Coatbridge |
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Located
in the Lanarkshire parish of Old Monkland, the Coatbridge area was a sleepy collection of
rural villages until the late 18th century. Then, with the discovery
of ironstone, the building of the Monklands Canal and the increased
mining of coal, the town of Coatbridge grew.
Local landowners made their fortune from the black gold below their feet and from the ironworks they built to help fuel the industrial revolution. Names such as Baird of Gartsherrie became known the world over as their products were exported to every corner of the empire.
Coatbridge
also had smaller foundries making tools, rivets, tin-plate and other
products.
Industry created thousands of
jobs which attracted workers from near and far, not least immigrants
from Ireland in seek of work. By the mid-19th century Coatbridge's
coal mines , ironworks and furnaces and coalfields had made
it the most industrialised area in Scotland.
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| The town has seen many changes over the years - the slums that crowded around the Ironworks have long gone, as have the ironworks themselves. Coal is no longer deep-mined in the area , but Coatbridge has moved on from being a depressed ex- industrial area to a thriving town once more. Contained within these pages are over 200 illustrations of the Town in bygone days. There are views of long gone streets, vanished industries, school groups, businesses and shops which will delight older residents and give younger ones a feel of what made Coatbridge what it is today | 
Bank Street |
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Main Street at Fountain Circle. |
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 1930's Bus in the Main Street |
