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55°48′58″N 4°01′34″W / 55.816°N 4.026°W / 55.816; -4.026. Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south, Hamilton 3 mi (5 ...
Apr 25, 2024 · 2. Jackie Bird. Former BBC Scotland news anchor Jackie Bird was born in Bellshill in July 1962 as the daughter of Linda and Ronnie Macpherson. Photo: Alan Peebles/BBC. 3. Matt Busby. Legendary Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby was born in Bellshill in 1909. A sports centre was named in his honour in the area which was opened in 1995.
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Jun 4, 2016 · By Bethan Bell. Photographs of loved ones taken after they died may seem morbid to modern sensibilities. But in Victorian England, they became a way of commemorating the dead and blunting the ...
Pages in category "People from Bellshill" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Jackie Bird;
Aug 2, 2024 · Here are the bands and musicians who were born and raised in Bellshill. 1. Teenage Fanclub. Teenage Fanclub were formed in Bellshill with the band emerging from Glasgow's C86 scene in 1989. The bands founding members were Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, and Gerard Love who all shared songwriting duties - while the role of drummer has cycled ...
The scene - known as the Bellshill Sound or the Bellshill Beat - was celebrated by influential DJ John Peel in the Channel 4 television series Sounds Of The Suburbs. Bellshill continues to produce well respected and influential independent pop music, with members of Mogwai and De Rosa hailing from the town.
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These were built from 1902–30, with the largest 10 metres in diameter and 18 metres high – it was known as Big Ben. A large number of Lithuanians, escaping poverty and persecution, came to the Bellshill area and, by 1914, possibly as many as 5,000 had settled in the area. Many of them worked as miners where the pay was much better than they ...
