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Scottish Transport & Industrial Collections & Knowledge Network
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Discover Scotland’s transport and industry collections, both in museums and private collections. Membership of STICK is open to anyone. Website: stickssn.org
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Dr Andy Clark opening this year’s @sticknetwork.bsky.social autumn conference at The Engine Shed in Stirling

The theme is Narratives of Industrial Work Heritage. So many great insights on recording & using oral history
A man standing in front of a large screen with the projected image of men lifting chains overlaid with yellow text reading ‘STICK CONFERENCE: ‘Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage’. 31 October 2025 Stirling’.
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
sticknetwork.bsky.social
There’s still time to sign up for our conference on the theme of Narratives and Memories of Industrial Work and Heritage

It’s on Friday 31 October @ The Engine Shed in Stirling stickssn.org/events/
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October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
Have you heard about our Decolonising North Lanarkshire's Museums Collections project?

Join us at Summerlee Museum at 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday) to find out about our collections' colonial links & how we are addressing them north-lanarkshire-council-museums.arttickets.org.uk/summerlee-mu...
A photograph of women at work in a cotton mill (Airdrie Cotton Works) in the early 1900s.
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is all about impressive buildings but we think it could do with a bit more #IndustrialHeritage

This c.1930 drypoint etching by an unknown artist is of Gartsherrie Iron Works #Coatbridge artuk.org/discover/art...
An industrial site with a cluster of tall, cylindrical structures, below which a group of small figures work with long rods at a casting bed from which steam is rising.
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
The latest exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre #Motherwell is 'Back to the Drawing Board' which celebrates the art of technical drawing

It runs until 25 October. Here's a link to a filmed interview with former draughtsman Stuart Graham www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/exhibition/b...
View of a museum exhibition. In the foreground a low display case contains a large book containing ink drawings of machinery. Beyond, there are mounted drawings on the walls, a video screen and lightboxes for children to use. Another view of the exhibiton. In the fore ground a drawing of a crane is displayed on a colourful wall graphic.
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
Lots of lovely things in 'Back to the Drawing Board', the next exhibition at North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre in #Motherwell, all about the art of technical drawing

This tracing from 1907 is of a George Russell & Co 4 ton electric wharf crane for the Clyde Navigation Trust

Exhibition opens Friday
A large (approximately A0 size) tracing in black ink on blue-ish paper. It shows elevations of a crane which has a cross-girder base that is on wheels. It is seen at an angle, protected by acrylic. A straight-on view of the same tracing seen in the previous picture.
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
Back at the National Mining Museum Scotland and the small pop up exhibition space located at the bottom of the stairs to the galleries ‘Coal Seam to Squeaky Clean’
#MiningHistory #MiningHeritage #Pitheadbaths
August 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
1/2 The first of two #Crossford #Lanarkshire walks designed and created by local resident Margaret and National Mining Museum Scotland volunteer Bill is now live and ready for walking just in time for the weekend.
#Coal #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage #localwalking
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
From Springburn to South Africa: @uofglasgow.bsky.social Material Culture & Artefact Studies placement student Megan has written this story about the colonial connections of one of our biggest exhibits, the Garratt locomotive at Summerlee Museum www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/from-s...
View of a large, industrial steam locomotive with one of its two tenders in the foreground. The loco is painted black but has a red cow-catcher at the end. There is a large warehouse-like building in the background.
August 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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dundeecityarchives.bsky.social
An office at the Keiller's factory at Main's Loan, probably taken in the 1950s.

Ref: GD/K
August 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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You've heard about Rail200 this year, but what about Braille200?

Our amazing WROCAH placement student @tillyguthrie.bsky.social explains the dual history of Braille and the Railways in Britain:

blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/braille-200/
Braille 200 - National Railway Museum blog
PhD researcher Tilly Guthrie highlights that this year marks not only 200 years of the railways, but also of the invention of Braille.
blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
Want to know who keeps #MiningLandscapes Breaking Barriers project team on the proverbial straight and narrow. Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog to meet the new Advisory Board.
#Coal #MiningHeritage
August 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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gvvtbridgeton.bsky.social
On sale now, our wonderful new book! See gvvt.org/new-book for more details
August 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
Section of the Clyde Railway Viaduct for #AlllMetalMonday originally constructed 1849 with a second span added 1878 to meet the increased volume of traffic and a footway in 1910 to allow the men access to Blantyreferme Colliery Pits 1 & 2
#RailwayHeritage #MiningHeritage
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Opportunity | Become a member of our Nation Committees 👤

We're looking for 12 members to join our committees to support our work in the four nations of the UK, with places available for 3 members to join each of our England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales committees.

Apply by 14 September 👇
Opportunity | Become a member of our Nation Committees - Museums Association
We're looking for 12 members to join our committees to support our work in the four nations of the UK
www.museumsassociation.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
Sad and surprised to see the last surviving piece of Kinneil Colliery (1890-1983) infrastructure gone down at the foreshore #Boness picked up nothing in the press or on social media about its demise #Coal #MiningHeritage
August 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange takes us to Wales

This is one of three wonderful early drawings in our collection by Welsh miner turned artist & teacher Vincent Evans (1896-1976). It shows miners laying a charge in a drilled hole in the coal face artuk.org/discover/art...
A pastel drawing of two miners at work in the underground workings of a mine. The both stand upright and one holds a pole horizontally above his head, the end of which the other is guiding into a hole in a rock face.
August 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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nlheritage.bsky.social
#OnThisDay in 1729 Thomas Newcomen, inventor of the 1st successful steam engine died

The 1810 Farme Colliery Engine, one of just 3 surviving rotative Newcomen engines worked for 100 years in #Rutherglen & is now preserved at Summerlee Museum #Coatbridge www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Deta...
Squarish, sepia-tinted monochrome photo showing a mine pit head in Victorian times. Men stand around a single storey engine house on top of which is the engine's rocking beam. In front a flywheel is connected to one end of the beam by a thick iron connecting rod. In the foreground an old haystack boiler has been repurposed as a bothy and a man sits inside. Others stand around the engine. In the background is a tall wooden structure with winding wheels on top,
August 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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mininglandscapes.bsky.social
Starting the week with a landscape the Fence Colliery #bing, #Tillitudlem South #Lanarkshire. The mine was owned by the Lesmahagow and Nitshill #Coal Co and operated between 1860 and 1904 #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage
July 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1770 two of the greatest engineers of their age met for the 1st time, beside the #MonklandCanal in what is now #Coatbridge www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story/a-famo...

The photo shows the filled-in Sheepford Basin where construction of the canal began that year under James Watt
Photo from a bridge looking down at a large, grassy depression, beyond which are trees and buildings. In the foreground is the bridge parapet made of riveted iron with a stone pier on the left.
July 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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justparkes.bsky.social
This little fragment of industrial housing has a Summerlee connection @nlheritage.bsky.social

The New Orbiston rows in #Bellshill were built c.1892 by the Summerlee Iron Company for miners & their families. Map courtesy of @natlibscot.bsky.social
A dog-leg section of brick wall with stone blocks in the middle section. That part is the end of a miners’ row & the rest is part of a boundary wall. A map showing rows of terraced housing surrounded by fields. A red circle indicates the portion in the photos. A view of the other side of the wall, showing the surviving exterior corner of the miners’ row which is made of brick with large stone blocks on the corner.
July 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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gwsfhs.org.uk
Don't forget that tonight we have Rachael Smith of Paisley Museum giving a talk on Zoom about Paisley's textile history!
gwsfhs.org.uk Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society @gwsfhs.org.uk · Jul 1
Rachael Smith, of Paisley Museum, is giving a talk via Zoom on July 21 about Paisley's textile history, its pivotal role during the Paisley industrial revolution, and its enduring influence on the history of Paisley Scotland. Sign up now at join us at 7:30 p.m. on July 21st.
Paisley's Industrial Heritage - Rachael Smith - Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Rachael Smith is the Install Co-Ordinator, Paisley Museum, and former Collections Manager at the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum. Paisley, a historic town in Scotland, is world-renowned for its…
www.gwsfhs.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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gvvtbridgeton.bsky.social
We're delighted to welcome Karen!
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/25330346.chewin-fat-star-guest-honour-glasgow-event/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4ZJL3-SazUrb0P-nvyxIPeCeItSGJLNHV1saI6UjQG931tKNjwMfdz2nxI_Q_aem_5iK05X7gRdyXNZ_j34_18A#Echobox=1753112841
Chewin' the Fat star will be guest of honour at Glasgow event
CHEWIN’ the Fat star Karen Dunbar will be guest of honour at a popular Glasgow community event this weekend.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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This week's #WhereisitWednesday is a mystery picture of a railway line. Is this somewhere on the Dundee to Newtyle railway? or is ot somewhere else? Ideas in the comments please.

#Dundee #Archives
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗦!

Our popular Makers and Producers Market is back on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁!

If you would like to apply please email 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀@𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴.𝘂𝗸, closing date is 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆.

#irvine #ayrshire #summermarket
July 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM