Mike 84C Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 About a month ago my swimbo and I paid a visit to the Scottish Mining Museum at Newtongrange EH22 4QN. Its in the old Lady Victoria pit. I was not sure how my wife would enjoy it but she did, very much! helped no doubt by the anecdotes of 86yr old ex miner John our guide. Brilliant! He did use a fair bit of slang which we translated for a Dutch couple in the tour group. I purchased from the museum shop "Fife the mining kingdom" by Guthrie Hutton who seems to have written a series of photo books illustrating Scottish mining. Very interesting, lots of photos of old collieries with good photos of old NB, and PO wagons and smaller collieries. just what you need for a layout. If you are in the area on holiday, I drove up from Melrose, its well worth a visit. But I hope we all know that already! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 It's definitely worth going for the guided tour (rather than self-guided) option to get all the anecdotes. You can also get there from Edinburgh by the Borders Railway. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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