A community event in Blantyre will commemorate the 149th anniversary of the 1877 mining disaster that killed 215 miners. Historian Gordon Cook will share personal stories of the tragedy’s impact on families and the community. The talk will be held on October 22, 2026, at Blantyre Old Parish Church Hall.
We would like to invite you to the Blantyre film premiere of `No Moans on the South Side‘ on Friday the 2nd of October from 5pm-7pm at Blantyre Miners Welfare Resource Centre. The film looks at the Blantyre disaster which took place on the 22nd of October 1877 and remains Scotland’s largest mining disaster. It […]