Today we look back at the life and remember James ALLAN, who has the unfortunate position of being first alphabetically in the list of 215 miners who died in the Blantyre Pit Disaster on Monday 22nd October 1877. James Allan was just 22 years old, a single man when he died in Pit 3 in […]
From the heavily researched illustrated book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Moving again northwestwards, further into Springwell, we next arrive at the former Smellie’s Land or Smellie’s Buildings (pronounced ‘smiley’), a surname well known throughout Lanarkshire. Smellie’s Buildings at Springwell should not be confused […]