Pictured at Caldervale are local children (who lived at Finmeoot). The photo has seen a little damage, but the faces can still be zoomed in on. Taken around the early 1930’s, the children play on a roundabout. Thank you to Helen Reilly for her written permission and sharing one of her treasured family photos.
This is a lovely photo I saw recently on the Facebook page “FinMeOot friends”. Pictured in the late 1940s is Margaret McNeil on her back steps looking down at the camera, as Francis Reynolds walks by in a smart suit. Fin Me Oot or Caldervale was home to many miners families. The last family to […]
These photos are taken from the Clyde Railway Bridge looking back to Blantyreferme collieries 1 & 2. Away in the distance would be Fin Me Oot (Caldervale). The bings of the collieries are common to both pictures, but several years separate them. The first shows neat fields of crops behind Boatland, in the fields of […]
Friday 13th of August 1937 proved to be a black, unlucky Friday at Blantyreferme. Pictured here in a similar era is a previously unseen photo online of Newton Colliery not far from Blantyreferme 1&2, shown to me by Alex Rochead. Five men were affected a serious, gassing accident in the Blantyre pit. Two of the […]
Thanks to Alex of Spittal Terrace who contacted me on 7th November 2014 enclosing a photo saying, “Excellent site Paul ! The video of Finmeoot amazed me. I walked my dog through the fields behind my house years ago. I would sometimes meet a Blantyre man with his 2 dogs. He was an encyclopedia of […]
I’ve previously written a few articles about Fin Me Oot, or its official title, Caldervale, the small community on the outskirts of the Parish, housing miners and their families of nearby Blantyreferme Colliery. Most accounts about Caldervale end with “it was abandoned in the 1960s”, which is correct, but until now, been rather vague. This […]
I’ve recently been in contact with a kind gentlemen by the name of Tom Eadie, who is a real font of knowledge when it comes to all things Caldervale / Fin Me Oot. On 3rd November 2014, Tom emailed me with some background information and gave me permission to share some pictures here on Blantyre […]