... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... guests are expected to join the walk on Saturday when it leaves Reddingmuirhead at 1 p.m. After laying a wreath at the Redding Pit Disaster Memorial, the parade will make several stops en route at Laurieston, Westquarter, and Polmont, before moving on to ...

... e Quarry. The church and California Old Rows were built from sand stones hewn from the quarry. At th e time of the Redding Pit disaster, the water from the hill was carried across the quarry on a wooden viaduct, as the quarry filled with water and ultimately ...

... apprenticeship as a mining engineer with an Edinburgh firm, and he was area manager of a group of mines in the Redding area prior to the Redding pit disaster. In 1924 he joined the firm of Arcfiibald Russell, Ltd., and remained with them till he retired in 1941 ...

... Fowler from Shieldhill, who i days led the walk on a horse. | Minutes later at Redding Cross, a wreath willd} the commemorative monument for those who Redding pit disaster of 1923, | Broxburn Public, Linlithgow Reed and Kinnei{ bands will again be on ...

... the notorious Redding Pit disaster 63 years ago, has died in Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary. He was Mr Lawrence Thomson (94) who lived at 38 Princes Street, California. Mr Thomson had been a miner all his days and worked in various pits in the area ...

... played Rule BHttanla The ship bound lor scrapyard A MEMORIAL is be erected the Falkirk village of Redding to the men who lost their lives the Redding pit disaster of 1923.,, Mr James Anderson. Central Regional Council convener, raised the plan with the Coal ...

... set off from Reddingmuirhead four hours earlier and at Redding Cross, one of their number, Bible-bearer, Mr Eurith “Taffy’’ Williams, laid a wreath in memory of those killed in the Redding Pit disaster 64 years ago. They walked familiar ground, stopping ...

... to an end in May. He was 67. During his spell as the first citizen of the town, Mr Maxwell — a survivor of the 1923 Redding Pit Disaster — won high respect from all sections of the community for his gno:;ity and desire to serve the interests of the urgh ...

... 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 ...

... Challenge Cup by only one point at the Edinburgh Musical Festival, a Choir Concert in the Usher Hall in aid of the Redding Pit 'Disaster Relief Fund, are all highligths in the career of this talented West Kirk singers In former days the choir had g membership ...