Elizabeth Weaver has kindly shared this photo, adding “This is my dear friend Betty Simpson in our front garden in Victoria St. She was wearing one roller skate and I had the other one! Taken with my wee Brownie 127 camera in 1957 or thereabouts. Note the miners going to work at Dixon’s in the […]
I hope I do this story some justice, especially as it ends with a kind and decent man in New York, who is very proud of his Blantyre heritage and especially as I’m now in regular contact with him. I’ve managed to find out some more details whilst researching this story, which I hope are […]
The miners of Bardykes Colliery had a lucky escape on the evening of Thursday 14th October 1949. The news report is as follows: Pithead Structure Crashes The pithead structure at No. 2 Pit of Bardvkes Colliery, Blantyre, collapsed yesterday evening. No one was hurt. The main shaft caved in on Monday, since when the colliery […]
I have some excellent news! With the kind assistance of Blantyre Miners Welfare Community & Resource Centre, Calder Street, the Blantyre Project book is now available to be bought directly there! That is, you can pick up a copy of the book ANYTIME from the Centre. This is an important news story for The Blantyre […]
The following report shows the harsh stance the owners of the colliery took, when miners were affecting their business, by prolonging strikes. This news paper report from 1886, shows clearly that the owners of the colliery pits were fully prepared to take extreme measures, by kicking out the miners and their families from the homes […]