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Dist:0.2km<br/>There was no village here when the 1940's map was made. This is a mining village built after the war, the pit being closed after the strike in 1984-5.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Houses along the main street. A post war mining village, previously the settlement was restricted to a site 1km to the south east from here.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Site of Polmaise Colliery.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Plaque at an open air museum and memorial to the miners of the Polmaise pits, Fallin.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>view driving towards Stirling.
©Robert Ferguson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Machinery that had to remove 100,000 litres of dirty water an hour in order to prevent the pit from flooding. Polmaise Murray Mining Museum, Fallin.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Detail of the rail with the names of miners killed working in the Polmaise collieries. Sadly this is a tiny sample of the rail.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.3km<br/>Opened in 1994 to commemorate the miners killed working in the Polmaise pits. It is now also a museum.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>Hydraulic roof support. It would be moved in behind the cutting machinery to support the roof at the coal face. Polmaise - Murray mining museum.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>Vehicle for carrying equipment to the coal face. Polmaise - Murray mining museum.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>Housing estate in Fallin viewed from the south.
©Paul McIlroy
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is National Cycleway No.76 where it passes through Fallin. This type of entrance is supposed to deny access to motorcycles.
©Paul McIlroy
Dist:0.5km<br/>The path to Stirling using the mineral line that once served Polmaise Colliery.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Goth with its bowling green
©Robert Ferguson
Dist:0.6km<br/>It's changed its name but it's still 'The Goth'
©Robert Ferguson

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  • 34 Kersie Road

    Hello- My grandparents lived at 34 Kersie Road during the 1930's. Does anyone have a picture of the village at that time? thanks lena
    lenakennedy in Fallin, Wednesday 25 January, 2012


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