... 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 ...

... CELEBRATION They were there in celebration. Mr Patterson spoke of the tragedy of the Redding Pit Disaster on September 23, 1923, when without warning, a wall gave way, a torrent of water flooded in and 40 lives were lost. 3 ¥ 'l36{6&};. to the memorial ...

... 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 ...

... Redding’s day of death A BOOKLET which will create considerable interest, especially among the former mining villagers, is published today (Friday). Entitled ‘“The Redding Pit Disaster’’, it is written in an easy-to-read style by Amanda M. Jackson and ...

... 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 ...

... enough Tult 10 Padk P to spend a few moments with Liam as ; the procession wound its way from . Shieldhill, past the Redding Pit Disaster Picture: EUAN PITCAITHLY ...

... 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 ...

... team won the Henderson Watch Football Competition. The national competition had been set up to raise funds for the Redding Pit Disaster. Mr Bryce’s father (front row, far fight), who died in 1970, was 18 at the time. He went on to have a successful career ...

... village with reference to the monument, shepherds, gardeners, the Methodist Church, the Co-op, the colliers and the Redding Pit Disaster. This attractive brochure is well worth reading, not only by exbandsmen and band members, but for all residents ‘‘up ...

... BOOKLET ON PIT DISASTER FALKIRK District Council’s Library Service are planning to publish a booklet on the 1923 ‘“‘Redding Pit Disaster’® at the end of this month. v The booklet, which' is €xpected to cost approximately £1.50, is one of the ...

... Longcroft, Slamannan and other local places wil also be on show — as well as photographs of the pithead scene during the Redding Pit Disaster in 1923. Copies of the now defunct ‘‘Falkirk Mail”’ newspaper will be on display too, as well as a large collection ...

... 15 years and during which time he was instrumental in helping the Colliers erect the Memonal stone at Redding Cross to mark the Redding Pit Disaster, which is always the Lodges’ first stop at the Annual Demonstration on the first Saturday in August every ...