RECENTLY released BBC archive films show footage from a team of men who fought to keep open Knockshinnoch Colliery in 1967.
As part of their Rewind project, the BBC has released a number of archived tapes which are available for the public to watch.
The video, from 1967, features four men, including Alec Tipmany, who led a delegation trying to keep the colliery open.
The full video can be watched here.
Despite the best efforts of those from the area, Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery would close in 1968, after overcoming and rebuilding after the mining disaster which claimed the lives of 13 men in 1950.
READ MORE: Dramatic TV footage of the Knockshinnoch disaster 70 years on from the tragedy
Around 7.30pm on September 7, 1950, a lake just under the surface of the ground filled with liquid peat and moss, collapsed and flooded a pit at the Knockshinnoch Castle Colliery, trapping 135 men underground.
The miners were trapped down the pit, with the peat sludge fast approaching. Rescuers worked round the clock to get to the men before the sludge did and before the air quality declined to lethal levels.
You can search through the full BBC Rewind archives collection here.
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