On Sunday 22nd September 1895, a mass meeting of miners took place outdoors at the Slag Road (which would eventually become Craig Street). The meeting was to consider miners wages and hours. Nothing at all existed either side of the Slag Road during that time, not even at the corners of a busy Glasgow Road, […]
Slag Road – was the former name of Craig Street. It first appeared during the 19th Century. At some point during the 1870’s, a track was formed along the edge of the existing farm field and upon expanding nearby population, became a small road, initially called, “The Slag Road.” Perhaps due to the proximity to the Auchinraith Pit, the name may […]