Auchlochan No. 9 bing in the snow of 1999. Photo: Jim Hamilton
More historic photos of the Auchlochan Collieries
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
- The Society's 2020 Calendar (priced £5) features photographs of modern Coalburn and can be purchased at the Heritage Centre or at the Best-one Coalburn Store (almost opposite the Miners' Welfare).
- The Winter Newsletter is now available.
- The syllabus for the 2020 session is now available here.
- The Coalburn Annual Flower Show was held in the Primary School on Saturday, 31st August 2019. See Helen Brownlie's Photos of the Show
- The page on Coalburn has been amended to include brief details of the Coalburn Horticultural Society.
- The 2019 Jim Hamilton Trophy, for the Coalburn Primary School pupil in P6 with the best heritage project in the last year, has been awarded to Brooke Forsyth. Brooke was also the 2019 Coalburn Gala Queen and she can be seen in the Gala photos.
- Geoff Brown's photos of the 2019 Coalburn Gala
- Tha article on the history of Coalburn Church has been updated to include the material prepared by Peter McLeish for the 125th Anniversary.
- A new page on Park Street, Bellfield - from Prefabs to Modern Bungalows.
- An article on Ices and Fish and Chips in Coalburn relating the contribution of the Giavarini family to commerce in Coalburn.
- Some new photos of Coalburn and the surrounding area in 2019.
- More historic photos and information from the Jim Hamilton Collection - new pages on Auchenheath and Tillietudlem, added 8th May 2018, Blackwood on 11th May and a more complete version of Kirkmuirhill on the 12th May.
- A brief history of the Co-operative Societies which had branches in the mining communities of Coalburn, Lesmahagow, Kirkmuirhill and Auchenheath, with historic photos.
Coalburn Branch of the Coalburn District Co-operative Society in the 1920s