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Knockshinnoch. September 7th 1950

by Geoff Crolley 10 September

 September 7th, 1950, Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, Ayrshire.

An accident cost the lives of thirteen men. It would have been much, much worse if not for the bravery of others who risked life and limb to help 116 of their comrades to the surface. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHjZcTXO1A

Come the 7th September 2010, it will be exactly sixty years since the disaster. How many of us wouldn't be here today if not for those local heros? 

Remember the thirteen, the survivors and the heros.

How will we remember the date?

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Visit Scotland tells us of a disaster in Midlothian, where at approximately 7am on the 18th September 1959, a fire trapped 47 miners underground and they perished. It became known as the Auchengeich Mining Disaster, one of Scotland's worst mining disasters. It is to be remembered in words and music at a special event to mark the exact 50th anniversary of the tragedy.

Fifty years to the day after it happened, performers will take the stage in surroundings of the Scottish Mining Museum, Midlothian to recall the events.  Read the full article at: http://www.visitscotlandeupdate.co.uk/Newsletters/VisitScotland-eUpdate---September-2009/Commemoration-by-friends-of-the-Scottish-Mining-Musum.aspx

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