| Comment | Another bit of trivia. Some of the The Braidbar quarries at Giffnock were mined using a 'stoop and room' system which left vast underground voids. After the quarries closed, the voids were filled with toxic waste from Dixon's Blazes and Beardmore's foundries. The whole lot is now filled with water and the tunnels are beginning to collapse. Some poor people around the quarry edge can't sell their homes. Some developers have offered to remediate the mines but no one has been able to commit to such a massively expensive project. It's a ticking time bomb. |
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