Stanrigg Pit Disaster -God Bless The Working Man (Cover of Loch Katrine's Lady by Phil Cunningham) Stanrigg Memorial Plains Fascination Music

Stanrigg Pit Disaster -
God Bless The Working Man was inspired by the story of The Stanrigg Pit Disaster in Plains near Airdrie .

Nineteen men and boys were killed at the coal pit when it was overwhelmed by an inrush of peat
on the morning of July 9 1918 .

They included eight teenagers ( Two of which were 14 years old ) two sets of fathers and sons ,
three brothers and three brothers-in-law

Eleven of the bodies were never recovered from the colliery site, near Plains .

Music Composed by Phil Cunningham - https://philcunningham.com

Stanrigg photos by John Logan / Ellington Miner Statue - MWA Photography .

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