In Summer 1894, several publications told of the hardships which the widespread Scottish miners strike was having on everyday family life. With so many men out of work, Blantyre was hit particularly hard causing further poverty and terrible conditions. Some newspapers and magazines singled out how bad things were in Blantyre at the time, and […]
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Fled leaving Coal behind, 1921
A meeting of Blantyre miners was held the Public Park on Saturday 14th May 1921 to discuss the position of some miners who were working a number of outcrop seams in the vicinity and who were selling the coal and reaping good harvest. Some miners had been working illegally at Auchentibber on an outcrop […]


