In May 2015, I stumbled upon a video about mining and couldn’t believe the first few very short scenes were of High Blantyre. But they were and in particular the exact day was on 6th January 1947, when the Coal Board Nationalised mining. Several of the initial scenes featured scenes of crowds at High Blantyre including […]
Many people will be familiar with the story of Blantyre Explosion in 1877 in Dixons Pit 2 and 3 where over 200 men and boys died. Blantyre was not particularly large at the time, and this would have made this tragedy all the more apparent in our town. So many families were affected and although […]
Pictured in 2015, whilst I was out walking. The site of the old Quoiting Green at Auchentibber. Although overgrown, the layout of the green can still be seen, especially in Winter time. The flat green can be seen in these photos I took in January. It’s a far cry from almost 100 years ago, when […]
Six men had narrow escapes from serious injury on Tuesday 8th September 1936 in Bardykes Colliery Blantyre, when they were caught by a race of loaded runaway hutches on the main hutch road. Three escaped by entering a manhole but the others were caught when attempting to enter another manhole. The injured men were John Martin […]
The miners employed on day shift at Priory Colliery, Blantyre, owned by Messrs William Baird & Co., Ltd., had a pleasant on Thursday 6th May 1937. When they arrived at the surface it was intimated to them that the company was to give every worker over 18 years of age a bonus of 10s, and […]
Having had an idle day for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday 12th May 1937, the 500 miners employed Blantyre Colliery, belonging to William Dixon, Ltd., were again idle on Thursday 13th May as a mark of sympathy for a workmate who had been killed in No. 2 Pit, High Blantyre. […]
850 MINERS IDLE OVER ONE MAN THEY DEMAND HIS REINSTATEMENT AT SCOTS COLLIERY The failure of an underground coal-cutting machineman to turn up for his work on the evening of Sunday 7th August 1938 and the consequent refusal of the pit manager on the following Monday night to allow him to start was responsible for […]