafts, one they are no longer used. Most are infilled, or flooded but this newspaper account copied and shared here by Wilma Bolton, tells of how the two double shafts at Whistleberry Colliery were filled in. The shafts were owned by Messrs Archibald Russell […]
On Saturday afternoon of 11th August 1934, at the Whistleberry Bridge, Blantyre, a motor delivery lorry belonging to Messrs Elder & Fyffe, banana merchants, Motherwell, was involved in a smash, and the driver had a remarkable escape from serious injury. The lorry swerved to avoid a collision with another car and cycle, and ran on […]
Whistleberry Colliery, Blantyre, owned by Archibald Russell and Company. Ltd., closed down on the evening of Monday 27th May 1935 after a working life of forty years. The decision to close down the colliery was forced upon the owners by a rush of water. Trouble has been experienced by water at Whistleberry Colliery for a number of […]
A rare and wonderful photo from 1931 in Glasgow Road. Pictured is Glasgow Road leading off to Whistleberry Road and the replacement of the old iron railway bridge. The tram lines are evident running along Glasgow Road, under the railway bridge near Springwells. The contractors were William Arroll, whose site compound was situated alongside Glasgow […]
A great photo from 1931, showing the Railway Bridge being replaced over Glasgow Road, Low Blantyre. The photo is taken from roughly where the EK Expressway is now and you can see Glasgow Road running from left to right in the picture. The large crane in the background would be sitting roughly where LIDL is […]