We had a friend visiting last weekend and Glasgow did its absolute worst with the weather. Where could we go that was accessible by car and under cover so that we could keep dry? Given that we’d been to Glasgow’s museums many times we thought we’d try Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life at Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire. We hadn’t visited for years and now we can’t understand why we left it so long – it was great. A large Exhibition Hall with café and enough to do outside in the brief window when it didn’t rain – a replica mine and row of miners cottages to tour and a tram to ride. Hours of fun!

Coatbridge

WW1 poster

NUM Banner

1980s Miners’ Strike poster

Steam engine

Ironworks excavations

Dusseldorf tram

Old adverts at Summerlee

Old Cadbury’s ad

Old Reckitt’s ad

Old drinks ad

Old insecticide ad

Old biscuit ad

Summerlee gates

Summerlee gates

Main gate