Following the recent cleanup of the Memorial at Dalbeth to the Catholic Miners who died in the Blantyre Pit Explosion, Dave Barry kindly sent me this incredible 3D scan of the memorial stone. It records the condition, names and details on all sides of the stone with Dave telling me had he brought a “selfie […]
My history colleague, Alex Rochead recently pointed out potential errors or mistakes in the burial records of the Blantyre Pit Disaster miners who were buried at Dalbeth. This all highlights the difficulties in recording the identities, names and ages of the miners in the immediate weeks after the disaster. What is fact, determined from death […]
I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to the Blantyre man, Jimmy Small and to Frazer McGown of Joseph Potts Funeral Directors and Smiths Funeral Directors in Blantyre and Bellshill. After seeing an article on our sister website, ‘Blantyre Project’ about the Dalbeth (St Peters) Cemetery Memorial for the Catholic miners who died in […]
Blantyre residents witnessed an alarming accident on the Newton Road on the afternoon of Monday 14th January 1901. Made all the more concerning that it involved a hearse carriage. The funeral party had left Blantyre down Blantyre Ferme Road taking a left on to the Calder (Newton) Road. The destination was to be Dalbeth Cemetery. […]