River Nethan near Watermeetings. Photo taken from footbridge over river. Date: 25th October 2020
More autumnal photos of the Auchlochan area.
Welcome
The Jim Hamilton Heritage Society of Coalburn was established in 2004.
Meetings
Meetings are held normally on the FIRST and THIRD Wednesdays each month; from SEPTEMBER until APRIL, 7.30pm - 9pm, in Coalburn Bowling Club, next to the Coalburn Miners Welfare's One Stop Shop.
There is an invited guest speaker at each meeting and non-members are welcome to attend.
Coalburn's One Stop Shop
Heritage Centre
The Society runs the Heritage Centre in the One Stop Shop which contains an archive of photographs, documents and artifacts relating to Coalburn's social history and mining heritage. The majority of these were collected by the late Jim Hamilton.
Officials 2019/20
| Chairman | Peter McLeish |
| Vice-Chairman | Gilbert Dobbie |
| Secretary | Geoff Brown (Tel. No: 01555 820379) |
| Treasurer | Marion McBain |
| Membership Secretary | Betty Nicol |
Newsletter
An informative 12-page newsletter, designed and produced to a high standard by the Society is published quarterly and distributed FREE to members. (Non-members £2)
It also features a record of village events and articles of local interest submitted by members.
What's new
Alex McMurdo
- A longer version of Alex McMurdo´s Memories of VJ Day, featured in the Autumn 2020 Newsletter, is now available. 4th Nov 2020
- 5th Nov 2020. Since Alex McMurdo´s article was finalised, the Society has learned that Alex sadly passed away in hospital following a heart attack. More details of Alex's life can be found in Newsletter 58.
- Andy Brownlie's School Memories with photos. Added on 29th September 2020.
- The Autumn 2020 Newsletter is now available.
- Because of the coronavirus epidemic, all of the activities of the Society are affected and we await to see whether and when it will be possible to start activities again. However, Helen Brownlie has produced an excellent Autumn newsletter (see above) which has been posted to all members by Betty Nicol and is now available online.
- A new article on Billy Hamilton and his Café/Shop in Lesmahagow was added on the 18th August.
- The article on Ices and Fish and Chips in Coalburn has been updated to include mobile ice cream vans visiting Coalburn.
- A new article on Mobile Fish and Chip Vans in Coalburn. Added 8th July 2020. Updated on the 17th July to include details supplied by Peter McLeish of another mobile van.
- A photograph of Railway Terrace in the 1920s has been added to the section on roads.
- Photos of the filming of The Big Man, 1990.
- A pictorial account of the history of Coalburn Schools. Added 11th February 2020