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Glenbuck is 29
miles east of Ayr in Ayrshire Scotland, 4
miles east of Muirkirk, 196 miles north
of Liverpool, popular for the
birthplace of Bill Shankly, manager of
Liverpool Football Club 1959 - 1974.
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1784 - Glenbuck Pond was used by
locals for Curling in Winter, a time
ponds would freeze over for months in
winter, known as The Little Ice Age.
1796 - the Village of Glenbuck began
to be built up after a small Iron Works
was opened to process Iron Stone in the
area, with Coal Mines opened at that time
to power the Iron Works.
The village of Glenbuck grew right
next to the Iron Works and Coal
Mines.
1802 - a Dam was built on the River
Ayr to create Glenbuck Loch so water
could be controled to power the 50ft in
diameter Catrine Wheel of a Cotton Mill
15 miles west at the village of Catrine.
1809 - Glenbuck Ironworks produced
1,000 tons of Rails for the Kilmarnock to
Troon Railway, the first official Railway
in Scotland.
1873 - the Railway
reached Glenbuck, leading to increased
production of Iron and Coal, and the
expansion of the village to over 1,700
people by 1900.
1870s - Glenbuck
Athletic Football Club was formed
with the Pitch in the middle of the
village by the Shankly home, later named
the Glenbuck Cherrypickers FC, it is
still there, although needs cutting more
often.
1876 - Glenbuck School opened.
1882 - Charles Howatson from Cronberry
became the Laird of Glenbuck, building a
Scottish Baronial Mansion overlooking the
Dam.
1882 - Glenbuck Church was built.
1913 - Bill Shankley was born at
Miners Row, also known as Monkey Row in
Glenbuck, one of 10 children to John and
Barbara Shankly.
1928 - Bill Shankly left school aged
15 to work in a Glenbuck Coal Mine.
He never played for the Glenbuck
Cherrypickers, started his playing career
with Cronberry
Eglinton FC in 1931, a village by
Cumnock 12 miles west.
1932 - Bill Shankly was signed by
Carlisle United. His four brothers also
played professional football.
1933 - the last two Coal Mines in
Glenbuck closed.
1940s - Bill Shankly served in the
Royal Air Force during World War Two,
where he played football and was boxing
for the RAF.
1948 - Glenbuck
Mansion was demolished.
1951 - Glenbuck School closed.
1952 - the Railway closed at Glenbuck
with the Spireslack Viaduct at Glenbuck
falling apart soon after, the remains can
still be viewed from the village.
1953 - Glenbuck Church closed, a time
few people remained in the village, many
had moved to Muirkirk 4 miles west.
1959 - Bill Shankly became the Manager
of Liverpool Football club when they were
in the Second Division.
1962 - Liverpool FC were promoted to
the First Devision.
1964 - Liverpool FC played in the
Europen Cup for the first time.
1964 - Liverpool FC won the First
Devision title, first time in 15
years.
1965 - Liverpool FC won the FA Cup for
their first time.
1973 - Liverpool FC won the UEFA Cup
for the first time.
1974 - Bill Shankly ended his
managment carreer with Liverpool FC,
winning the FA Cup and being second to
Leeds in the First Division.
1981 - Bill Shankly died in Liverpool
with his ashes scattered at The Kop end
of Anfield stadium.
1993 - the last resident of Glenbuck
left, Cheryl Hynd, the great niece of
Bill Shankly.
1990s - Open Cast Mining began at
Glenbuck, leading to the last of the
Village Houses being demolished.
1997 - a Statue of Bill Shankly was
erected at Anfield stadium in Liverpool,
at the entrance to The Kop.
2013 - Glenbuck Opencast Mining
ended.
2019 - the Glenbuck Village site was
converted to a Memorial Site with many
Information Boards and Walking
Routes.
There is also information in Murkirk
centre about Glenbuck and Bill
Shankly.
Bill Shankly
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