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 […]
A long awaited, unique memorial was unveiled today, Saturday 4th February 2023 at High Blantyre Cemetery commemorating the lives of hundreds of miners who lost their lives in three colliery disasters. An important event for the former mining community of Blantyre, thankfully the weather stayed dry as 90 local people gathered at 12.30 for the […]