And how Addiewell No. 32 is not at Addiewell

'just like an old-fashioned beer shop where customers spit on the floor'

Some interesting and evocative photos of the huge oil works site after it closed in 1956.

BBC television documentary looking for former shale miners, or people connected with the shale industry

More stories from 1914-18

The old police station

The old schools and the Hen Hut

Troubles in Addiewell in 1976

Horrible diseases of the old days

St Thomas' Addiewell will be celebrating its centenary on October 20th 2013

Local life 100 years ago was appallingly dangerous : Four children killed in accidents around mines and railways in the first nine months of 1889

Muirhall Bond

The Addiewell woman on the West Calder war memorial

Addiewell candle works produced candles that were works of art.

Going to the dogs; and Justice the 'pedestrian'

In 1958 NCB announced it would close 20 pits in Scotland

Generations in the shale oil industry

Find out from the Valuation Roll of 1959-60

Read the original reports of the incident and the subsequent trial

He forgot the tunnel...

Addiewell and Loganlea and the General Strike of 1926

The Shamrock and more

A community and economic profile of the village nearly 20 years ago

Not for the faint-hearted

When planes were a rarity

Flight Sergeant Robert Jack Henderson

Addiewell's own war horse

Agnes came from a family which gave generations of service in the shale oil industry

Addiewell lost a tragic number of its young men during the First World War

The extraordinary life of Jean Henderson

Unusual photo from the Great War

Some great photos of Addiewell bowlers - do you recognise any of them?

Ladies (and gents) of the Guild

Mr Auld was one of Addiewell's oldest residents

Rare photograph of one of the old rows at Muirhall, Addiewell

POWs, ARP, Savings campaigns, Soldiers' Comforts Fund, and V.E. Day

Ordnance Survey maps, 1922

Ordnance Survey map, 1917

How many people lived in Addiewell?

Some Addiewell folk who have made their name in various fields

Dr Thomson retires; and Dr Ogilvy gets seven babies in three deliveries!

The earliest report, printed in the Scotsman of 16 May 1865.

Verses addressed to Addiewell soldiers serving in the war; and memories in verse of the old days, with touching memories of stovies, skipping - old familiar faces and places.

Mining was one of the most dangerous occupations. Accidents and injuries were common; deaths were only too frequent as well. More accounts are added as they're found. Add your own reports of mining deaths here too.

A reminder of the pre-industrial days before the coming of the oil works

Some gala days remembered

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A recent and striking addition to the Addiewell scene

For the best collection of local history on all parts of West Lothian, visit the West Lothian Local History Library

Harsh criticism of social conditions in Addiewell and of Young's PLMOC

A detailed account of the oil works appeared in the Scotsman in May 1865

Street names in the old village, and the derivation of the names Addiewell and Loganlea

In the old days it seems like almost everybody had a nickname

The Courier announces many shale industry closures in 1956

How railways developed in the Addiewell area, yesterday and today

Colliery engines operating on works and pit railway lines were known as pug engines.

Pithead baths were installed at Loganlea in 1929

Horrible Murder in Addiewell - and the weapon? A lump of spent shale

From the estate of Muirhousedykes to today, Loganlea has seen huge changes in its fortunes

Coalmining at Loganlea

A tribute to John Kelly

One of the most influential folk to come out of Addiewell, Sarah Moore was a councillor, activist and matriarch.

Add your own photos and memories to this site - here's how.

Played with several senior teams

Played with Hearts, Falkirk and Bolton

Some Addiewell and Loganlea teams and players

Gone, but not forgotten

Pictures of farming life a century ago - and today

Some aerial pictures of Addiewell and Loganlea.

The story of the bridges over the Breich Water.

The pug passing the low rows

Sketch, map and description of the village c. 1900

25 facts about Addiewell Station

Much loved teacher presented with gifts

Happiest days...? Perhaps not, but formative days, certainly.

Brief news items on Addiewell and its railway lines

The May Procession was a great day in village life - when the statue of the Virgin Mary was paraded through the village followed by crowds of young people singing praises.

A mother kills her child then herself in a double tragedy

How the shale was mined and processed

Meadowhead by West Calder, is a fine small mansion house dating from the 18th century,and substantially re-built and extended in the late 19th century as a home for himself by West Calder architect, J.G. Fairley.

Cricket is not generally associated with Scotland, but was popular in West Lothian in the late 19th century, when many local clubs were formed.

Appalling sanitary conditions

'a positive pestilence... bad in the extreme...'

Addiewell folk in days gone by

As Addiewell's bings spread, they swallowed up at least a couple of houses.

Memories of the old days recorded in 1950 and 1967

Doubting Thomases

Addiewell's Catholic Church

Paddy Crossan, born in Addiewell, was one of the famous Hearts team that enlisted in the Royal Scots during the First World War.

Addiewell boy John Hanlon was a successful footballer and athlete

Addiewell's schools in 1885

Addiewell has a complex church history - this is an attempt to untangle it. Look out for the page on the chapel as well.

The David Livingstone connection with Addiewell

Seventy minutes of terror

Addiewell lad signs for St Johnstone

Minerals - shale, coal and clay

Addiewell railway clerk vanishes

Street names of Addiewell & Loganlea today

Dingin doon the hooses

From collisions to fatalities - and the people involved

Fire rips through the works in 1882

Not in Addiewell in 1876!