The most florid period for the mining village were the 1940s.

Established as a small mining village in the 19th century it now has population of around 6,000 today.

The village suffered from similar economic problems to all the mining villages in the region.

In the 19th century, Selchenbach was also a mining village.

It is a small former mining village which used to have two collieries.

Here is another mining village, of about one thousand population.

He was brought up in the mining village of Glenbuck.

The church was built in 1898 to serve the expanding mining villages.

Newcraighall was a mining village for more than 150 years up to 1968.

Formerly a mining village, the population is 484 as at 2003.