Old Photograph Mining Shotts Scotland

Old photograph of mining in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Shotts was known for its mining and ironworks. In the years leading up to World War II there were 22 coal mines in the area, but the last of these, Northfield Colliery, closed in the 1960s.



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