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... DISASTER MEMORIAL * A memonial is to be erected at _the».F&lldrk_‘vijlh{e of Redding to the 40 men who lost their lives in the Redding pit disaster of 1923. Mr James Anderson, Central Regional -Council's convener, raised the idea with the ...
... plaque of commemoration. The second was of some weeks afio — the Redding Colliery mining disaster near Falkirk which happened 57 years ago. The causes of the loss of life in the two pit disasters were, of course, different. The Blantyre one had its root cause ...
... the Clyde” was “the worst Scottish disaster since Flodden.” For the Clydesiders, among whom Shinwell was gz‘?licly numbered, it was ttish socialism’s finest hour. But even then Shinwell, who left for London with the Red Clydesiders as the new member for ...
... colliery in Glamorgan. labour in the pits in the first half of the century is given a fair amount of space and Mr Pollard reminds us that, for instance, of the 447 workforce at the Duke of Hamilton’s pit at Redding in Stirlingshire 127 were women or girls ...
... woman held BARBARA Balzerani, one of Italy’s most wanted Red Bri- New disaster as mine reopens explonol e a a ‘hn'n coal mmu mfl only a few minutes for the first time since 93 workers were killed in a shaft collapse last December. An official ot(h:‘hi ...
... RecaLibé A Custom that runs :ggm through the ages One of the worst pit disasters ever to hit the Scottish coalfield is recalled by a reader in Restalrig Road, Edinburgh. The disaster was at Redding, near Polmont, and my correspondent asks me if I can tell bim ...
... Kilsyth. Though much of his work was routine, his years in uniform were also not without drama and sadness. There was the Redding pit disaster in 1923 in which 48 miners died. He was one of the first policemen on the scene. There was a spectacular “ambush” in ...
... Booklet on pit disaster A booklet recounting the story of the Redding Pit Disaster in 1923, in which 40 miners died | and five others were trapped underground for | ten days, has been | Bublished by Falkirk | istrict Libraries. ( It is now ...
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... Scottish deep-mine pits last year cost £3.28 per gigajoule (the energy measurement of coal) compared with the British average of £1.70, although there has been a steady improvemnt since. Last year the Scottish pits were £49m in the red, more than double ...