Pictured are the former Priestfield Rows, the miners tied homes which belonged to Dixon’s Collieries. This looks back down to High Blantyre, with the railway bridge in the distance now also long gone. The photo is from 1953, several years after the coal mines were Nationalised. In fact, the whole scene has completely changed. […]
On 13th December 1938, a report of a strike ending featured in Blantyre papers.The strike saw 850 men down tools, all to stand up for 4 colleagues whom they believed had been unfairly treated. The report states: “Settlement of a strike at Priory Colliery, Blantyre, yesterday will help a local charity. Four men whose suspension […]