Auchinraith Photos 1930s

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1930 – Eventful year for Blantyre. 30th August saw the Auchinraith Pit Explosion where 6 miners lost their lives.

The Pit Explosion Funeral
Explosion Funeral
Sunday 31st Aug 1930 Pit crowds
1930s Auchinraith Row on left
1930 Blantyre Coop Bakery
1930 Auchinraith Colliery Sep (PV)
1930 Hi res Blantyre Co-op Bakery (PV)

1931 – Hardie Street. Renovation of Auchinraith Junction

1931 Hardie Street, Blantyre
1931 Springwells children pass under the bridge
1931 Springwell Railway Bridge 1 gets renovated
1931 Railway Bridge being replaced

1932 – View of Auchinraith Colliery

1932 Auchinraith Colliery

1933 – To be uploaded soon
1934 – Miners Welfare Women’s Committee

1934 Miners Welfare Women’s Committee , Calder Street

1935 – 1936 – Merry’s Rows

1930s Merrys Rows
1977 21st April
1937 – Merrys Rows and Slater Family

1937 Slater family at Merry’s Rows
1930s Central Co-op Premises, Blantyre

1938 – Brief Blantyre Royal Visit on way to Hamilton

1938 Queen meets Margaret McMahon at Blantyre

1939 – To be uploaded soon

Results: 17 photos

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