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COVID-19 memorial to be created at Strathclyde Park. I’d known him for all the years I’d been a councillor and he was always very active in the community council, Stanrigg memorial and children’s committee – he was the gentleman of Greengairs and would help anyone. Relatives and friends gathered to see the newly-installed equipment in place, including Pauline, Peter’s sisters Helen Morrison and Moira Downie, and Airdrie MP Anum Qaisar.Ĭouncillor Coyle told Lanarkshire Live: “It’s fantastic to see this in place and I think Peter would have loved it he was always putting things in place for the community and he deserves to be remembered for all the work he did. It is now in place on an external wall of the community hall on Greengairs Road, with a plaque in honour of Peter set to be added in the coming weeks. The defibrillator was donated by Airdrie Motorist Centre in Calderbank and installed by workers from CRC Electrical who donated their time and materials to connect up the vital lifesaving equipment. Household bills increase confirmed for North Lanarkshire residents. In addition to serving as vice-chair of Greengairs community council, he was also involved with the village’s social club and its children’s committee, running a host of trips and Christmas events for local youngsters. He chaired the Stanrigg memorial committee, maintaining the tribute site honouring 19 miners killed in the local pit disaster in 1918 and organising the centenary remembrance service, and was secretary of the Moodiesburn and district retired miners’ association. Peter had three sons – who were also miners – and a daughter, five grandsons and one great-granddaughter. The eldest of eight siblings, he was born on and the family lived at the miners’ row cottages in the village with his father also working in the colliery.Īfter attending Greengairs Primary and Airdrie Central schools, Peter began work at the McLean mine in Glenmavis.Īfter two years of national service with the Royal Corps of Signals, including a deployment to Cyprus, returned to work in the pits at Glentore, Bedlay, Polkemmet and Solsgirth. Athletics and pitch facilities to be upgraded in £1.5m Airdrie project. Peter passed away shortly after being diagnosed with cancer last year and his death was described as “a big loss for the community” by Councillor Coyle. “We’ve had so many messages and it’s been special to realise exactly how much he did for people and how they appreciated all that he did his heart was always in Greengairs.” “Peter was still active and involved with so many different things right up until he died he’d been put forward last year as a community hero by Neil Gray MSP and had just been nominated for a citizenship award by the provost. “He just lived for Greengairs and the mining community and was a driving force for so many projects everybody came to him if they needed anything and he was always the first to do something for someone else. Pauline said: “It’s a very nice thing to do and it was overwhelming when we found out this would be happening in memory of Peter. Peter Downie pictured at the Stanrigg mining memorial (Image: Tom Dick/Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser) His funeral was attended by hundreds of friends representing the many groups and associations he was connected with and neighbours in his home community wanted to remember his contribution with a suitable memorial.Īirdrie North councillor Sophia Coyle suggested installing a defibrillator for the benefit the rural area – and Peter’s wife Pauline told Lanarkshire Live he “would have been so proud” of the poignant honour from his community. 
Peter worked as a coal miner for four decades in collieries across central Scotland, retiring in 1993, and was at the heart of the village where he had been born and lived his whole life.
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