Dymocks buildings and the Beehive Brae

[sancti]

Hi Bob

The cemetery is called Airbles and there has been a lot of redevelopment at the traction house with most of it demolished. Even Motherwell baths didn't escape the bulldozer and there is a Heritage Centre now built on the site

[mags c]

this ones for Lud.  You mentioned McLaughlins was one of them called patrick by any chance, who married a katie preston?

[mags c]

Hi Bob the school was called St Patricks but has now been demolished.  The chapel is still standing as is the church hall across the road.  Whilst on the subject of this area doesanyone know thenames of any oof the pits roundabout 1914 time?

[lud]

Hello All, no I can't recall Patrick McLaughlan , but my pal at that time was John McLaughlan, his brothers were Danny, and Hugh , one of the wee shops across the road from Dymocks Building was run by Mr and Mrs Clow , just up the road ,on the brae was the Beehive Bar.
Lud

[BrianNick]

I was pleased to read the messages regarding the beehive Brae, I was brought up in the building opposite and many of the names are familiar to me. Yes, the picture house was the Buzzuki, the pub the Beehive, the shop was Matt and Jean Clow and I remember buying penny sweets on my way to the public school opposite.
Our name was Nicholson and we lived directly above the sweet shop, we all had gardens at the rear of our building and our house and the one next door were the only ones on our side of the street with a bathroom.
My wife and I returned to live further up in Myrtle Drive a couple of years ago and it was hard to see all the changes that had been made.
We went along to Bellhaven Church on Craigneuk Street and meet up with my friends from childhood on the Beehive Brae and for us to recognise each other.
I will contact my sister Eileen and see if she has any pictures of those early days.

[mcghee67]

Hi Nick,

It would be really nice to see any pictures you're sister has.

[RichardHallford]

This is for McGee67. My Uncle has just turned 80. He grew up in Craigneuk, Wingate St was his last place of residence. He was a McLaughlan, which is on my Mothers side. He reminises the Bazooke cinema (The Rio). I was wondering if there was any possibility of getting a clearer copy of the photo you posted. I cant quite make out what the sign says on the building to the left, which I think the the Bazookie. By the way, he tells me that there were a lot of Lithuanians settling in the area, working in the pits. They were regarded as from Russia and hence the name Bazookie. Like the russian musical intrument. Only a story, no hard facts. Richard.

[sancti]

Not the Craigneuk area but a nice film of Motherwell

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=6038

[lud]

Here are two pic's I took in 1967 of a true "Gentleman of the road", Donald Gray, one, at the top of Beehive brae, taking cardboard boxes to his camp , to the left of Lanarkshire bridge.