Andrew Polland, a well-known junior footballer, of Purdie Street, Burnbank. was seriously injured while at work in Priory Blantyre, on Thursday 20th August 1936. Pollard, who was employed as a machineman, was engaged in cutting coal when he was struck by a heavy stone which fell after the machine had passed along the coal face. […]
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 […]
During the evening of my book launch in November, I was surprised to find the most common thing people wanted to chat later about was the possibility of a tunnel between Blantyre and Bothwell. Again, I heard stories of how people used to play in a tunnel, but importantly again, this was in the early […]
Pictured here in the 1930’s is a high quality photograph of a deserted High Blantyre Station. Robert Brownlie shared this with Blantyre Project, along with his note on the photo showing where the railway bridge was, that used to cross Main Street near the entrance of Craigmuir Road. In the background on the far left, […]
Bothwell Castle 3 and 4 Colliery, also known as Priory Colliery, was owned by William Baird and Company. Despite the castle name, it WAS on the Blantyre side of the river, but pits 1 and 2 were on Bothwell side. Priory Collier had two shafts, sunk in 1889 to a depth of 1,344 feet, and […]