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    Hope Sculpture Launch Event

    Hope Sculpture Launch Event

    Book Launch: A History of Coal Mining in Rutherglen and Cambuslang

    Book Launch: A History of Coal Mining in Rutherglen and Cambuslang

    ASDAN Group Coal Mining History Presentation

    ASDAN Group Coal Mining History Presentation

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    Hope Sculpture Launch Event
    Carrick McDonald
    • Dec 11, 2021
    Society activities

    Hope Sculpture Launch Event

    8th. December saw the official launch of the Hope Sculpture at Cuningar Loop, now part of Clyde Gateway. The sculpture, one of Glasgow’s...
    ASDAN Group Coal Mining History Presentation
    Carrick McDonald
    • Nov 22, 2021
    Society activities

    ASDAN Group Coal Mining History Presentation

    Following talks on the history of Rutherglen and on Rutherglen Then and Now, plus a field trip to some boundary stones, two Heritage...
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission                        Tour of Rutherglen Cemetery
    Carrick McDonald
    • Nov 10, 2021
    Society activities

    Commonwealth War Graves Commission Tour of Rutherglen Cemetery

    In the week of Remembrance Day 2021, we were joined by Sehar Sardar and Murray Shaw of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission who took us...
    Looking for Boundary Stones with the ASDAN  Group
    Carrick McDonald
    • Nov 9, 2021
    Society activities

    Looking for Boundary Stones with the ASDAN Group

    On a beautiful Autumn morning in early November, John Esslemont and myself went with members of the ASDAN group on a field trip to visit...
    Heritage Society Working With Adult Learning Group
    Carrick McDonald
    • Oct 26, 2021
    Society activities

    Heritage Society Working With Adult Learning Group

    We are very happy to have become involved with a group of local adults who together form an ASDAN learning group, and who meet at...
          Searching for Boundary Stones in Toryglen
    Carrick McDonald
    • Sep 22, 2020
    Society activities

    Searching for Boundary Stones in Toryglen

    During one of the few good days of weather in early September, John Esslemont, Bob Kennedy and myself, went looking for boundary stones alon
    Mining Memorial update
    Carrick McDonald
    • Mar 31, 2020
    Society activities

    Mining Memorial update

    ©2019 by Rutherglen Heritage Society. Rutherglen Heritage Society members Bob McDonald and Colin Findlay are the driving forces behind a...
    Landemer Day, 1st. June 2019
    Carrick McDonald
    • Jun 3, 2019
    Society activities

    Landemer Day, 1st. June 2019

    Every year, the Heritage Society takes a stall in the Main Street on Landemer day. This is a great opportunity for us to let people who...
    Local Heritage Month Open Afternoon
    Carrick McDonald
    • May 12, 2019
    Society activities

    Local Heritage Month Open Afternoon

    As part of South Lanarksire Leisure and Culture's inaugural Local Heritage Month, we held an Open Afternoon in Rutherglen Library on...
    Landemer Day 2018
    Carrick McDonald
    • Jun 9, 2018
    Society activities

    Landemer Day 2018

    ©2018 by Rutherglen Heritage Society. Society member Bob Kennedy takes shelter from the sun and a well-earned drink of water at one of...
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