Historic photos of Coalburn
These photographs are from the archived collection in the Heritage Centre. The majority of these were collected by the late Jim Hamilton and include his own photographs taken in the 1980s and 1990s.
Coalburn Brig Area - Railway Hotel and Coalburn Inn
Coalburn Inn. c 1900.
Coalburn Inn. Behind the Inn is the Auchlochan Colliery (known as "The Maid"). c 1910.
Coalburn Brig area with Station Hotel and Coalburn Inn. 1985.
End view of Coalburn Inn 1996
Station Hotel 1983
Demolition of Station Hotel. 1996
Coalburn Brig Area 1996. Coalburn Inn in foreground but Station Hotel now demolished.
Roads
Station Road (now Coalburn Road) c 1920.
Dunn's Crescent (now simply Dunn Crescent). Date unknown
This photo labelled "Coalburn Terrace" is actually of the former Pretoria Terrace in Coalburn Road.
Historic photo of Bellfield Road on bin collection day. Date unknown
Bellfield Road. 1996.
Railway Terrace. 1920s.
Railway Terrace was always known locally as the bottom terrace. The boy in the shorts is Jim Smiley. Tinto View Terrace was spoken of locally as the tap (TOP) terrace. During the Second World War when Timbertown was completed, the new address was Bellfield Road.