Glasgow Road ~ South

Blantyre's Ain WebsiteBlantyre, Lanarkshire, ScotlandGlasgow Road South

A Wander Doon Memory Lane. We can now start to explore the South Side of Glasgow Road and see it as our Fathers and Grandfathers would have seen it.

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Blantyre Name

Blantyre Name Meaning

Charles Ireland Scrapyard

Charles Ireland Scrapyard

Blantyre Golf Course

Blantyre Golf Course

Chalmers Building and Caldwell Hall

Chalmers Laun and Caldwell Hall

Rosendale

Rosendale

Buggy Buildings

Buggy Buildings

Auchinraith Primary School 1900

Auchinraith Primary School 1900

Auchinraith Club

Auchinraith Club

No5 Co-op Bakery

No5 Co-op Bakery

Aerial view of Timberland

Aerial view of Timberland

Henderson Building

Henderson Building

Botterill's Fish Restaurant

Botterill’s Fish Restaurant

Herbertson Street 1979

Herbertson Street 1979

No 1 Co-op, Blantyre

No 1 Co-op, Blantyre

Sproat's Laun

Sproat’s Laun

Merry's Raws, Elm Street

Merry’s Raws, Elm Street

Stonefield Parish Church 1960

Stonefield Parish Church

Masonic Lodge

Masonic Lodge

Priory Bar

Priory Bar

Territorial Army Drill Hall

Territorial Army Drill Hall

Blantyre Post Office

Blantyre Post Office

Harper's Garage

Harper’s Garage

Ness's School 1904

Ness’s School 1904

Blantyre Police Station

Blantyre Police Station

Public Library

Public Library

Congregational Church 1880

Congregational Church 1880

Miners Welfare Committee

Blantyre Miners Welfare

Calder Street Secondary School

Calder Street Secondary School

Victoria Street

Victoria Street

Blantyre Health Institute

Blantyre Health Institute

Hastie's Farm

Hastie’s Farm

Glasgow Road looking East

Annsfield Terrace

Stonefield Tavern 1920

Stonefield Tavern 1920

The large three storey block on the left of this 1920's picture was Blantyre's Co-op.

Top Co-op Buildings

Fire at the Knights of St. Columba Building

Knights of St. Columba Building

Y.M.C.A.Building

Y.M.C.A.

Bethany Hall 1908

Glasgow Road 1908

Next along Glasgow Road South we had Olivers Building

Oliver’s Building

Mickey's and Tommy outside Cafe

Mickey’s Cafe

Frank Benham outside his shop c.1923/24

Frank Benham

Stonefield Road 1984

Stonefield Road 1984

Red Lion Pub, Stonefield Road

The Red Lion c1980

Stonefield Road 1903

Stonefield Road 1903

Dixons Raws c1919

Dixons Raws c1919

anderson church and manse

Anderson Church

Blantyre Bowling Club

Blantyre Bowling Club

Robertsons Laun

Robertson’s Laun

Mary Danskin's Drapery Shop c1938

Mary Danskin’s Drapery Shop c1938

Russell's Farm looking towards Stonefield Road, later to become the Orlets Housing Scheme.

Russell’s Farm

The Commercial Bar - Stonefield Road

The Commercial Bar

Old Original Bar

Old Original Bar

First Day of Trams

First Day of Trams

Blantyre Community Centre

Blantyre Community Centre

Russell's Farm Plough Horses with David livingstone Church in background.

Glasgow Road

West End Bar

West End Bar

Bardykes House

Bardykes House

Jock Stein's Cottage, Bardykes Road, Blantyre

Jock Stein’s Cottage

Blantyre Cottage Hospital

Blantyre Cottage Hospital

'Aggie Bains Hoose', Brownlee Cottage in Bardykes Road in 1933, one of the oldest inhabited houses in Scotland. It was built in 1536

Oldest House in Blantyre

Hoolet's, Barnhill, Blantyre

Hoolet’s Nest

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Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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