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Colliery Closures, 1921

February 1, 2019

1921 saw significant pressures on employment of miners in Blantyre. On Saturday 2nd July 1921 a notice went up in the Craighead colliery reading, “This colliery will not reopen for work, but will be dismantled. No. 2 workmen who have their graith underground may lift this on Monday. No. 1 workmen will get theirs as […]

1890s Miners at Dixon’s Pit 2

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September 14, 2015

Blantyre People

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Pictured here in the 1890’s are the miners of Dixon’s Pit 2 at High Blantyre. I’ve managed to zoom in on many of the miner’s faces, and whilst these men are long passed on, they were likely almost all Blantyre people, living mostly at Stonefield’s Dixons Rows or at Priestfield. These men would only be […]