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1953 Dixon’s Smiddy High Blantyre

A beautiful drawing by Reg (Turner?) from October 1953. The scene is High Blantyre and the artist would have been standing in what is now Priestfield Cemetery, looking back along the road towards High Blantyre. At the back, is Dixons Number 2 pit. On the left is Priestfield Terrace, a row of 16 coal miners […]