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Mar 15, 20214 min read

Law Pit Disaster: 4 Men Dead

As the men made their way to start their shift at No2 Brownlee Pit, Law, owned by Wilson’s & Clyde Coal Co Ltd, on the morning of Tuesday...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

Young Carluke Man Loses his Life in the "Titanic" Disaster

On 27th April 1912, the ‘Carluke Gazette’ reported the sad news that 19-year-old housepainter James Kelly, the son of William Kelly and...

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Jan 15, 20215 min read

Double Murder!

Don’t worry. This terrible event didn’t happen recently. It took place in October 1837. In November 1837 papers across the country...

Nov 21, 20203 min read

Carluke’s Other Pandemic – The Spanish Flu (1918-19)

For the past seven months, we have been trying to cope with the impact and wide-reaching consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is...