Dymocks buildings and the Beehive Brae

[RichardHallford]

Any idea what church that is in the background, just so I can get a bearing? Tks in advance.
PS, attached is a photo of the Rio Picture House (The Bazookie) from another site. Cinema at left hand side. Anyone know the building on the Right Hand Side? This is Craigneuk St, I believe looking towards Motherwell. Any info would be helpful.

[lud]

Hi,
Craigneuk Belhaven Parish Church Craigneuk St.

Cheers

[sancti]

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0t6y/

[RichardHallford]

Sorry, attachment did not work on previous post. Rio Picture house top of beehive brae, to the left of Craigneuk Emporium. Enjoy.

[RichardHallford]

An Aerial photo of Craigneuk St, (Wishaw out of picture on the left). In the distance, at the bend, there is the Zookie (Bazookie) (Rio) Cinema. You have to zoom in to see it properly.
Road going across screen at very bottom possibly Flaxmill Avenue. Road on right hand side Meadowhead road. Picture taken circa 1945. Note prefabs on Meadowhead road. Road in centre of picture Charles Street??? Enjoy.
Could that be St Patricks Church in Shieldmuir rd about centre left?

[RichardHallford]

Craigneuk St was known locally as the beehive brae.  Here is a picture of how it looked after WW1, note the cinema the tram lines horse and cart, alot different to how it looks now

Jane

You can see a tower in the picture, which is from Craigneuk Public School, which is still there to this day. (You can walk it at street level on Google maps).

[Lodger]

This is an excellent picture Dick, the big works with the 2 long chimneys is the Etna, St Patrick's parochial hall is at the side of Overjohnstone Drive and the church itself is across the main street (Shieldmuir St) with John St on the left.
You're right about flaxmill Ave and that must be Glencleland road above it.
At the very top of the picture is the woods of Dalzell Estate and in front of them are the old houses at Burngrange - glassford St, Burnside St, Shields Road (the Wishaw Back Road as it was known) and Range Rd, Reid St & Stirling St.

Many thanks for posting this, wish I could get a copy, I meet with some "old" Craigneuk cronies on a Wednesday morning, they would love it as the came from Charles St and the United Buildings.

[lud]

Lodger,
see Brian, at Local Studies Motherwell Heritage Centre, the RAF took pic's of the area in 1947,he has the disc, or have a look at this link for other areas of the UK.http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/
hope this helps.

[Lodger]

Thanks Lud, I'll nip in to the HC when I'm in Motherwell later today.