GPO Edinburgh Classified Telephone Directory, 1956 - collieries listing COL page 38 (page 2)

            For several years I worked at the Scottish Mining Museum - an amazing experience in an amazing industry but a time that corresponded to nearly all of these vary familiar names (in the 1956 Edinburgh /classified' telephone book) vanishing. I doubt that at the time this directory was issued anyone thought the complete collapse of the industry in Scotland was even remotely plausible as several collieries mentioned here - such as Monktonhall and Bilston Glen were new sinkings under development. The collieries are mostly listed under the nationalised National Coal Board - but under their geographical divisions and so the 'Lothians Area' and 'Fife Area' predominate. A couple of smaller pits, that were not nationalised, are also listed.The Fife Area was of such a size it was still divided in to two areas - as well as opencast. One pit listed is the doomed Rothes Colliery - one of the most expensive flops ever developed by the NCB, carrying forward from the original Fife Coal Company's intentions.
   

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