My grandfather GAVIN MCLELLAND b.11.6.1892 @ Burnbank, LAN was a miner and fireman in the EARNOCH COLLIERY, Hamilton and probably other pits in the area. He moved to the FIFE coalfields in the 1930's and worked on the opening of COMRIE COLLIERY, OAKLEY, Fife. In 1938 he was given a letter/certificate of recommendation for his work as a fireman and "preparing explosive charges" from May 1937 until - Feb 1938. He later moved to the STIRLINGSHIRE coalfield and worked in PLEAN and other collieries. My father Gavin and me and my two brothers also worked in the Stirlingshire coal mines until they closed in the 1960's. Tom ( now in sunny Liverpool)