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Mr Eadie’s weekend toprc. .

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1980
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1033 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Sadly missed

... peacefully, on April 8, 1986, Lawrence, aged 95 years, of 38 Princess Street, California, and last survivor of the Redding Pit disaster of 1923. — Inserted by all the family. TONNER. — At Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, on March 31, 1986, Michael, aged ...

Published: Friday 11 April 1986
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 646 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CALIFORNIA

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1986
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 165 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

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Published: Tuesday 25 November 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 33352 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

1673'— French dramatist Moliere died after a severe c{o;ahing fit on stage. — Benjamin Franklin, stat d i t %

... the International Baker Perkins .. 343 -3 214 407 Red Cross, as an organisation for the ‘alleviation of Sidney C. 8ank5. 425 238 460 hwsan suffering in time of war or disaster’. g:fl::‘gd Rty g;’g - .50 }gi 333-50 1 — Geronimo (whose name ...

Published: Tuesday 17 February 1987
Newspaper: Peterborough Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 500 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LISISUIR[E = Watch

... and John Lithgow, one of my favourite actors. Buckaroo is a superhero many talents . . . brain m,mmmw.mmmum He pits his wits against evil red aliens who come from Planet 10 and are all called John. They are known as lectroids and they have infiltrated ...

Published: Thursday 09 April 1987
Newspaper: Dunstable Gazette
County: Bedfordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 208 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

H ’ Free Colliers’ Walk THIS YEAR'’S Free Colliers’ W 3 ahead next Saturday, August 1, i organisers say it

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 24 July 1987
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 162 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

community centre A VILLAGE'’S BID to havg its own DIY community centre has been given a helping hand. A number

... Shieldhill, who in former days led the walk on a horse. Minutes later at Redding Cross, a wreath will be laid at the commemorative monument for those who died in the Redding pit disaster of 1923, Broxburn Public, Linlithgow Reed and Kinneil Colliery bands ...

Published: Friday 24 July 1987
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1116 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Golden D

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 07 August 1987
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 192 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

The Free Colliers on the march

... 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 at ...

Published: Friday 07 August 1987
Newspaper: Falkirk Herald
County: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 658 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

A look back at what REVIEW OF Triumph and tragedy

... investment for the reopening of Frances pit at Dysart. But Seafield again plunged deep into crisis. By the end of November, the 640 miners were being given six weeks to meet production targets or see the pit close. January 11, 1988, sees that deadline ...

Published: Friday 01 January 1988
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 392 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

IT was the Ohrmazd that finally sank shipbuilding at Burntisland. The passenger-cargo vessel was being built ..

... from the run-down of the linoleum industry in Kirkcaldy, the closure of the Wellesley Colliery and the tragic fire disaster at the Michael pit. A personal message was given to devastated employees by the then chairman of the company, Mr John Wright. “To me ...

Published: Friday 11 November 1988
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 393 | Page: 19 | Tags: none