The Queen celebrates 70 years because the nation's monarch this weekend, and he or she was no stranger to visiting Lanarkshire over time.
Fittingly, given it's the Royal Burgh, Rutherglen was an early appointment for Elizabeth II, together with her look within the city coming shortly after her coronation.
The go to to Rutherglen on June 25 1953 capped off a day in Scotland for Her Majesty and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, which additionally noticed the couple go to Paisley and Glasgow. This included an look at Hampden Park to see a youth rally, with performances by the Scouts, a youth choir and shows of gymnastics and dancing.
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After that, it was off to the Royal Burgh, the place locals had been decided to present the brand new monarch a heat welcome. The day was bathed in sunshine, with 1000's of locals out on the Primary Road to see the royal couple arrive on the city corridor, the place they took tea and signed the guests e book.
Based on the Reformer's protection on the time, Her Majesty was very impressed by the variety of cheering youngsters who greeted her.
The Reformer reported that the Queen advised the then Provost, James Sinclair, she had by no means seen so many kids at a go to.
Mr Sinclair was quoted as saying: "The youngsters had given them the type of reception solely youngsters can provide."
Amongst them was Pat Bolton, who in 2016 relayed to the Rutherglen Reformer her recollections of the day.
Pat mentioned: "I used to be 14 on the time – the Hampden occasion was all of the youth organisations on show, and it was glorious. My dad led the 113th Burnside Scout band after which led the pipe band at Hampden – he was a really laid again particular person usually however he was very proud to be a part of it.
“The very fact my dad was concerned made it even higher – I used to be like ‘there’s my dad!’ after which we had been again to the Primary Road afterwards to see her arriving at a distance. It was a superb day.
“It was so busy on the Primary Road – I bear in mind the massive automobile going by [with the Queen in it]."
Additionally on the Primary Road was Mary Rafferty, then a St Columbkille’s Main pupil.
In 2016, she recalled: "I bear in mind we had been taken from college to the Primary Road to attend there, and we had been all so excited.
"All the faculties had been there to see her.
"We had been all lined up on the entrance, and each 5 minutes we’d hear somebody saying that was the automobile coming, though clearly it wasn’t.
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"We had flags to attend for them to go and we might see them behind the automobile, which was all glass - everybody was screaming once they went previous.
"It will need to have been about 3pm once they arrived, however we had been there for a superb couple of hours beforehand.”
After the City Corridor go to concluded, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh then rejoined the Royal prepare at Rutherglen prepare station.
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