Thank you to Alex Rochead for sending these photos of the Brickworks at East Haughead Farm. They all relate to 1955 and not to be confused with the Brickworks that were also nearby inside Blantyreferme Colliery. The buildings are shown partly constructed, the steel already constructed. The drift mine is shown in the foreground with […]
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1962 Blantyreferme Brickworks (Drift)
On 3rd February 2015, I was contacted by Ayrshire man Alistair Hastings who shared this colourful photo. Alistair told me, “Hi Paul. I thought that you might like this photograph, which I think is Blantyre Ferme Colliery. It was taken in by my Grandfather, Joe Hastings in 1962. He lived in Uddingston. I think I can […]