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Industry / Mining
Mines' Rescue Brigade
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| Date From | 1910 | A mines rescue team, with an instructor and manager, and their equipment and breathing apparatus. Men are: R.Bowie (manager), James Finnie, Robert Gray, Michael McCormick (instructor), James McMurdo, J. Judge (captain), William Anderson -
Michael McCormick came to Gilmilnscroft around 1910. The pit was abandoned in 1916. The Gray in this photograph is probably Robert Gray, aged 27, killed at Highhouse Colliery in December 1918. |
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| Date To | 1916 |
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| Theme | Industry |
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| Subtheme 1 | Mining |
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| Subtheme 2 | Coal |
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| Subtheme 3 | Rescue |
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| Place | Gilmilnscroft |
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| Parish | Sorn |
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| Format | Photo |
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| Resource Type | Black & White Print |
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| Source | Baird Institute |
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| Reference | E116 |
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| Creator | J Cook, Kilmarnock |
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| Commissioned by | n/k |
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| Copyright Holder | ©copyright East Ayrshire Libraries |
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