A wonderful poem about the 1930 Auchinraith Pit disaster in Blantyre. Written by Tom Penman of Airdrie, its shared here telling the story of yet another significant pit explosion in Blantyre, which happened on Saturday 30th August 1930. I have to admit though, Tom’s frustration and even anger comes across towards the pit owners, to […]
Tensions ran high during the 1926 miners strike. In Blantyre Auchenraith Colliery was instrumental in breaking the strike there and returning people to work and controversially sell coal again from the pithead. The largest meeting of miners ever seen in Blantyre took place on Thursday 21st October 1926 in a field adjoining Auchinraith Colliery, which belonged to […]