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Bathgate Once More | Workers Voices in new Exhibition

29th November, 2011

A new exhibition at the Bennie Museum in Bathgate, West Lothian, celebrates the story of the area's truck and tractor plant, through the voices of its former workers.

British Motor Corporation (BMC) tractors exported to Scandinavia In 1961 the British Motor Corporation (later British Leyland) opened a major truck and tractor manufacturing plant at Bathgate in West Lothian. It created new jobs for thousands of people from the former shale and coal mining community and brought a period of economic prosperity, new houses and amenities to the area. The plant reached a peak in the 1970s with 450 vehicle coming off the production line each day; seventy percent of these were exported to 97 countries around the globe from the port at nearby Grangemouth. But by the 1986, the plant was closed. This followed a trades union-led campaign for jobs and came alongside other closures in the area at Plessey and Polkemmet Colliery.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the coming of the plant to Bathgate and the 25th anniversary of its closure, the Workers' Educational Association Scotland (WEA) have led a project to research, record and preserve the story of the plant and its importance to the people of the area. Open Days at the Regal Community Theatre in Bathgate have enabled former workers to get involved. Oral histories have been recorded, artefacts, documents and photographs gathered. This material will form an archive at the West Lothian Local History Library. The project provided the starting point for workshops at Simpson Primary School led by storyteller, Ewan McVicar. The school itself was built on the site of the former plant in 1997. The project has also received support from both Tam Dalyell and the Proclaimers!

The exhibition at the Bennie Museum tells the story of the plant through the recollections of those who were closest to it - its former workers. Audio recordings from the oral history element of the project are now available on Scran and form a listening post in the exhibition, which also showcases other material gathered by the project. Listen to the Bathgate Once More story through oral histories on Scran.

The project, led by WEA Scotland, was developed in partnership with the Bennie Museum, West Lothian Local History Library, Simpson Primary School, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), STUC and West Lothian Trade Union Council and was supported by Heritage Lottery Funding.

Bathgate Once More | Exhibition

The exhibition at the Bennie Museum on Mansefield Street in Bathgate, runs from November until the end of February 2012 and is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. A publication about the project will be published in February and a full online exhibition on Scran with resources to support Curriculum for Excellence will go live shortly after that.

Leyland Tractor Driven by Dorothy Aitken
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