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Queen's Coronation 1953

Baird's Rows, Blantyre

Girl walking in from the left is Betty Clarkin (now living in Canada)
Boy with collar and tie was William Clarkin (now deceased)

Sent in by Ellen Clarkin, Sister of Betty and William

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 that I was pegged up on a washing line for stealing cabbage from a neighbours window cill, which she had put out to cool.

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