Photographed here in the mid 1930’s are Blantyreferme Pits 1 and 2. Captured from the Clyde Bridges looking back to Blantyrefereme Bing, Fin Me Oot would be behind the horizon. Around the time of this picture, a few safety incidents occurred, a couple proving fatal. Five men were affected a serious, gassing accident in the Blantyre […]
Out this week is a fantastic new children’s book called, “Pits, Ponies, People and Stories.” Its a project that has taken over 2 years to develop involving many hundreds of children and volunteers. It is beautifully illustrated and written in a way children will understand. Bound with a quality hardback cover, it tells the mining […]
I was recently shown a nice little book dating from 1921 telling the story of the David Livingstone Memorial Church. Scanned kindly for me by Betty McLean, there is enough information within it to be posting for a long time. The book is also peppered with many little anecdotes and interesting snippets of information that […]