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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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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.
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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Sheena Easton. Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress who achieved recognition in an episode of the reality television series The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record deal and her eventual signing with the EMI label.
