My friend, Alex Rochead shared these invoices with me recently. Dating back to 1906, they’re from the former sawmill in High Blantyre once belonging to William Adam. William died in 1919 age 78 and was the owner of Shott House. Wood was being supplied to Dixon’s Collieries. Gordon Cook told me, “William Adam made his […]
Pictured here in April 2016 by Blantyre’s Alex Rochead is a black modern vent pipe, which is inserted into the ground, just off the pavement on Hillhouse Road, High Blantyre, directly across from the Priestfield Cemetery. The pipe serves to vent gasses from the former William Dixon’s Colliery tunnels far below the ground.With the worst mining […]
This is the bottom of Stonefield Road in 1903. Taken 113 years ago, it looks across to the east side of the road, not far from the junction of Calder Street. This is the building that would later go on to become the Red Lion Pub in the 1970s. To the right is 33 Stonefield […]
Nancy Riise Kvamsdal emailed me in November 2015 saying, “Hi again, I love your FBpage. I would like to ask if you know anything about an address: 3 Govern Street, Blantyre. My greatgrand parents lived on that address from around 1904-1919, their names were Henry Broadley and Bridget Broadley, m.s McManus. I have a […]
Pictured a few years ago in High Blantyre Cemetery is Dixon’s Monument. Erected by William Dixon Ltd, the monument remembers 240 miners (men and boys) who died in the blasts of 22nd October 1877 and 2nd July 1879. Many protestant miners ended up buried here, with many of the Catholic miners, in Dalbeath Cemetery. Thanks […]