This sad scene was a very busy funeral cortege as Blantyre suffered another terrible mining tragedy in 1930. Six men lost their lives at Auchinraith Colliery on 30th August 1930 and a few days later the dead were buried. Mass crowds lined Auchinraith Road to pay their respects, of which those pictured represented just some […]
Robert Strang, in 1920, was a young- fireman, employed at Auchinraith Colliery, who resided at Carrick Cottage, Blantyre and he invented something remarkable! In July that year he brought out an invention which he claimed would stop a colliery cage going at full speed if the rope snapped, thus saving the lives of any miner […]
The whole Blantyre district was thrown idle on Tuesday 10th May 1927, by order of the Area Mining Committee as a protest against certain actions of the managements of Bardykes and Auchinraith Collieries. Mr A. Hunter explained to a mass meeting that Bardykes Colliery had been idle for the last three days for two reasons: […]
The Auchinraith Colliery was in trouble by Summer 1931. On Saturday 22nd August 1931, the directors of S.C.W.S (Scottish Co-op) issued a press release saying they had decided to definitely not go ahead and buy the colliery, based on a report they received from engineers. The statement was a disappointing blow to many people who […]
Taken from the Hamilton Advertiser, Blantyre notes and local events for 9th January 1932, shared here by Wilma Bolton. “The police have just had sent to them a new list of people who in all likelihood will before long be called to serve as jurymen or jurywomen. Those whose names are on the list […]