Talk:Wanlockhead

Mine
I am the son of the last manager of the mine, Anthony Oliver (1923-2001). He worked at the mine from I believe late 1952 just before I was born and we moved away, for sure, in November 1958. The owners reopened the mine as lead prices soared because of the Korean war and closed it as prices slumped back. I got the impression it had just being recommissioned when it closed. He moved to South Crofty in Cornwall and then became a nuclear engineer concerned in building power stations for the rest of his working life. Most of the miners worked for a while on the Daer Dam project and the original A74 dual carriageway project, but by the time I went back, it seems most houses had become holiday homes or for Glasgow commuters.

I visited the village in 1980 and introduced myself to a woman running the village museum. However she seemed more interested in knowing whether I was an Oliver of Hawick or an Oliver of somewhere else (neither in fact - my parents were both English) than that my father who was then alive and still working could have contributed massively to the museum, and after five minutes I gave up trying to talk to her. I have never visited it since.

I have seen a few effects about Wanlockhead that he had kept and my sister has my Dad's papers somewhere. Should someone be genuinely interested in this stuff contact me at ian dot oliver 3 at btinternet dot com

Ian Oliver

I live in the village and I agree with Ian Oliver. The village is going down every day. nearly all of the houses are holiday homes. Also the people at the museum arent very friendly and it is boring really. They were trying to get funding money because they said that they would close if they didnt get it, but they have plenty of money.

Elevation
The pub is probably not the highest in Scotland. See the Alargue Arms at Cock Bridge. http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT1jb2NrK2JyaWRnZSZiYj0xMi41OTY2NjE1MDIwNzQlN2UxMy4zMjIyMzI0NDAxMTQlN2UxMi41MDMzMzA2ODY3ODc2JTdlMTMuMjExMTY3NTI5MjI1Mw== —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.214.180 (talk) 10:58, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Glengonnar Station is at '1531ft' (466m) but the rest of the village is at 1310-1380ft (400-420m)according to the Ordnance Survey map : --- http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT1NTDEyKzZVVCZiYj01OC45OTk3MTA1MjUzODM3JTdlMS4zMTE1MDQ4NDEyNTAwNCU3ZTQ5LjY1ODkzMzkwMDk2NTElN2UtMTMuMTQ2NTAyOTcxMjU= -Road => Ordnance Survey —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.20.26.1 (talk) 20:35, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the previous comment (see also http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=NS8706512952 ) and think the claim that the village lies at 467m should be removed. Dadge (talk) 23:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

There is no evidence on Ordnance Survey that the village lies at 467m. Studying the map the contours show the village at between 400-420m. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.208.239.181 (talk) 16:37, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

Height of the village
The reference footnote 2 after the 410m height, which refers to Bing, appears to be self-fulfilling and circular as the information on Bing appears to be a direct quotation of the same part of this Wikipedia article. It's therefore not a citation to refer to somewhere else on the web copying what you have written! I do not know whether to delete the citation as it then leaves the 410m claim unsupported and unreferenced. Surely there would be sources, such as Ordnance Survey, supporting the claim? aspaa (talk) 17:55, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Library and Museum buildings
I think the caption on the photograph is wrong. The library is in its own building, where it always was, once it outgrew its original location. The museum is in what i recall was a blacksmith's smiddy, not the library. Someone please confirm before I edit it. Tiger99 (talk) 13:25, 10 October 2018 (UTC)