@scotindustria.bsky.social I would bet there are loads of parallels with the death of steel here in UK.
@ewangibbs.bsky.social @sticknetwork.bsky.social @mininglandscapes.bsky.social

A large crowd of people standing on a frozen curling pond watching players in action. In the foreground a picnic is laid out and a dog has to be restrained from chasing a curling stone.

We are enjoying the #WinterOlympics #curling but can't help feeling the players could work on their attire after seeing this painting by John Levack

It shows a curling match near #Airdrie in 1857. Spot the coal mines that partly funded the players' wealth www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...

North Lanarkshire Council Museums are looking for a full-time Site Supervisor

The post is based at Summerlee Museum in Coatbridge, closing date is 17 February

Love a bit of local history. If you count Canada as local.

Want to get involved in the creation of a new #MiningLandscape walk in #Armadale? We have an open drop in session in the Library/Community Centre, North St. Thursday 19th Feb between 1 and 2pm.  Message for more info and see www.mining-landscapes.org

Propose a session for Conference 2026 - Museums Association We’re seeking proposals for bold, innovative sessions that bring us together to find solutions to the critical issues of the day

Two weeks to go | Make a proposal for a session at this year's conference 📢

Ahead of MA Conference 2026: Museums Connecting Communities, we’re looking for proposals for bold, innovative sessions that bring us together to find solutions to the critical issues of the day.

Got an idea? Submit now 👇

A photograph of a training exercise in a mock-up mine at Coatbridge Mines Rescue. 5 men in miner's gear with helmets and breathing apparatus tend to an unconscious man on the ground.

New on our museum collections website is a 1st hand account of the operation to rescue 135 miners trapped underground following the 1950 Knockshinnoch Colliery Disaster

It was written by James Lillie of the Coatbridge Mines Rescue Brigade www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/rescue...

Site Supervisor - REQ05293 - 458024 | North Lanarkshire Council | myjobscotland View details and apply for this arts / museums / libraries role in Coatbridge with North Lanarkshire Council on myjobscotland

We are recruiting for a Site Supervisor for North Lanarkshire Council Museums. Closing date: 17 February 2026
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/nor...

Free this Saturday? Why not step back in time and learn about the vehicles in our collection. There's over 130 buses, fire engines, and commercial vehicles at Bridgeton. See gvvt.org/guided-tours for full details!

Our friends @earlyengines.bsky.social are holding the 4th International Early Engines Conference in Bristol from 22 to 24 March

See their website for the latest news www.earlyengines.org

A detail of the side of a double decker tram which has orange paint below the lower windows and a band of green paint above. Immediately above the lower windows are narrow illuminated glass signs with red lettering reading, 'CORPORATION TRANSPORT'.

An oblique view of one end of the tram which is painted cream, green and orange. There are thre lights in the front and arrow-shaped indicators. On the front of the top deck are route and destination indicators reading, '15', 'COATBRIDGE' and 'FOOTBALL MATCH'.

Love to see the new illuminated 'Corporation Transport' lettering on 1930s Glasgow tramcar 1245 which is being restored by our amazing volunteers at Summerlee Museum

1245 was the last Glasgow tram to run before the power was turned off. See the Glasgow's Last Tram Group website glasgowslasttram.net

An oil painting of a mid-1800s industrial scene with bushes in the foreground. Flames from two rows of conical blast furnaces illuminate the night sky.

It’s Heritage Treasures Day. My #HeritageTreasure is CR Stanley’s spectacular 1850s painting of Gartsherrie Iron Works in Coatbridge

It’s part of the @mininglandscapes.bsky.social Summerlee West Circular tour www.mining-landscapes.org/route/117 @heritagefunduk.bsky.social @nlheritage.bsky.social

It’s #HeritageTreasures day our Catherine’s choice is 10 mins from campus the #BridgeofAllan Well House and 120’ stone lined shaft that features on our curated tour ‘Airthrey Copper Mine Surface Walk’ www.mining-landscapes.org/route/40 @heritagefunduk.bsky.social #MiningHistory

The thread about the Elliot Junction Disaster; a railway tragedy in the midst of a blizzard 28th December is the anniversary of the Tay Bridge Disaster (of 1879), but is also the anniversary of the Elliot Junction Disaster of 1906. The spectacle of the former catastrophe, which saw around…

🗓️ 28th December is the anniversary of the Tay Bridge Disaster, a tragedy which overshadows another on the same day 27 years later. In 1906 a wintry tragedy at Elliot Junction caused 22 deaths and 24 injuries when safety and control broke down in a blizzard 🚂🚃

threadinburgh.scot/2022/12/28/t...

View of the first Tay Bridge taken from Fife in January 1880 following its collapse on 28 December 1879.

Read the story of two of the victims, David and Annie Neish, here: dundeecityarchives.w...

Ref: TC/PH2/5

#Dundee #Archives

1/2 Don’t fancy a walk want a read instead just uploaded to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection is the final blog of 2025. A great little story of how a prank at Comrie Colliery #Fife ended up stopping #Kelty bingo…

Victoria Drummond in her maritime uniform after receiving her gong for bravery, surrounded by excitable children

Victoria Drummond 1st UK woman #MarineEngineer. Colleague wrote "Most courageous woman I ever saw...without fear or nerves, is very good at her job & has an uncanny power over engines for which I once thanked God" Early @wes1919.bsky.social member d #OTD 25 Dect 1978 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...

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Can anyone provide more info please - mapped as pit head baths but for all the world it looks a pumping/winding engine house, pictured in 2020 following conversion to domestic use - Tower Colliery, #Dumfries just off A76 between #Gateside and #Kirkconnel #coal #MiningLandscapes

Head and shoulders portrait photograph of an old man with white hair and moustache. He wears a dark jacket and waistcoat with a light shirt and patterned tie.

Born #OnThisDay Sir John Craig (1874-1957)

Joining the Motherwell steelmakers David Colville & Sons as an office boy just before his 14th birthday Craig rose to become Managing Director & Chairman of the Colvilles group

His last task was overseeing the early construction of Ravenscraig Steel Works

Just uploaded another new walk exploring the #Fife #coal to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection ‘A Tale of Two Earldoms’ a 2 mile linear with optional return by bus Dysart to #WestWemyss. To access the route and more info follow the thread…

Closed River & Rowing Museum seeks new homes for its collections - Museums Association Henley institution calls for sector-wide expressions of interest for ethical transfer of objects

News | Closed River & Rowing Museum seeks new homes for its collections

Henley institution calls for sector-wide expressions of interest for ethical transfer of objects

Dumfries and Galloway Council proposes closing four museums - Museums Association Sixteenth-century Castle of St John in Stranraer is among the sites at risk of closure

News | Dumfries and Galloway Council proposes closing four museums

Sixteenth-century Castle of St John in Stranraer is among the sites at risk of closure

BAE Systems Glasgow is preparing a Heritage Centre and is looking for donations. They are interested in any shipbuilding artefacts anyone may have from retired BAE-Yarrow-Govan employees or beyond (Barrow-Portsmouth etc). Plans, models, artefacts, photos etc.
DM me & I can put you in touch.

Maxwelltown war memorial

Map showing location at junction of New Abbey Rd and Rotchell Rd.

Caldow's entry in Scottish national war memorial

Munition Worker Christina Caldow died 18th December 1915, of 'dope' poisoning.

I will be laying a yellow poppy wreath to mark 110th anniversary of her death, 18th December 2025, 1045-1115 at Maxwelltown war memorial, Dumfries.
All welcome.

A man standing in front of a large screen with the projected image of men lifting chains overlaid with yellow text reading ‘STICK CONFERENCE: ‘Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage’. 31 October 2025 Stirling’.

Dr Andy Clark opening this year’s @sticknetwork.bsky.social autumn conference at The Engine Shed in Stirling

The theme is Narratives of Industrial Work Heritage. So many great insights on recording & using oral history

A photo of men lifting chains overlaid with yellow text reading: STICK CONFERENCE: ‘Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage’ 31 October 2025. Stirling’.

There’s still time to sign up for our conference on the theme of Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage

It’s on Friday 31 October @ The Engine Shed in Stirling stickssn.org/events/

A photograph of women at work in a cotton mill (Airdrie Cotton Works) in the early 1900s.

Have you heard about our Decolonising North Lanarkshire's Museums Collections project?

Join us at Summerlee Museum at 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday) to find out about our collections' colonial links & how we are addressing them north-lanarkshire-council-museums.arttickets.org.uk/summerlee-mu...

An industrial site with a cluster of tall, cylindrical structures, below which a group of small figures work with long rods at a casting bed from which steam is rising.

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is all about impressive buildings but we think it could do with a bit more #IndustrialHeritage

This c.1930 drypoint etching by an unknown artist is of Gartsherrie Iron Works #Coatbridge artuk.org/discover/art...