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Queen's Coronation 1953

Baird's Rows, Blantyre

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Sent in by Ellen Clarkin

Baird's Rows consisted of three rows of tied Miners cottages belonging to Craighead Colliery. Purdie Builders of Coatbridge commenced construction of the houses in April 1878, in the area at present occupied by Park's Bus Company, between Forrest Street, Glasgow Road and the East Kilbride Expressway. Water was supplied to the houses from Craighead Pit. The houses were numbered but there were no street names. (From, Blantyre, An Historical Dictionary by Neil Gordon)

Note from Bill...

I was born in Baird's Row's and lived there for the first four years of my life. I actually have a lot of memories from that time, including the time whem Mr Scott, a neighbour would ask me to go and get a big tattie. He would then make some fritters and we would sit on the front step and gorge ourselves with the fritters. The last time he made the fritters, I had a wee brother when I got home!

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