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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
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.
pictorial history of the development of Bellshill. However, a brief account of the town's history may help to put the images into perspective and so further the reader's enjoyment and understanding of these pictures. The present town of Bellshill stands upon land originally owned by the Crown until 1 135 when David Olifard, a godson of King
It is located on the old Toll house site on a section of the old Coatbridge Road just north of the present day large maternity hospital. Owing to numerous attacks by vandals it is no longer occupied. -H-* n «H-. A 1 930 PICTURE OF BELLSHILL CRICKET CLUB. WINNERS OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND UNION CHAMPIONSHIP.
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.
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 ...
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Bellshill. Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre. About 20,000 people live there. Category: Towns in North Lanarkshire.
