On Wednesday 16th November 1904, Sanitary Inspector James Dobson brought a complaint against Colliery owners Merry and Cunningham, about the dangerous bing which was rising up adjacent to Auchinraith Road. The complaint was in relation to Auchinraith Colliery Bing, but not about its height. This as about it being unsafe, with high quantities of coal […]
In 1967, it was announced that a private firm would be paid 6d per cubic yard for all material they removed from Auchinraith Bing. The firm was Alexander Russell & Company Ltd (of Glasgow). It was welcome news for the area, for the bing had been sitting there , unchanged and unused since 1931! […]
Another fantastic photo taken from Auchinraith Bing, this time looking westwards right across Blantyre. The date is 2nd June 1958 and Anthony Smith has shared the photo. Of course the most prominent feature in this photo isn’t Logan Street in the background or indeed Auchinraith Road or railway, but is actually the light coloured prefab […]