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Zoe - I'm writing a novel (fiction). What Was It Like Being A Miner In A Mining Village?
Vicki Mckenna - Any Information? 1881 census says my great grandfather Moses Severn was a Pit Manager in Ilkeston
Frank Peacock - Any Info - Alfred Henry Peacock's Medal - West Stanley Pit Disaster 1909?
Jennifer Savage - Hapton Valley Colliery Explosion Friday 23rd March 1962 - Was the Nurse Alice, Agnes or Maud Who Went Down The Pit?
Lisa Crow - I am trying to confirm my grandfather, John Alfred Hope, worked at Ollerton colliery
Phil Webb - Were George Webb and E.C Webb Related?
Joyce Lowe - Samuel Spruce Awarded Albert Medal for Bravery, Baddesley Pit Explosion 1882
Andy Cadman - Any information on Frank Lesley London, possible son of William James London who died in Cresswell Disaster Sept 1950?
Becki Gomersall - I have family members that worked down the pit, what was life like for them?
Beverley Hughes - Any info? My grandfather, Samuel Hughes, died in a pitfall at Sneyd in 1949
Shannon Siddons - Any Information, Michael William Siddons Worked At Bilsthorpe Pit?
K. Gore - Any Info. Ernest Gore, killed in mining accident on 15th Dec 1953, Bentinck Colliery?
Mr. Brian Knaggs - Any Info about Brian Knaggs who died in a South Yorkshire pit after 1946
Anne Harriss - My grandfather was awarded a medallion by the Lancashire and Cheshire Mine Owners Association, any information.
Helen Jenner - Any info on Alfred Grimwood, Collier at Wingate Colliery 1870s
Margaret Bryden - Any info: My Great Grandfather James Webb was killed in the 1880 explosion.
Shay Habel - Family History - Rigley - Blacksmith Eastwood, Collier Heanor 1850s
David Thomson - Looking for information about Walter Todd, Mines Rescue, Scotland
F Burt - Looking For Information, William Stobbs, Died In Doctor Pit, Belington 1907
Steve Harrison My Great Uncle Thomas Harrison perished in the mine
Mike Hewitt - Was R. Lockett, Reuben the son of Ephraim and Emma Lockett?
Diane Spargo - Any Information, James Spargo and The Antegloro Coal Mine?
Steve - Any Information Colin Yeardley who worked at Orgreave colliery?
Jack Marshall - Any information about Swaith Main Colliery, Barnsley 6 Dec 1875
Jack Marshall - Any information about Charles and John Clegg killed Oaks Pit 1866
Wendy Lapinsky My great, great uncle, George Sargeant, died in the Pretoria disaster in 1910. Any Photos?
Cheryl Barlow - William Smart died in an accident at Blidworth Pit death in the 1930 or 1940's
Carl Huxley My great uncle, Walter Stanley Eyres was killed down Holditch pit around 1934
Hayley Spencer - HELP! Creating school project on the history of coal mining in Mansfield Woodhouse
Ann Cook - Where Have All The Miners Records Gone?
Ann Cook - Have you ever heard of Coalhouse in Doncaster?
Brian Arrandale - Any Info Thomas Arrandale, Mine Manager Bradford Colliery, 1860's - 1880's?
Rex Allen - Any Info Grandfather Edward Allen, moved to Ellistown, Leicestershire about 1903
Linda Rowland - Looking For Sugar Lane Near Jacksdale, Home of Harry Riley born 1896
Marie Smith - Trying to find which pit my grandfather, Samuel Beale, died at.
Jim Morse - Mines Rescue Team 'T' - Ilkeston or Ashby-De-La-Zouch? - 1900s?
June Withers - Daniel Jones died - 1962 disaster at Tower Colliery in South Wales
Eddie Bristow - Rufford, Sherwood & Welbeck Brick Yards in the 40s early 50s. My father Herman (Harry) Bristow was a fireman in the kilns
Lisa Broughton - Norman Broughton and Ollerton Pit Disaster 23-24 November 1961
Heather Wilkinson - Has anyone heard of the Fernyhough Gold Medal?
Emma Dean - Any Info? Frederick Lloyd Ward
Rob Conn Looking For Information; My Father, Robert (Rab?) Conn Was Killed In The Disaster
Gail Milton - Did my great grandfather help to build a tunnel from Trowell Colliery after a fire?
Andy Foster - Ashington. Mark Foster Was In The Mines Rescue During The 60's
Alison Platt - My father, John (Jack) Booth, worked in the Bentley Colliery in the 1930's
Shel Looking for information. Robert John Baird (Bob) was badly injured at Auchengeich
Rob and Sue Freeman (nee Bentley) - Rufford Colliery. Was Albert Bentley Killed 7th Feb 1913
Ruth Singh - Life and Conditions At Drury Lowe Pit, Denby, Derbyshire
Val Mason - Looking for old photos of Gedling with blacksmiths and Arthur Dawson
John Miles - My Great Great-Grandfather, Robert Miles, Was Killed In The Pit Disaster At Chatterley Whitfield 1881
Gary Stretton - Trying To Trace Family Killed In The Manners Colliery, Ilkeston
Rachel Naylor - Any Photos of Harry or Barry Naylor Langton Colliery 1963-65?
Norman Bailey - Looking For Bill Ramsdale
Brian McDearmid - Any Harton or Westoe Colliery Rescue Team Information?
Marion McKnight I Am The Granddaughter Of Tam Green, The Sole Survivor On That Day. I Am Looking For Photos
Bryan Langley - Looking for Amanda Baillie who worked at Maltby Colliery 1990-1994
Chris Smith - Any Information On My Grandfather, Harry Lane, Worked at Clipstone Pit
Mary - Where can I find names of killed miners, Grassmoor Derbyshire 1933?
Betty Green - Tracing Granddad Jonas Wood
Karen Spake - Looking For Information On Either The Gater Family Or Talk O'th Hill
Linzy Houchen - Trying to trace information regarding my great grandfather Richard Brookfield
Dave Lloyd What was a Winseyman?
Judith Reid Researching John Hornsey Casson (1843-1926) Surgeon
Wilma Gamston John Smith Farnsworth, Summit Query
Diane Walker Elizabeth Partington And The Pretoria Pit Disaster 1910
Mrs I Hennessy William Barnes lived in Church St Heanor in 1918
Mark Sheriston Jim Sheriston was my Granddad
Mr. Davies How can I trace records relating to my grandfather, a miner in the 1900's?
J Fowkes John (Jack) Fowkes, Shiplet Woodside Pit.
Mike Fowler Grandparents Atkinson - Timber supplied to the coal mines of the UK
Andrew StaytLooking for anyone with the name of MOULTON, Butcher or Bickerton
Pam Bromley Patrick Tobin killed, possibly a rock fall at Bilsthorpe in 1933.
Mary Atton Searching for information about Jack Atton's death and Grange Colliery, 1949
Sue Lebeter - Searching for information Isac Lebeter.
Faye - Looking for grandfather Harry May. Possibly coalmine manager in the Derbyshire area. I think he died in 1918.
Clare Staveley - Jim Staveley was the only survivor of Pretoria Pit Disaster.
Chris Strawford - Looking for Alf Powick and Frank Nickless, who I lost contact with when Madeley Wood closed.
John. W. & Mrs. Maria Wallace - Old Miner Long gone - But searching for relatives. (Robin Hood Road, Blidworth?)
Tom Elliott - Mr J Bingham Silverwood Colliery Rescue Team.
Dennis E South- Barnsley Fire and Haller Around Mid to Late 1940s.
Laura Mosley - researching my family tree in the Midlands.
Gordon Archer - Adolphus J Archer died at Mossfield colliery 21st May 1947.
Darren Whitehead - Help Needed - Farnworth Colliery 1850s. A ghostly Frederick
Leigh Pridmore Help - Tracing my coal miner ancesters (Lebeter) from Ilkeston, 1871 onwards.
Ngaretta Wilfred Hardwick was killed at Langwith Pit in 1925
Jill Elizabeth Sparrow Barber-Walker Colliery the Fryar family - chiefly Mark Fryar who was Land Agent and Colliery General Manager to the Drury Lowe family
David Shaw 1940 occurrence at Mossfield, Great Grandad Roland Porter and his Son Richard where killed in the pit.
Christine Atherton - These Guys Look Like Rescuers, Who Are They?
Any information about John Mc Cready died at Fairlady Leycett Pit 21st January 1880
Michelle Abadie - We want contributions to our new book '8000 Years of Wisdom'
Greg - Thomas Galley age 16 - White Barn Colliery Staffordshire, 7 July 1861
James Pitt - Any Info? Frederick Lloyd Ward, Pit Manager of Bradford Colliery From 1896
Jeffrey Allen - George Johnson. What type of ambulance did he drive at Bolsover 1940-43?
Mrs L Bourne - Talk O The Hill Disaster 1866 - Could Thomas Knowels have been a relative?
Marion Hebblethwaite - Does Harry Wilson (George Cross) from the Harriseahead Inrush of Water March 1924 have any family?
Tracy Hay - Dennis Duke, Jump near to Hoyland Nether
Julie Whittle - Bradford Pit - Looking for information about Peter Lloyd around 1950-60
Lynne (nee Bentham) - John Bentham who lived in Standish near Wigan
John and Maria Wallace - Old Miner Long Gone - But Searching For Relatives in Blidworth Area
Jean Kolat - Where Can I Search the Roll of Employees Working in Scottish Pits?
G Woodward - Looking For Work Records, Jack Wheatcroft. Hucknall Top
Paul Bergh - Looking for Stephen Offer - Cheadle, Stoke on Trent
Frank Riley - Bignall Hill 1835 - Riley family killed in Mine Disasters in and around Audley Staffs
John Kidger - Joshua Kidger and Mining in the East Midlands
Mr Timothy Coates - When did Arthur Lawrence Die Saving His Workmates at Cadeby Main?
Rod Morgan - My grandfather worked in the Binley Colliery, Coventry
Julie Fraser - William Brandom – Nottingham
Robert Williams - Walter Cook, mechanic at Bestwood Pit or inventor of safety brake for trains
Peter Goee - My great grandfather Peter Goee was killed in Maerdy pit in the Rhondda
Glynis Bate - Charles And Clarence Tranter, Were Mines Rescue Workers At Baggeridge Colliery (1st Email 2007)
David Tompkins - Looking For grandfather Frederick Miles, a miner from West Hallam in the 1950s
Lewis Tomlinson - Searching for information on Herbert Tomlinson
Roger Fowler - BBC Radio Four program - Women in the Pits surviving Wigan Pit Brow Lasses
Peter Mann - 1932 Explosion at llwynypia, Pentre seam no1 in former Scotch Glamorgan Colliery
Joy Sharp - James (Jim) Newton and Underwood Coal Mine
Suzanne Bradwell - My Grandad Desmond Booth or 'Desi' worked at the Markham pit all his life
Brian Rawding - William Wright Smith - Accident Trowell Pit 1920's
Mike Everley New Era Union - its links to Socialist Societies and some mining terms
Paul Jackson Any information about Arthur Stanton died in the Holditch pit disaster 1937?
Karen Walsh - Anyone any memories of working with Nolan family members from Mansfield?
Anne - Can anyone remember Les Castledine the youngest shot firer in the country?
David Watkins - Thomas Edwin Watkins, born 1905, worked in the Betteshanger Mine.
Joan McVeigh - My Great Grandfather was killed in the 1912 pit disaster at Cadeby
Kathleen Johnson - Racecourse/Boothen Colliery. What was the occasion?
Tony Greaves - I Would Like To Contact Anyone Who Worked At Babington Colliery
Colleen David Padfield (1885-1947) born in Cwm, Monmouthshire, Six Bells Colliery
Gwynneth Devane - Trying to trace the son of Arthur Bernard Clifford
Sue - Looking for William Shaw, who was born in Cheadle in 1869
Roland Gent - Anyone know my granddad Alan Gent of the Chesterfield Mines Rescue Service
John & Arlene McDonald William Elijah Unsworth lived at 12 Coal Pit Lane Astley
Chris Doherty George Doherty, shaft sinker with cementation
Phil Mullen I am from Burradon
Stanley Delaney Fatal Accident At Bradford Colliery, 1950s
Mick Mingay “Miners Check” from Balsover Colliery
John McDade James Brown (Jimmy) and Coatbridge Mines Rescue
Herbert White Rufford Colliery?
Herbert White Can anyone help me pinpoint Rufford Colliery on the map?
Ron Summerson Ron Summerson (Ronnie) stared work at Wardley pit
Marie Hunt Looking for information on my father Harold (Hank) Ambler, Bentinck Colliery
Garry Calladine Calladines Hole
Hannah Parish Manton Colliery, I lost a Great Granddad & 2 Great Uncles in the same pit disaster.
Claire Jakins My great uncle Harry died in the Creswell Mining disaster.
Irene Huskinson Elemore explosion 1886 + Thomas Buck from the Hetton area.
Mr. Davies How can I trace records relating to my grandfather, a miner in the 1900's?
Charlie Davidson Respiratory Problems
Glenda Stokes Fatal accident at Bestwood Colliery 1911 to 1912
Terry Cullen Bradford Colliery Manchester
David Owen Dandy Mine Disaster Dudley 1920
Philip Morris Bradford Colliery Manchester
Graham Ellis Bug And A Wink Pit
Amanda Beech My Granddad Horace Wilshaw worked at Chatterley Whitfield mine in 1950
Marion Hebblethwaite Does anyone Remember Donald Fletcher who was awarded the Edward Medal at Cresswell in 1926?
Margaret Kershaw, nee Drenan How much did miners get paid in the 1940s?
Barbara Carroll Pit Accident Info in the Doncaster/Conisbrough area of Yorkshire in (I think) 1954
Phyllis Reynolds Hugh Reynolds and accident at Talk Colliery January 1900
A Davies Obtaining Proof - The Coal Board is claiming they have no records of his employment
D W Hardy Wedgewood Mine (Talke Pits North staffs)
Paul Williams Benjamin Williams 1862-1934
Peter Elliott Looking For Underground Photo of Sherwood Colliery
Diana & Mark James Walkden lost his life in the Maypole Disaster 1908
Russell( Rusty ) Johnson I was the last branch secretary NUM NOTTS AREA, what would you like to know?
Frank Dodd My great grand father Enoch Perrins was found guilty of manslaughter for the Lillydale disaster. What punishment did he get?
Adela Langton Is this Mansfield Rescue Station and is it still there?
Craig Bourne Snyed mining disaster 1942. My grandad Joseph Bourne was one of the first five rescue workers on the scene. Did he train Harry Baskerfield?
Jodie Payne Crigglestone Pit Disaster July 1941
Simon Dewey Derbyshire Miners Holiday Camp. Anyone remeber me or have any photos?
John Tione Anyone know my dad, Lawrance Lewis? He was killed down Hucknall pit.
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- Marjorie Rigby Miners Compensation Claim, Norman Peter Lowe, Chanters Colliery, Atherton, Manchester
- Victoria Elves Asbestos related disease claim, Hucknall Colliery
- Mrs C Winfield Trying to claim compensation! Father-in-laws was in Lofthouse Colliery Mines Rescue
- Mick Burton Tracing my father’s existence
- Frank Collins Was Usworth Colliery "Hot and Dusty"?
- Elaine Holland How Long Are Medical Records for Miners Kept?
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(So Far As I Know There Are No Records Of Bevin Boy Names)
Elaine Haskett - My dad would like to take part in the Remembrance March in London
Shauna - My grandad, Denzil James Horsley, was a Bevin Boy; does a list exists?
Peter Matthews - Stanley Matthews - Bevin Boy Kent, I would love to meet anyone who may have worked with my father.
Ann Cook - Where Have All The Miners Records Gone?
Ann Cook - Have you ever heard of Coalhouse in Doncaster?
Ann Cook - Have you heard of a Bevin Boy who worked in the Yorkshire coalfields that might have been caught using a travel warrant meant for a soldier?
Shirley Emery - Harold Edwin George Emery was a Bevin Boy and may have worked near Sunderland, County Durham
Byron Scott - Ronald Charles Robinson, Bevin Boy, was sent to a colliery about 6 miles from Oakdale - WYLY colliery?
The BBC's One Show Would like to hear from you if you served your country down the dark pits between 1943 and 1948. (Posted 12 Nov 2007) More Information on this site
Ann Cook - Looking For a Bevin Boy, Possibly Hickleton Colliery in South Yorkshire
Rita Watkins - My husband, David John Watkins, was a Bevin Boy
Robert Crossland - My father, Harry Crossland, was a Bevin Boy Near Doncaster
Salwren - Looking for Vickie Edwards, Bevin Boy at Dinnington, Sheffield
Mick Lloyd - Is there a list of Beven Boys at Calverton Colliery?
Jeffrey Littman - Is a medal being issued to those who did their service during the war?
Heather House - Bevin Huts Ystrad Mynach, Home Sweet Home
Jenny Caswell Is there anyway (or anyone ) that may help me find out WHERE my beloved Dad was posted as a Bevin Boy ?
Norman Brickell Broadway Miners Hostel, Barnsley. Any ex "dust eaters" out there?
Alison Philpott My father was a Bevin Boy - Are there any records?
Gerald Walter Thompson Bevin Boy, I want to get in touch with friends
Norman Brickell Bevin Boy looking for Len Mansell from Liverpool and Ken Knitingale from around Cambridge
Una McLean My father, Angus McLean, was a Bevin Boy down a pit in the Midlands and he played for Wolverhampton Wanderers
O Nourse Are There Any Records on Bradley Hostel for Bevin Boys?
Ken Holland Bevin Boy looking for former comrades I met at Silverdale Mine, North Staffs.
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