In September 2014, I was contacted by June Roberts saying , “Hi Paul, I am researching family history and have come across a photo of a John McCue (an old relative) being presented with a silver mounted umbrella by Mr Douglas the USA ambassador on the occasion of a plaque being unveiled at the miners […]
Philip Murray was born in High Blantyre, Scotland, in 1886 in a small row of miner’s cottages. A quiet, shy boy, he showed more interest in school books than in games. His father, William Murray, was a Catholic coal miner and union leader who emigrated from Ireland to Scotland prior to his son’s birth. His […]