In the midst of Storm Babet yesterday, Blantyre men Jimmy Small and Paul Veverka quietly unveiled the brand new community display board at High Blantyre Cemetery. At 4.30pm on Friday 20th October, the new cabinet costing nearly £2,000 features the story of Blantyre Pit Disaster was made available to the public, the culmination of many […]
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High Blantyre Cemetery Project
With the Anniversary of the Blantyre Pit Disaster this coming Sunday, it’s time to reveal what we’ve been up to these last few months. Fresh from unveiling new named memorials for the miners who died in the 1877 disaster, Blantyre Telegraph has teamed up again this year with Blantyre men, Jimmy Small and Andy Simm […]

