Old Photograph Carlow Memorial Miners Home Culross Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Carlow Memorial Miners Home by Culross, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish building provides convalescent breaks for coal miners, retired miners and their carers. The house was built on the site of Old Blair Castle which was built around 1632. During the First World War, the house and estate were bought by the Fife Coal Company who were intent only on acquiring the mineral rights. In 1927, the house, grounds and a substantial sum of money to support costs were gifted to the Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan Welfare Committee for use as a convalescent home. The home was named the Carlow Miners' Convalescent Home in memory of Charles Carlow, the long serving Managing Director of the Fife Coal Company. As the mining industry declined and equivalent facilities began to close, so Blair Castle became available to miners and their families from across Scotland.



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