Tag: lights

Xmas Street Lights On

This has come round fast. High Blantyre’s Christmas Street Lights were quietly switched on at 4.15pm tonight, though some of them further eastwards don’t seem to be working yet. Tomorrow, Sunday 17th November will be the turn of Low Blantyre when the street lights along Glasgow Road get illuminated, as well as the town’s Christmas […]

Blantyre Christmas Lights

We’ve been chatting to the Council about this year’s Christmas lights and can reveal Blantyre’s will be switched on a little earlier than usual this year.  With no Christmas outdoor event and to avoid scheduling clashes with other towns, Glasgow Road lights will be switched on remotely by the South Lanarkshire Council at 16.15hrs at […]

Christmas Lights Still Up?

They may not be switched on, but are they still up!? We’re talking about Christmas lights outside in gardens and on homes. Apparently, due to the recent wild, windy and wet weather, many people have still to take down their Christmas lights a month on. Struggling to find a dry day to do so. Ok, […]

High Blantyre Christmas Lights

To those who are still thinking Christmas is some time off, a sharp reminder tonight that it’s not, as High Blantyre’s Christmas Lights got switched on. The Council remotely switched on Main Street Christmas Street Lights and the Kirkton Christmas tree lights at High Blantyre earlier this afternoon. Glasgow Road’s tree and lights will be […]

Christmas Lights Switch on

Blantyre’s Christmas Lights will be switched on tomorrow, Sunday 21st November! A big weekend is here for nearby towns and Blantyre as Festive lights get switched on. The festivities are a little earlier this year and start today, Saturday 20th November with Hamilton currently hosting a xmas market culminating in their lights being switched on […]

Traffic Lights Out of Order

A quick post to say the Traffic lights which have been out of order for several weeks on Glasgow Road, have been reported to the Council. A kind resident reported the fault earlier today after ongoing concerns about the lights in the area pictured still being broken. At the same time, a large pothole causing […]

Blantyre Pit Disaster – A Memorial

Fitting Tribute at the Cemetery As you may know, today, 22nd October is the Anniversary of the Blantyre Pit Disaster, when in 1877, some 215 men and boys tragically lost their lives at High Blantyre. As part of several events commemorating the mining accident, we have tonight, on behalf of every person in Blantyre, commissioned lights […]