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Old Photograph Glenbuck Scotland
Old photograph of Glenbuck, Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Buic, a small, remote village in the hills 3 miles East of Muirkirk village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Glenbuck was once a thriving coal mining community, but the last mine closed in 1931. The village was unable to provide jobs for the unemployed miners and suffered economic decline as a result. It was also an early centre for pig iron making and early coal blast furnaces were built and remained till recently. Used from 1795 to 1813 these belonged to the Glenbuck Iron Company. Weaving was also common and Stair Row in Glenbuck was the street where the weavers lived and worked. The last traditional weaver died in 1880
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