Twechar pit
WebEarlier photos Photos by Richard Maycock New DAB - August 2012 Photos by Rob Shufflebotham Coverage area map VHF/FM BBC National WebLocation type Mine Name and dates Twechar Colliery Pit No 1 (1865-1964) Served by the Bairds of Gartshore's Railway. Description. This William Baird & Co pit was on the north …
Twechar pit
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WebFlickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "twechar" Flickr tag. WebTwechar Pit Village. 524 likes. 'Twechar: An oral history of a pit village' is a community based project that is recording the Scottish village's history and unique heritage.
WebThis exciting new project is exploring the rich heritage of Twechar, a former pit village in East Dunbartonshire, which was once the home of Baird & Co's mining training centre. … WebThe etymology of the name is probably ‘causeway or pavement’. Several old documents show Twechar with various spellings including maps by Charles Ross, and William Roy. There is a long history of mining activity in the Twechar locality but it was not until the coming of William Baird & Co. to the area, about 1860, that a close-knit mining community …
WebPit 9/11 Gartshore (No. 11) These pits were built in the 1860s and situated south of the Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line. This was the main Twechar pit as most of the … WebCroy Pit Fatality - William Law (18), pit bottomer, Barrhill Rows, Twechar, was on Saturday instantly killed in Gartshore No. 1 pit, Croy, belonging to William Baird & Co. (Ltd.) Law had …
WebTWECHAR COMMUNITY ACTION Feb 2024 - Sep 2024 8 months. Research coordinator on a Heritage Lottery funded oral history project called Twechar Pit Village. Research and write …
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