About 8 o’clock on the evening of Thursday 8th August 1895, an alarming accident took place at Dixon’s Pit 4 at Larkfield, Blantyre. This little known accident took place where today, the playing field Bing is. The nightshift men in the colliery were preparing to descend to their work when one of the hot air […]
On the day after the 1877 Pit disaster, the Glasgow Herald reported. This account is the third and final part of their first account and follows on from Parts 1 and 2 earlier this week: Meanwhile, steps had been taken to gain access to the pit by No. 3 shaft and a temporary lowering apparatus […]
Taken from High Blantyre behind the Church, this 1967 view looks across towards the former Dixon’s Pit, which is being removed in the background. The Kirkton Housing estate in the middle of the photo with County Buildings in the background. To the left the Manse wall beside Douglas Street. The house under the large […]
“High Blantyre Collieries, belonging to William Dixon (Limited) were on Sunday night the scene of a disastrous fire, in which the life of one man was lost, and a great extent of property destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known, although it has been the subject of a searching investigation by the […]
I love this brilliant picture, taken from a film recently shown to me. Pictured in 1947, in exceptional clarity is Dixons Pit 3 at Priestfield High Blantyre. There are SO many people from Blantyre in this picture and I’m hoping some readers recognise people. The large crowd assembled on 6th January 1947 are watching the […]
I was reminded recently of the horror the men faced when they attempted to rescue the trapped miners on 22nd October 1877, during High Blantyre’s Pit disaster. Reading through Andy Paterson’s excellent book, “A Blast from the past”, Andy has described the event in such detail that leaves the reader in no doubt what those […]
Having had an idle day for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday 12th May 1937, the 500 miners employed Blantyre Colliery, belonging to William Dixon, Ltd., were again idle on Thursday 13th May as a mark of sympathy for a workmate who had been killed in No. 2 Pit, High Blantyre. […]