The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland asked people to vote for the historic places they loved best in Scotland. The Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange, Midlothian, which closed in 1981 and now houses the Scottish Mining Museum, came out top of the Treasured Places public vote. c 200,000 people took part in the vote.
Top ten: 1 Lady Victoria Colliery, Midlothian; 2 Glasgow School of Art; 3 King’s College, Aberdeen; 4 St Meddan’s, Troon, Ayrshire; 5 The Falkirk Wheel; 6 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow; 7 The Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney; 8 Skara Brae, Orkney; 9 Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian; 10 Cumbernauld Town Centre, North Lanarkshire.
Fergus Waters, director of the Scottish Mining Museum, said: ‘There is a very rich seam of coal-mining heritage just under the skin of Scotland and this result reflects that and is also a tribute to what the Lady Victoria Colliery represents as the last surviving example of a once vast Scottish industry.’ Perhaps also for the political struggle against a hated Thatcher government as well ....?
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