The Coalburn Heritage Society's Exhibition in the Leisure Centre on 6th July 2019 linked with the Coalburn Gala. It showed photos of both Coalburn and Lesmahagow.. Photo: David Halls 6th July 2019
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 syllabus for the autumn session is now available.
- The Summer Newsletter has been amended and is now available.
- 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.
- Geoff Brown's photos of the 2018 Coalburn Gala.
- 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 in 2018, including Park Street, Bellfield Road, Poneil and Auchlochan.
- 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.
Peter McLeish has produced a new book on A History of Coalburn School, price £12. It is available at the Heritage Centre on Tuesdays or by contacting Peter directly through the contact page on this website.
Coalburn Branch of the Coalburn District Co-operative Society in the 1920s