The benefits of Blantyre Life will be felt across the whole of South Lanarkshire, and indeed I look forward to what is being accomplished here inspiring others across Scotland.” Director of health and social care for South Lanarkshire, Professor Soumen Sengupta, added, “My congratulations and appreciation to all of our staff and all of our partners for what has been accomplished here. These are starkly challenging times for health and social care, and for the communities we serve – Blantyre Life shows the impact that collaboration and innovation can make to delivering positive outcomes for local people.” Menu: Coal | Early Discovery | Blantyre Pits & Collieries | Coalmasters | Miner’s Homes | Coal Mining Life | Strikes | Blantyre Mining Accidents | 1877 Blantyre Pit Disaster South Lanarkshire Council said that the housing and care campus ‘champions’ the ‘home for life’ principle, with an emphasis on enabling more people to live as independently as possible within their own homes.

A fantastic, relatively recent photo by Blantyre Drone Works shows well, how the large vacant plot of land, once occupied by the former St Joseph’s Primary School has now been used and built upon.Built by Cruden Group, the transformational, excellent facilities provided on this multi-million pound development has delivered a 20 bedded transitional care hub – with community facilities – and 20 new technology enabled properties, all equipped with state of the art telecare systems to support independent living and care fit for the 21st Century. Additionally, when new Schools were being constructed elsewhere in Lanarkshire, sometimes pupils briefly attended Blantyre Schools during the build. An example of this is: Exclusively, Blantyre Project has researched & compiled a list of all Blantyre Farms, past and present, exploring their detailed histories. Extracts from the forthcoming booklet, “Blantyre Farms” by Paul Veverka (c)

This viaduct formerly carried the Motherwell – Glasgow portion of the (London, Euston – Glasgow) West Coast Main Line across the River Clyde between Uddingston and Newton, at a dangerous part of the river , at a location named Chapel Eddy. The piers are in bull-faced red sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar band courses and dividing arches. Stepped semicircular cutwaters sit below on square-plan coped piers. The approach walls are in bull-faced sandstone ashlar and feature 2 deep round-arched recesses upstream on the west bank. An incredible collection of Photographs of Blantyre people, kindly donated & shared. Menu: People Stories | People Photos | Ancestry | Honours Roll | Blantyre Directory A-Z | Business Directory A-Z | Entertainers | Sports Legends | Sports Clubs | Heritors | Famous Folk | Estate Owners | Organisations | Professions | Weddings |On the morning of 22nd October 1877, at Dixon’s Pit 3, High Blantyre a large explosion took the lives of 215 men and boys, remaining to this day as Scotland’s worst ever Pit Accident. Our list below updates the amount of 207 previously thought to have passed away. This unique archive is extensively researched for the events of that day. Extracts from the book draft “Blantyre Schools – sit up straight” by Paul Veverka explores the requirement and construction of Blantyre’s schools, including in some cases, their demise and explores the Parochial and Parish Education’s involvement.Throughout the 20 th Century and into the 21 st Century many Blantyre pupils also attended schools slightly outwith the Parish. Namely: When you consider the long road getting to this welcome milestone, everybody should be extremely proud of what’s been accomplished and what this means for the community and residents. The state-of-the-art homes and care campus have been built to the highest standards to be warm, comfortable and highly energy-efficient and right in the heart of the community.” This is of course the new state of the art Blantyre Care Hub, with its various new buildings, homes, gardens and parking. In the foreground is the playground of the current St Joseph’s School.

Veverka Directories: Glasgow Rd South | Glasgow Road North | Stonefield Road | Auchinraith Road | Bardykes Road | Main Street | Victoria Street | More coming…. The facility had been opened since March 23, but official opening ceremony was decided upon for June. Yes, you read that right. One of the Blantyre Project readers is an avid gamer and also has a great memory. Combining both, he has produced this Minecraft version of Carrigan’s former ‘Finbarrs’ pub on Broompark Road. Minecraft is known… Provost Margaret Cooper, who officially opened the facility, said,“It was fantastic to have the opportunity in person to express on behalf of the council our gratitude to all those staff who have worked so hard to deliver what is a truly impressive development.Steven Simpson, MD of Cruden Group, said, “This has been a fantastic collaboration to deliver exceptional, technology-enabled homes that will allow older people to live more independently. Early Education | Parochial Board | Blantyre School Board | Discipline | Photos by Year | Nursery Schools Adventure School (Corner of Kirkton Cemetery), f ,