I wonder if you can help me? Apparently at the entrance to Bilsthorpe Colliery there were a set of Memorial Gates with the inscription In Memory of
George Lancaster.
Can you manage to shed any light at all as to the identity of George Lancaster please?
If this should turn out to be in memory of my Great Grandfather it would be amazing.
I will add any details requested should this be so. The George Lancaster I am referring to died aged 100. This could be very interesting or with no connection at all! |
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Best wishes
Judy Hamer
24 Oct 2011
Hi you may already have this information, but the George Lancaster Gates are at the entrance to the Bilsthorpe Sports Field, and the George Lancaster to whom the gates refer did not live to the age of 54 he lived in Bilsthorpe, in fact he has a son Edward who is still living in the village, I know of no other Lancasters in the village. The building to the right of the picture is the Cricket Pavilion on the sports field.
I am a member of the Bilsthorpe Heritage Society, we are in the process of opening a small museum most of the contents are items and documents from the local mine, so if Judy's Great Grandfather was employed at Bilsthorpe we have information about almost all the men employed at the mine from its sinking, though it may only be his works number job description and address. if this is of any interest to her please ask her to get in touch.
I hope this is of use.
Regards Arthur Wheeldon.
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