Fife Council confirmed they are committing the funds to fully renovate and repair the Mary Pit Head. We secured this result because you kept the pressure on until they finally listened. Watch this space for updates on the actual ground breaking work.
April 24, 2022
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I support the call for Fife Council to urgently renovate and repair the Mary Pit Head at Lochore Meadows Country Park.
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March 4, 2022
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It will be a huge mistake for Fife Council to let this mining monument fall completely as it is integral to the fabric of the park I remember the coal bings and the massive excavators that came to turn this mining wasteland into the park it has become.
Please save the monument from further decay it is an integral landmark dipicting the hardships that miners' endured! A horrible story that from its origins to its ruins still leaves an impact today on our local community it represents from 'destruction to beauty!'
I have stated as Cllr McLelland that regardless where the funds come from they should be found to save this vital piece of our heritage. Our Dads, Granddads & Great Granddads would be so disappointed if we let this great Lady Die.
Ex Cllr Lochgelly Cardenden ...lots of friends and acquaintances in Ballingry. After generations of life's toil in the mines and even death....surely its not much to ask in return....a few pounds to salute the memory of the reason Ballingry exists.
The headgear of this colliery (which I started working at aged 15) should be maintained and protected. There are only 6 sets of headgear in Scotland where there were hundreds at one time. They stand as memorials to the men and women who worked and died in the mines.
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You have to save this my dad was the last man killed in Glencraig pit
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Fife Council confirmed they are committing the funds to fully renovate and repair the Mary Pit Head. We secured this result because you kept the pressure on until they finally listened. Watch this space for updates on the actual ground breaking work.
April 24, 2022
Final supporters
I support the call for Fife Council to urgently renovate and repair the Mary Pit Head at Lochore Meadows Country Park.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 10, 2022
March 8, 2022
We need to hit the one thousand signature mark before we present this to Fife Council. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and text three friends to join the effort.
Reached 100 supporters
March 6, 2022
March 4, 2022
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to push harder to get the council to listen. Text three people in your life right now and ask them to add their names to the petition.
559 Comments
Without this great Mary pit I wouldn’t be here, this brought both my mum & dads family from Ireland to Ballingry/Lochore & Glencraig. They all moved here in the early 1900’s to work in this pit, some even lost their lives.
It will be a huge mistake for Fife Council to let this mining monument fall completely as it is integral to the fabric of the park I remember the coal bings and the massive excavators that came to turn this mining wasteland into the park it has become.
Please save the monument from further decay it is an integral landmark dipicting the hardships that miners' endured! A horrible story that from its origins to its ruins still leaves an impact today on our local community it represents from 'destruction to beauty!'
I have stated as Cllr McLelland that regardless where the funds come from they should be found to save this vital piece of our heritage. Our Dads, Granddads & Great Granddads would be so disappointed if we let this great Lady Die.
Ex Cllr Lochgelly Cardenden ...lots of friends and acquaintances in Ballingry. After generations of life's toil in the mines and even death....surely its not much to ask in return....a few pounds to salute the memory of the reason Ballingry exists.
The headgear of this colliery (which I started working at aged 15) should be maintained and protected. There are only 6 sets of headgear in Scotland where there were hundreds at one time. They stand as memorials to the men and women who worked and died in the mines.
Save the Mary Pit Head
You have to save this my dad was the last man killed in Glencraig pit
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Without this great Mary pit I wouldn’t be here, this brought both my mum & dads family from Ireland to Ballingry/Lochore & Glencraig. They all moved here in the early 1900’s to work in this pit, some even lost their lives.