This is the story of a 16-year-old boy who sadly lost his life in the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877. John McCulloch was born on 21st February 1861 in Bothnennar, Stirlingshire to parents John McCulloch Snr a coal miner and Alison Marshall, a domestic servant and shirtmaker.  John would have 8 siblings throughout his short life […]