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Farms and farming
Two football teams of the 1950s
West Lothian Local History Library
William Brash's memories of David Livingstone
Bridges
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Aunty Katy
Cuthill Bridge
More bridges and viaducts
The Viaduct Over the Breich Burn is Blown Up
Buildings
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Addiewell Prison
Addiewell tollhouse
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 2
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 3
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 4
History of the Welfare
Meadowhead House
The bonded warehouses
The men who built the whisky bond
The Prefabs Loganlea
Churches
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Addiewell Church Woman's Guild
Addiewell folk and soldiers, First World War
Chapel Choir in the Early 1900s
Chapel Ladies Guild
How the Chapel got its name
Is This 'The Tin Church'?
Ladies Guild
Ladies Guild
Some Addiewell churches
St Thomas' Addiewell parish
St Thomas' RC Church
St Thomas' RC Church Postcards
The Chapel
Time capsule opened
Farms and farming
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MacFarlane's Farm, Livingstone Street, Addiewell
Warhorse
Loganlea
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A great night in Dykes Club
Aerial photographs
History of the Welfare
Loganlea
Loganlea Colliery
Loganlea Colliery - was it the first to be electrified?
Loganlea Colliery Baths
Loganlea during the Miners' Strike of 1921
Loganlea Miners' Welfare
Maps: Addiewell and Loganlea in 1917
Maps: Addiewell and Loganlea in 1922
My Village
The Cassidy Family
Two football teams of the 1950s
Maps
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Maps: Addiewell and Loganlea in 1917
Maps: Addiewell and Loganlea in 1922
Schools
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Addiewell public school
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 2
Agnes Stein
Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Growing up in the Fifties - 2
Growing up in the Fifties - 3
Growing up in the Fifties - 4
Growing up in the Fifties - 5
St Thomas's Primary School, Addiewell
Addiewell's schools
Mr Graham retires after 32 years as Addiewell headmaster
Schools in the early days
The fabulous fifties
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Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Growing up in the Fifties - 2
Growing up in the Fifties - 3
Growing up in the Fifties - 4
Growing up in the Fifties - 5
Growing up in the Fifties - 6
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Two football teams of the 1950s
Shops
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Addiewell Co-op
Four young miners
Shops in old Addiewell
Woodmuir Colliery
Streets and housing
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"The Honey Cart"
4 Faraday Place (Part One)
4 Faraday Place (Part Two)
A shale company village - Addiewell
Addiewell in 1900
Addiewell in 1910 - a miniature hell of slums
Addiewell Population
Addiewell's housing in 1914
Aerial photographs
An unusual view of Addiewell
Graham Street
Housing - sheughs and shunkies
Livingstone Street - photos and memories
Meadowhead House
Muirhall Cottages
Stephenson Street in 1947
Street names old
The end of the old village
Who was was living where in Addiewell in 1959?
Shale and coal
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Addiewell Oil Works - after the closure
Coal strike 1921
Mining fatalities
The General Strike
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
Addiewell Oil Works
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4 Faraday Place (Part One)
4 Faraday Place (Part Two)
A shale company village - Addiewell
A tour of Addiewell Oil Works in 1865
A tour of Addiewell Oil Works in 1902
Addiewell Blacksmiths
Addiewell Oil Works
Addiewell Oil Works - after the closure
Addiewell Oil Works Blacksmiths and Engineers
Addiewell Oil Works in 1865
Addiewell Oil Works to close
Addiewell's bings
Alarming fire at Young's Oil Works
Dismantling the retorts
Mining fatalities
Mr Fleming and Addiewell's oil industry
The Candleworks
The Oil Works
William Brash's memories of David Livingstone
Geology
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Addiewell's geology
Mining
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Addiewell Engineers 1911
Addiewell's bings
History of the Welfare
Loganlea
Loganlea Colliery
Loganlea Colliery - was it the first to be electrified?
Loganlea Colliery Baths
Loganlea Colliery closes
Loganlea during the Miners' Strike of 1921
Ma Moore and the baton charge
Mining fatalities
More on mining
Pugs and mineral lines
Scottish Miners' Galas in days gone by
Shale mining memories wanted
Snowy and Sodie outside Loganlea Pit Baths
The Five Sisters Bings
The General Strike
The mines around Addiewell
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
Sports and recreation
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Addiewell Pond and the swans
Early Addiewell football teams and grounds
History of the Welfare
Loganlea Male Voice Choir
Maureen McFarlane & Anthony Sharkey Swimming in Addiewell Pond
Row over the Cambridge Bar
Sports miscellany
The Deep River Boys
The Earls
Two football teams of the 1950s
Bowls
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Addiewell Bowling Club
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village
Bowling in Addiewell
Cricket
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Cricket in Addiewell
Footballers
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Alex Carruthers, footballer
Billy Ritchie
Death of Paddy Crossan, popular Heart of Midlothian player
Early Addiewell football teams and grounds
Football Team
Football teams
Francis O'Hagan
Jim McGuigan, footballer
John Corrigan, footballer
John Hanlon, Hearts and Scotland
Matt Gillies, player and manager
Micheal Meechan
Two football teams of the 1950s
May Processions & Gala Days
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Gala Day
Gala Day
Gala Day Awards
Gala Day in Addiewell
Gala Days
Having a Laugh at the Gala Day
May Day Procession
May Procession Children
May Procession Photograph
May Procession Photograph
May Processions
More Old Gala Photos
Old Gala Day Photos
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Some Pictures of Dykes' Galaday
The fabulous fifties
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Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Growing up in the Fifties - 2
Growing up in the Fifties - 3
Growing up in the Fifties - 4
Growing up in the Fifties - 5
Growing up in the Fifties - 6
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Two football teams of the 1950s
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Pat McKenna
Tell us your stories
West Lothian Local History Library
People
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Addiewell Population
Addiewell, Loganlea and the Great War: casualties and honours
Dr Livingstone, I presume?
Ma Moore
Sister Margaret
The Polish community in Addiebrownhill
Warhorse
william macfarlane
Addiewell family histories
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Agnes Stein
An Oil Works family
Doyle Family
Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Juicy's Family
Kit's Memories
My Village
Pat McKenna
Relatives
The Miner
Thomas Young
Wedding Days
william macfarlane
Addiewell folk - who are they?
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Addiewell Church Woman's Guild
Addiewell Oil Works Blacksmiths and Engineers
Aunty Katy
Do You Know Who This Is?
Having a Laugh at the Gala Day
Hoy, Cosgrove and McKee
Information requested on Nellie Graham
Irene & Maureen McFarlane with Visiting Pop Star at The Regal
Ladies Enjoying the Miners' Home (1960s?)
Michael McPartlan
Micheal Meechan
Photo of Addiewell older folk
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Some Faces from a Few Years Ago
Some Well Kent Faces
Thomas More and Janet Nisbet/Nesbit
Family histories and genealogy queries
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Family History Search
Family search
Hoy, Cosgrove and McKee
Michael McPartlan
Relatives Inglis/Tierney
Relatives Murphy/Quinn
The Muirhead Family
May Processions & Gala Days
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Gala Day
Gala Day
Gala Day Awards
Gala Day in Addiewell
Gala Days
Having a Laugh at the Gala Day
May Day Procession
May Procession Children
May Procession Photograph
May Procession Photograph
May Processions
More Old Gala Photos
Old Gala Day Photos
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Some Pictures of Dykes' Galaday
Some Addiewell folk
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"The Honey Cart"
A brace of doctors
Accidents - road and rail
Addiewell folk and soldiers, First World War
Addiewell, Loganlea and the Great War - 2
Agnes Stein
Bobby Auld's 90th birthday
Chapel Choir in the Early 1900s
Characters of Other Days
Community Club Committee, Addiewell, 1950s
D.F.M. for Addiewell Airman
Discovering a relative!
Drowned in pond
James and the Giant Scissors
John Kelly
Juicy's Family
Kate Carroll
Kit's Memories
Loganlea Miners' Welfare
Ma Moore and the baton charge
Maureen McFarlane & Anthony Sharkey Swimming in Addiewell Pond
Meadowhead House
Mining fatalities
Mr Fleming and Addiewell's oil industry
Mr Graham retires after 32 years as Addiewell headmaster
Muirhall Cottages
Murder and suicide in Addiewell 1912
Nicknames
Ordeal on a high wire
Sarah O'Keefe
Scottish Miners' Galas in days gone by
Sister Margaret
Sister Margaret - more photos
Some famous natives
The Cassidy Family
The Deep River Boys
The Earls
The McGarvie family
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
The Stein family
Wedding Days
Who are they?
William Brash's memories of David Livingstone
Wullie Welsh
Sportsmen and women
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Addiewell Bowling Club
Alex Carruthers, footballer
Billy Ritchie
Francis O'Hagan
Jim McGuigan, footballer
John Hanlon, Hearts and Scotland
Matt Gillies, player and manager
Sports miscellany
Footballers
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Alex Carruthers, footballer
Billy Ritchie
Death of Paddy Crossan, popular Heart of Midlothian player
Early Addiewell football teams and grounds
Football Team
Football teams
Francis O'Hagan
Jim McGuigan, footballer
John Corrigan, footballer
John Hanlon, Hearts and Scotland
Matt Gillies, player and manager
Micheal Meechan
Two football teams of the 1950s
The fabulous fifties
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Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Growing up in the Fifties - 2
Growing up in the Fifties - 3
Growing up in the Fifties - 4
Growing up in the Fifties - 5
Growing up in the Fifties - 6
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Two football teams of the 1950s
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Farms and farming
West Lothian Local History Library
Death, disaster and crime
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Accident to railway fireman
Accidents - road and rail
Addiewell in sickness and in health
Bomb found in Addiewell
Drowned in pond
James and the Giant Scissors
Mining fatalities
Murder and suicide in Addiewell 1912
Murder by shale
Ordeal on a high wire
Quarrelling and fighting?
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
Farms and farming
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MacFarlane's Farm, Livingstone Street, Addiewell
Warhorse
May Processions & Gala Days
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Gala Day
Gala Day
Gala Day Awards
Gala Day in Addiewell
Gala Days
Having a Laugh at the Gala Day
May Day Procession
May Procession Children
May Procession Photograph
May Procession Photograph
May Processions
More Old Gala Photos
Old Gala Day Photos
Primary 1 & 2 St Thomas's Primary 1964
Some Pictures of Dykes' Galaday
Mining
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Addiewell Engineers 1911
Addiewell's bings
History of the Welfare
Loganlea
Loganlea Colliery
Loganlea Colliery - was it the first to be electrified?
Loganlea Colliery Baths
Loganlea Colliery closes
Loganlea during the Miners' Strike of 1921
Ma Moore and the baton charge
Mining fatalities
More on mining
Pugs and mineral lines
Scottish Miners' Galas in days gone by
Shale mining memories wanted
Snowy and Sodie outside Loganlea Pit Baths
The Five Sisters Bings
The General Strike
The mines around Addiewell
The Sneddons: a tragic local family
Place names
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Street names new
Street names old
Railways and roads
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Accident to railway fireman
Addiewell Station: Fast Facts
Addiewell tollhouse
More bridges and viaducts
Pugs and mineral lines
Railway fatalities
Railway miscellany
Railways and Addiewell
Shops
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Addiewell Co-op
Four young miners
Shops in old Addiewell
Woodmuir Colliery
Some Addiewell Histories
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Addiewell in 1995
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 2
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 3
Addiewell: scandal of the forgotten village - Part 4
Growing up in the Fifties - 1
Growing up in the Fifties - 6
Ma Moore and the baton charge
More Memories from the Fifties and Sixties in my Village
Old days at Addiewell recalled
Pat McKenna
Santini (Gratz) Ice-Cream Vans
St Thomas's Church Event 1967
The General Strike
Two poems on Auld Addiewell
War
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Addiewell and the Men who Served
Addiewell in Wartime - Second World War
Addiewell Men & Woman on the War Memorial
Addiewell Men Not Named on the War Memorial
Addiewell, Loganlea and the Great War - 2
Addiewell, Loganlea and the Great War: casualties and honours
Aeroplane over Addiewell
D.F.M. for Addiewell Airman
David Marjoribanks (Marchbanks)
My Grandad Tommy Woods
Sarah O'Keefe
Warhorse
We Will Remember
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Addiewell in 1900
Description, map and bird's eye view - get a real feel for the old village - and its layout in relation to the present day.
Farms and farming around Addiewell and Loganlea
Ma Moore
Councillor, activist and matriarch