Pictorial History of Auld Blantyre - High Blantyre

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Pictorial History of Auld Blantyre High Blantyre - II
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The spire of Blantyre Parish Church is visible in the background of this 1904 picture, taken just beyond the Cross. Its first minister, William Chirnside, was also the last Catholic priest at the Priory. The way he changed his beliefs like a pair of socks illustrates the religious turmoil of the Reformation, when scruples (more)	High Blantyre 1904
Hunthill Road 1904	Hunthill Road has changed so much since this 1904 picture was taken that the exact spot is difficult to locate. Needless to say all the buildings have been demolished. Village areas such as Kirkton and Hunthill used to be made up of limestone walled thatched cottages such as the one just visible... (more)
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Jock Stein's Cottage, Hunthill Road. Jock Stein was a local character who had a large mole on his face. Jock would hire out his Cart or move stuff or anything else for that matter. More	Jock Stein's Cottage
Huntill Road 1930	The only building in this picture still left standing is the one on the curve with its dormer windows, now the Weaver's Gallery. The shrubs on the left were replaced by modern cottage buildings and fencing some time around the 1930's.
Hi Bill, Congratulations on your website it is really wonderful and so much information. I have attached 3 photos of High Blantyre Primary School Choir with the music teacher Mrs Butler. These photos were taken between 1956 – 1960 - I think – maybe someone will know the exact dates. My name is Nancy Murphy (Boyd) I lived in Stonefield Crescent until I emigrated to Australia in 1972. I also have some photos of Thompson’s Licensed Grocery Shop that used to be in Hunthill Road and will attach them in a separate email. Keep up the good work. Best Wishes, Nancy	Robert Thomson Hunthill Road Off Licence
	Willie Thomson Hunthill Road Off Licence
Potatoe Delivery
Thompson's Off Licence	Danskin's Shop - Broompark Road
Huntill Road
High Blantyre Main Street. 1947 Pictured from approximately at the entrance to the Old Parish Church, and looking eastwards back along Main Street, many of the buildings are no longer there.
	Spiers Laun, Kirkton One of the oldest ever photographs of Blantyre and one of my favourites! This was taken in the 1880′s making it well over 130 years old!
High Blantyre Cross looking towards Stoney Meadow with Huntill Road to the right c. 1908, with the old railway bridge in the background. The rounded block on the right was once the church hall. Although this picture of Main Street looks peaceful enough, the Advertiser was inundated... more	High Blantyre Cross 1908
High Blantyre Cross 1915	A great shot of High Blantyre Cross facing towards Springwells, taken around 1915. Douglas Street, now widened and forming the feeder road to the East Kilbride Expressway, is on the right. The Station Cafe tenement has been demolished, as have the white... (more)
High Blantyre Cross showing the Station Cafe and The Victoria Bar - Owned by Mrs Gilmurray. Now known as Carrigan's
A rose garden now stands on the site of the Station Cafe. From about 1910 housing conditions in Blantyre were said to improve, with dramatic reductions in infant mortality rates reported in some areas, thanks to the County Council improving housing and sewerage. more	High Blantyre c. 1915
Main Street High Blantyre	Ice Cream Parlour High Blantyre Main Street, where the Station Cafe was. It was owned by the first Italian in Blantyre, Tedeski. More
Hi Bill I've attached a photo of my great grannie standing in the doorway of her restaurant at High Blantyre Cross at the end of the nineteenth century. The building is on your website already as 'The Station Cafe', I don't know which came first. Bill Agnew (formerly of Auchinraith Road)
McLean's, Main Street, High Blantyre	Bill - some info on the High Blantyre main Street photo titled McLean's - which is the paper shop with the yellow awning half way down the street. The other yellow awning further down was the Co-op draper. The two low hut-shaped buildings in between were where the Orange Band would practice and they had a boxing club for a while. I went a few times as a kid but couldn't get used to getting punched on the nose! More
Entrance to Kirkton Park (home in the 1950's to High Blantyre Hearts; who were Lanarkshire juvenile cup-winners at one time (players like 'Trigger' Dunsmuir, the Goalkeeper, Wullie Tallis and Jake Brownlee were the stars in those days).
The only means of identifying this picture of Main Street is by the large two-storey building whose gable end is visible at the far end. This has been identified as the Stones Hotel which, along with everything else in the picture has been demolished. The tenemnt block containing the bank, post office (more)	Main Street - High Blantyre
Lemonade Works High Blantyre	Delivery Drivers for McLean Brothers Mineral Water Works, High Blantyre. More
Another delivery Driver for McLean Brothers Mineral Water Works, High Blantyre. More
	I saw a photo on your website of the Mclean brothers they owned the Springfield Mineral water company in high Blantyre around the 1900s, Alexander Mclean had been killed in the Udston explosion More
Causeystaines 1905	The name Causiestaines was originally given to a group of tenements surrounding Kirkton Park, and the tenement just visible on the left of this 1905 picture, built in 1894, still bears the name. Today, the view up Broompark Road looks very different. more
These smart houses in Broompark Road date from the late 1920s / early 1930's and were probably built as part of the 'Homes for Heroes' scheme of the inter-war years. The grubby tenement block at the back has been demolished and is now the garden of a large house.	Homes for Heroes
Main Street, High Blantyre looking towards Auchinraith Road 1908	The only means of identifying this picture of Main Street is by the large two-storey building whose gable end is visible at the far end. This has been identified as the Stones Hotel which, along with everything else in the picture has been demolished. More
Auchinraith Blantyre. The building on the right front edge was the chemist's Patersons, just before the wee row of cottages on the right, then before that they used to be... More	Auchinraith Blantyre
Auchinraith Blantyre	Auchinraith near Blantyre, photographed in 1870 by Thomas Annan. The mansion was designed by architect David Hamilton and built in 1809 to replace an older one, known as Whistleberry, on the other side of Park Burn, at the bottom right of the photograph.
This was the opening day of Auchinraith School in 1913. Silver Band and everyone dressed in their Sunday best. What a day! More	Auchinraith School 1913 Opening Day
Buggy Buildings, Auchinraith Road	Remember the Buggy Buildings? Situated in Auchinraith Road and backing on to Springwell. If you lived here, send Bill your stories. More

Pictorial History of Auld Blantyre

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