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Leadhills

This Monument Dedicated to Mine Manager James Stirling

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The Curfew Bell was erected by the Scots Mining Company in 1770 to commemorate mine manager James Stirling in the year of his death.

The bell was an integral part of the mining industry in Leadhills, it was rung to inform the miners of shift changes and to summon the children to school It also warned of accidents in the mines or when people were lost on the hills. Today the bell is used only to ring in the New Year.

James Stirling was a renowned mathematician with a shrewd business sense who joined the Scots Mining Company in 1735. He transformed it from the verge of bankruptcy to one the most profitable enterprises in the country.

While manager at the company he cut the miners hours underground to six daily and vastly improved their working and living conditions. He also encouraged them to build strong stone cottages and to keep gardens. It was during his time here that the Miner's Library was founded, the oldest subscription library in the British Isles.

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Kirkconnel Polveoch

THE MINERS WHEEL

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Looking from Polveoch Terrace to Main Street,  Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
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The miners wheel is situated on Polveoch Terrace Main Street Kirkconnel. Unveiled/opened 5th October 2013 by Local Councillors and Schoolchildren. The wheel was made by local Blacksmith Andrew Robertson and is made up of flowerpots sculptured to look like Miners helmets. It was funded by D & G Leader. It was to promote the value of a Mining area and remember the history of a Mining Town.

On Saturday 31st March 1984 Upper Nithsdale paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries by the unveiling of a memorial to their memory overlooking Kirkconnel Main Street.

The ceremony was attended by a large number of local people who saw the memorial unveiled by Jimmy Douglas the oldest surviving local miner at the time. The ceremony was presided over by District Councillor Dom Barclay.

The Rev. Harold Mudaliar, Minister of Kirkconnel Parish Church, then dedicated the memorial. He talked of the supreme sacrifice paid by the men and woman commemorated on the memorial. He also mentioned the Miners’ Strike that was taking place at the time. The Rev Mudaliar said “They being dead, now speak of sacrifice, of supreme sacrifice, sacrifice not for personal gain but for the good and the comfort of others. Today they speak from this memorial and this humble town, to the nation at large, to Government, to Union Leaders, to Board and to fellow miners, saying we sacrificed our lives for others when we had little or nothing. Now you gained so much will you not sacrifice a little of your plenty for others.”

After a prayer of dedication had been given by the Rev. Father Boland, the unveiling ceremony was performed by Jimmy Douglas and a wreath was laid by Mr John Allen. The Service was concluded by the Rev. Mudaliar reading verses by local poet “Cushie Knowe” (Mr Robert Mathieson. Mr Mathieson, himself a former miner and deputy at Fauldhead, was the man behind the idea of a memorial not only as a tribute to the Miners who lost their lives, but also as a reminder to future generations that mining was part of the local heritage. Teachers of Sanquhar Academy designed the Memorial.

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Fauldhead Colliery Memorial Kirkconnel

The Original Kirkconnel Memorial To the Men Killed in Fauldhead and Sanquhar Collieries

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Two Memorials (Above and Below) Were Built and Dedicated as Two Separate Entities

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This plaque is on the ground immediately in front of the central brick "Wall" shown in photo of the original Kirkconnel memorial which is surmounted by the miners head statue. You will see that in the original photo the area in front of the memorial was merely slabbed using stone slabs. The "plaque" is oriented along the axis at right angles to the original memorial wall. This slab must have been added when the Fauldhead Memorial was installed.

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A Frame, Kirkconnel

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Mine A Frame, Auchengour Allotments, Kelloholm, Kirkconnel

THE MINERS A-FRAME

The miners A-Frame is situated at Auchengour Allotments Kelloholm.
Unveiled in 2012 by the chief executive of Dumfries and Galloway Council.

The A-Frame was based on the design of the Barony A-frame in Ayrshire

It was funded by A.T.H Mining & Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Coal Trust.
It was dedicated to the Miners and families who lived in the Village

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Kirkconnel Miners Hall

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Kirkconnel Miners Hall
Needle Street,  Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway

`THE MINERS MEMORIAL HALL

(Formerly called the institute) Sorry I cannot seem to find any information for the hall. One of the volunteers said it was opened in 1963 and then renovated 1970s when it became The Miners Memorial Hall. The hall is situated on Needle Street Kirkconnel.

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