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Denise Gray
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Archaeologist
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Redding Pit Disaster Memorial Committee
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The Redding Pit Disaster Memorial Committee was set up to raise funds for the building of a memorial to the Redding Pit Disaster. The memorial was erected at Redding Cross and dedicated in 1980.
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M McCormick
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Bridgeness No 1 Rescue Brigade, c1925
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W A Smith
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Bridgeness No 1 Rescue Brigade, c 1925.
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Robert Brown
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Miner in Meadowbank Pit, Craigend Mine, Redford Pit
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Donaldson
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John McCulloch
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Pit Manager
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George Grant
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Pit Under Manager
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Hugh McPherson
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Hugh McPherson was the Chief Magistrate of Grangemouth from 1878 to 1892. In 1893 the post was replaced by that of Provost. As Chief Magistrate he oversaw the growth in the town and its industries, gifting land for civic purposes (such as the town hall), setting up the electric power station and enabling the docks to expand.
In 1877 Hugh McPherson joined with D McLaren to set up the Forth Saw Mill on the edge of the Docks, immediately north of Station Rd. It was known locally as “M & M’s”. There were several woodyards in the area specialising in pit props, telegraph poles, boxes, etc. Hugh McPherson died on 8th May 1899. |
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Robert Ure
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Miner. Survivor of Redding Pit Disaster
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John Miller
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Miner. Survivor of Redding Pit Disaster
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John Donaldson
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Miner. Survivor of Redding Pit Disaster
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Andrew Thomson
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Miner. Survivor of Redding Pit Disaster
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Evening Telegraph
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DSB Photographic Services
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Central FM
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J Foster
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Stanley D. Dickson
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Redding Disaster Relief Fund
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The Redding Pit Disaster Relief Fund was set up by the Provost of Falkirk and the proprietor of the Falkirk Herald a few days after the Pit 23 of Redding Colliery was flooded in September 1923. The fund supported the survivors of the flood, some of whom were trapped in the mine for up to nine days, and supported the dependants of the men who died. The fund was administered by the Falkirk Burgh Chamberlain and was wound up in 1966.
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George Carr
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Bridgeness No 1 Rescue Brigade, c 1925.
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