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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...

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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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...

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...