Historic photo of Bellfield Road on bin collection day. This photo features on the front cover of the Society's Spring Newsletter. Thanks to Helen Brownlie for this photo.
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
- A pictorial account of the history of Coalburn Schools. Added 11th February 2020
- The Spring 2020 Newsletter is now available.
- 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.
Bellfield School in Bellfield Road, opened in 1876 and closed in 1958.