What a fantastic amount of interest there was in the recent photos of the Valerio family. Carmen Wood who shared those photos visited Velma last week and read out the names and comments people had written on the page. Velma wants to pass on her good wishes to everyone. Carmen told me, “She could remember […]
In 1948, Bothwell miners reckoned they knew a man who can knock spots off Slogger Williams, the record-breaking Welsh miner’s record of loading coal. Their champion is 32-year-old Tommy Travers, Baird’s Row, Blantyre. Tommy’s record is 21 tons a shift —or the equivalent of about 60 bags of coal every hour! It’s not as high […]