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Bellshill once had six primary schools, including Belvidere Primary School. [30] This was closed in early June 2010 and has now been demolished. Holy Family Primary School was founded in 1868. It moved to new buildings in 1907 to accommodate the influx of Lithuanian, Polish and Irish Catholics se
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 ...
Apr 26, 2012 · Collection. opensource. Item Size. 19.8M. Pictures and narratives of Bellshill, A town near Glasgow in Scotland, from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Addeddate.
Mar 18, 2022 · The McKay family moved to Bellshill from Eglinton, Ayrshire, sometime before 1900, two years before Jonas Šugžda and his family arrived in Bellshill from Lithuania in 1902–3. My grandfather George McKay and his younger brother Robert (“ Buddy ”) were both born at Bothwell Park Rows (top left). The Šugžda family moved to Bothwellhaugh ...
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.
BELLSHILL, a village, in the parish of Bothwell, Middle ward of the county of Lanark, 1½ mile (E.) from Bothwell; containing 1013 inhabitants. It lies on the great road from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and the hill from which it is named attains an elevation of 372 feet above the sea. The population partake in the manufactures of the parish.
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