Pictorial History of Auld Blantyre

Glasgow Road, Blantyre II
East to West

And all its Arteries

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Glasgow Road c1920

The Stonefield Tavern - Glasgow Road at Priory Street. Formerly known as Fred Raes, then Teddy's.

Thought to be be the oldest Public House in Blantyre. (But it is not as The Barnhill Tavern dates back further,)

Co-op No2 Branch

Y.M.C.A.Building

The Broadway Cinema

The Broadway Cinema in Glasgow Road opened in 1939, and for a time it was feared that it would be requisitioned for the war effort.

Broadway Cinema

Two storey Bld, Birrel confectionary, Templetons, Dentist, Callaghan Drapery.

Bethany Hall.(Methodist Church).

Photographed in 1908. The primitive Methodist Church, on the left hand side of the picture, originated in 1893 when it only had a handful of members.

Joanna Terrace, Glasgow Road, Looking Towards Livingsones Church in the Distance.

Building Joanna Terrace - Entrance to St Joseph School.

Chemist.

Livingstones Church Steeple in the distance.

The Tram Terminus at the bottom of Stonefield Road with David Livingstone Church Steeple in the background.

The Tram Terminus

First Day of Blantyre Trams

First Day of Blantyre Trams

You can imagine the excitement on this great day. The local inhabitants could now freely visit Hamilton, Motherwell and Wishaw. The fair to Wishaw was 5d.

Stonefield Road

Valerios Building, Micky's Ice Cream Parlour

St. Joseph’s School
School situated in Glasgow Road opposite Stonefield Road. Built in 1878 and was used weekdays as a school and Sundays and Holy Days as a Chapel.

Dixon's Rows

Again this ir your territory Jim, you were born here were'nt you?

The raw's consisted of seven Streets Starting with Calder Street.

Blantyre Bowling Green

This was the Shop next to Broompark Road
with what would have been Robertson's Land tenement further down, now the Landmark/Spar unit at the corner Stonefield Rd / Burnbrae Road. More

Stonefield Road - Danskins

Commercial Bar

Also known as Murdoch's or Pepper's after Tam Pepper, a former owner and notorious teller of tall tales!

Craigs Building

The Old Original Bar - Glasgow Road at Stonefield Road. Also known as Craig's. Established 1882. The present building was erected in 1903 by Robert Craig.

Across the road is the Old Chapel House (was first RC Chapel & School 1878)

St Joseph's R.C. Church - Built 1905

New Chapel house

Mayberry Building.

David Livingstone Memorial Church.

Blantyre Community Centre

Popular venue for Weddings.

This is where Billy Connolly played when he visited my Brothers Youth Club.

Glasgow Road between Blantyre Community Centre and the West End was still Farmland up till the 60’s.

David Livingstone Church in background

The Parkville Roadhouse - Glasgow Road. Formerly the home of Dr John Cowan Wilson. Opened in 1959.

McNeils Building & Pub.

The West End Bar - West End Place, Glasgow Road.

Approximately 50-60 yards from The Volunteer Arms.

Also known as Bennett's, a previous owner and The Farmers Club.

High Blantyre 1 - 2

Glasgow Road 1 - 2

Low Blantyre

Blantyreferme

Blantyre Folk 1 - 2

Everything Else