Think something about this was posted a while back but can't find it. Certainly worth highlighting again. Is anyone one here going?
The Road to Drumleman: Memories of an Argyll Colliery
Jan Nimmo's new film, The Road to Drumleman: Memories of an Argyll Colliery, will premiere at the Picture House on Friday, 30th July at 8pm. The Road to Drumleman tells the story of Kintyre’s last coal mine, The Argyll Colliery (1947–1967). Almost no physical traces of the mine remain and now it is hard to imagine that the well run mine thrived just behind spectacular Machrihanish Bay.
When artist, Jan Nimmo’s father and former Argyll Colliery shot firer, Neil Nimmo, died, Jan realised that there was an urgency to gather the stories of the remaining miners. Through their personal narrative the film gives an insight into working life, its hardships and camaraderie. The stories span the life of the mine and pay tribute to all of the men who worked invisibly beneath the wild and unspoilt shores of western Kintyre.
In January 2007 Jan’s father Neil Nimmo died. Six months later his twin brother Ramsay died. Both had left school at 11 to work on local farms and then as young men worked at the Argyll Colliery. The Nimmos and their mother’s family, the Browns, came from generations of miners. After the death of the twins Jan realised that time was running out to gather the testimonies of the men who had worked at the Colliery and record at first hand what had been an important social and economic part of South Kintyre’s popular history. The project stands as a tribute to Jan’s father, his family and also to the broader mining community in South Kintyre.
Tickets are available at the door (no pre-booking through cinema) and doors open at 7.30pm. Seating will be in the stalls only as the balcony is being used for projection equipment.