Old Photograph Kirkconnel Scotland

Old photograph of people standing outside a shop in Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Life changed dramatically for this small Scottish town in the 1890s when a coal pit was opened at Fauldheld. Coal had always been mined in the district before, but never in large quantities. From then on coal dominated the life of the little town. The coal industry moved away in recent decades, and with it much of the population. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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