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Dear Editor, As a volunteer at the National Mining Museum Scotland (NMMS) at Newtongrange, Midlothian, I am compiling details of memorials to miners, mines and miningrelated items.
This will be included in a booklet to be placed in the memorial room at the museum which was opened in 2013.
I have identified a number of memorials in South Lanarkshire.
These include: the Blantyre Disaster Centenary memorial at High Blantyre, the Bothwell Castle Colliery hutch and flower garden, Bothwell; the memorial to Bothwellhaugh Village in Strathclyde Park; the memorial at Quarter Church; the Udston Disaster Memorial in Hamilton and the memorials to Robert Smillie (memorial arch, park and school) in Larkhall.
There is also a memorial to the Roman Catholic miners killed in the Blantyre Disaster which is located in Dunbeath Cemetery in London Road, Glasgow, and a memorial to local miners killed in the Udston Disaster in East Kilbride.
I would like to know who built the Watson No.3 Colliery, Motherwell, memorial, when and by whom it was unveiled.
I am seeking similar information for the Bothwellhaugh memorial, the memorial at Quarter Church, the Blantyre statue, the Udston Disaster memorials in Hamilton and East Kilbride and the three memorials to Robert Smillie in Larkhall.
I would also like to know of any other mining-related memorials in South Lanarkshire that I may have missed.
I am particularly interested in memorials to the miners’ strike 1984/85, memorials to miners killed in WW1 which could be war memorials or rolls of honour and memorials to individuals who were linked to the mining industry, for example, Mick Mcgahey.
I can be contacted at the NMMS via Ellie Swinbank on 0131 663 7519, keeper@nationalminingmuseum. com or directly via email at jamesjhenry@yahoo.co.uk
Jim Henry volunteer National Mining Museum Scotland Dear Editor, World Diabetes Day is on Monday, November 14, and we at Diabetes UK are urging the whole of Scotland to turn blue and support people living with the condition.
There are over 280,000 people living with diabetes in Scotland.
Yet, despite its prevalence, condition is very misunderstood.
Diabetes is a serious and complex condition which, if not managed well, can lead to life-limiting complications, including stroke, lower limb amputation, blindness and cardiovascular disease.
Children and adults with diabetes the have to manage the condition 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in order to stay healthy. There is no day off.
That’s why we’re asking everyone in Scotland to go blue for a day. Whether you dress in blue clothes, dye your hair blue or paint your face blue like Braveheart - we want you to embrace your inner Smurf to raise money to support people living with diabetes and fund research towards a cure.
Anyone who would like to get involved in our #Worlddiabetesday activity along with family, friends, school, community or workplace are invited to get in touch with me at Linda. Hamilton@diabetes.org.uk or phone 07585 790 515.
Diabetes UK is the UK’S leading charity supporting people living with diabetes.
We offer expert information and advice to help people manage their diabetes effectively and confidently; fund pioneering research into care, cure and prevention of diabetes; and campaign for improved diabetes health care and support for everyone affected by the condition.
We rely on donations and the immense generosity of our supporters and fundraisers to continue our vital work which will lead us to a world where diabetes can do no harm.
For further information on diabetes please visit www.diabetes.org.uk
Linda Hamilton, regional fundraiser for central & south Scotland, Diabetes UK (Scotland) Bath Street Glasgow G2 4AA