	Bilston Glen Colliery	Index	Bilston Glen Colliery

Bilston Glen Colliery

Location:	Loanhead 5½ miles [9 km] SSE of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT271651, 55° 52' 25" N, 3° 9' 52" W
Opened:	1963
Closed:	1989
Sinking Started:	1952
Pits:	No. 1 Pit
	No. 2 Pit, locn: (Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT272650
Owners:	National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Cairney, Alexander, 29 Jul 1973, aged 52, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Crawford, William, 21 Jul 1965, aged 31, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Docherty, Jackie, 31 Mar 1957, aged 40, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Docherty, John, 12 Jan 1960, aged 30, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Farrow, James, 20 Jun 1972, aged 63, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Frame, George, 11 Nov 1981, aged 42, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Keenan, Martin, 05 Jan 1982, aged 47, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						McKelvey, George, 20 Jul 1966, aged 46, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Muraska, Jimmy, 10 Apr 1986, aged 53, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Rubczak, Jozef, 15 May 1963, aged 50, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Slee, Norman, 22 Sep 1972, aged 49, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Smith, James, 21 Jan 1966, aged 46, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Smith, William, 08 Apr 1985, aged 31, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Turnbull, Robert, 19 Aug 1967, aged 54, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]
						Wright, Robert, 02 Oct 1965, aged 50, [details unknown - name listed on Colliery Memorial]

						15 names found

If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.

Those names marked with , have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bilston Glen Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bilston Glen Colliery

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