Plean Mining Disaster

This bust stands at the entrance to Plean Country Park as a memorial to all those killed and injured in the mines at Plean. The park is on the site of the former Plean Estate and is a wonderful resource for the village and the surrounding area. I am so lucky at present as there is only a field between my house and the park.

I'm glad the bust is there to remind the many people who enjoy the park of those who gave their lives to help industry and to keep homes warm and bright. Twelve men were killed in an explosion in 1922. The last pit was closed in 1963.
It makes me very sad to see the retired miners queuing for their power cards in the Post Office, if the pit was still open they would get free coal for the rest of their lives.

The men who died were

John Barlow, 29, single
Thomas Bryden, 50, widower
Daniel Forsyth, 17, single
Alexander Henderson, 19, single
John Hunter, 31, single
William Robertson Lennie, 50, married
James Murdoch Jarvie, 18, single
Bernard McCann, 30, married
James McGowan, 35, single
David Munnoch, 21, single
William Munnoch, 35, married (brothers)
James Wilson, 31, married

Thank-you to Sleepyhead for inspiring this with his "Talking Heids" series. This is for those whose voices were silenced.