Pictorial History of Auld Blantyre

Glasgow Road, Blantyre
East to West

Blantyreferme

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Spittal Bridge - Blantyre

Spittal Bridge was probably another name for Priory Bridge, which crosses the Rotten Calder on the A724. The road has been widened since this picture was taken and it is possible that the old bridge has been engulfed by the concrete structure that exists now.

Calderglen was one of the Blantyre mansion houses which managed to survive after its heritor residents (including John Richard Cochrane in the late 1880's) sold it. By the 1950's it was owned by a greyhound racing company, later being taken over as the Calderglen Nursing Home.

Calderglen - Blantyre

Blantyreferme Pit,

Tenement Building at Fin-me-oot.

Fin Me Oot was the name given to a small miner's village located on the banks of the Rotten Calder, a tributary of the River Clyde.

The village's formal name was Caldervale.

However, in its latter years, after the demise of mining in the area, its location meant it was not easily found by visitors, and this may be how the name Fin Me Oot came to be associated with it.

Blantyreferme Brickworks

Battery Blantyreferme AA

A World War II anti-aircraft battery was sited at Blantyreferme, near Blantyre to the southeast of Glasgow, west side of Blantyre Farm Road.

The accomodation huts were a great place to play soldiers as a child.

During World War 2, the residents of Blantyre raised funds through varios means to Gift this Ambulance to the Britsh Red Cross to help with the War effort. More

Blantyre Ambulance Gift

Boat Joak's Orchard...

John Scott's...

The Boat House

Meeting of the Rotten Calder and River Clyde... Haughhead Pit in the distance.

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Blantyre Folk 1 - 2

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