Continued from Part 7 From the period 1958 to 1973 the close contact between Vics and Senior Clubs was also an important part of team building. Having sole responsibility for signing players for the club, an association with Jock Stein and Sean Fallon (Celtic), Tom Fagan (Albion Rovers), Alex Smith (Stenhousemuir & Stirling Albion), Alex […]
I recently told a news story about two Blantyre miners who died in a pitfall accident in 1901. Henry Tennant and James McGurk. You can read it here http://blantyreproject.com/2013/08/22/im-away-then/ I was emailed by Mr Patrick Whelan who said, “Dear Mr.Veverka, In the process of doing some ancestry research I came upon the article on your […]
Wednesday 24th July 1901 started like any other day in Blantyre that decade. The menfolk set off from their houses , mostly to the pit. Blantyre residents James McGurk and Henry Tennant were no exception. They made their way to Auchenraith Colliery belonging to Messrs Merry and Cunninghame. James and Henry collected their mining gear […]