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Kames Colliery Disaster - Miners Voices
Over fifty years have passed since the village of Muirkirk was shaken by the news of an explosion at Kames Colliery.
Mining memories in audio format which will help preserve the history and heritage of Ayrshire's mining culture. |
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Jim Rouse's Scottish-Mining website. His pages were designed to provide an online resource for those researching Scottish mining ancestors, to share information and stories.
Includes History, Coalfields, Maps, Conditions, Housing, Stories, Disasters, Photos, Surnames and links. |
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Michael Martin began his life as a miner at the age of 15 years. His first job was in the Fife Coalfields at Kinglassie Colliery, in 1954.
Fife's great mining tradition recaptured for you in facts, figures, maps, pictures and tales of her pits and mines.
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Blantyre Past
Andra McAnulty, born in 1860 in Lanarkshire into a mining family became the first President of The Lanarkshire Miners' Union. While recovering from injuries sustained down the pit there was another massive explosion at the pit which killed 215 miners, one of whom was his father. Andra devote the rest of his life to improving the lot of, not only his fellow miners, but also their wives and families. |
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Andy Paterson
Long-time mining and social historian and author, Andy Paterson lives in Errol in Perthshire.
Copies of Andy's book "A Blast from the Past" can be purchased directly from him at:
BlantyrePast@aol.com
Andy can also be contacted by phone on 01821 642592 |
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Fife Mining Heritage Society
One of fastest growing interests is in family histories of miners and our aim is to have a dedicated mining heritage centre to cover all aspects of mining in Fife |
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Scottish Mining Villages
The site was set up to gather information on some of the mining towns and villages in Fife, Lanarkshire and other areas of Scotland. We hope you find this information useful and please call back -the site is a work in progress and we are adding new material all the time. |
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The history of the parish of New Cumnock, including some pages on the New Cumnock Coalfield Bobby Guthrie |
