Can I ressurrect a very old thread?
I have been interested in locating where old coal mines were for some time. This started as a project as part of research for the railway history of Airdrie and Coatbridge but has since spread to surrounding area including Glasgow. It is a project which would take many years to complete in it's entirety so I have tried to do it a bit at a time. The emergence of Live Local and Old Maps has made the search much easier but there are many gaps.
From a list on the
http://www.nmrs.co.uk/nationalised.htm site there would appear to have been only eight Glasgow mines that survived into nationalisation in 1947 (one, Langside, has no location it is assumed by association with the name), the others are confirmed on the Glasgow Story. I have managed to locate three and would like to initiate a discussion to locate the others and generally discuss coal mining.
The list is..
Bardykes (Flemington) closed October 1962:
North Side of A724 Hamilton Road between Cambuslang and Blantyre grid ref NS 673 587 now a Sand Quarry/Opencast development
Garscube (Glasgow) closed August 1966:
Immediately to south west of Western Necropolis grid ref NS 572 696 now a Local Site of Importance for Nature Conservation
Blantyre (Newton) closed July 1957: location unknown
Blantyreferme No.3 (Newton) closed August 1964: location unknown
Blantyreferme Nos. 1 & 2 (Newton) closed April 1962:
Immediate east of Blantyre Farm Road to south side of Glasgow to Motherwell Main Railway Line grid ref NS 684 606 now Waste land part / industrial site
Coatspark (Cambuslang) closed May 1958 (aka Gateside Mine?):
If so South side of Newton to Kirkhill Railway Line NS 653 601 now new Housing Development
Greenlees (Cambuslang) closed February 1957 Temporary drift mine opened 1948
Langside closed October 1949