Anne Deane Ezra Lambert, Crigglestone disaster
Allen Schofield Mr father, Joseph Schofield was working in the offices
Jodie Payne My grandfather, Ezra Lambert, died in the Crigglestone disaster

Hello
I was just looking at your web site and looked up the Crigglestone Disaster of 1941.

Mr father, Joseph Schofield was working in the offices, on the surface, at the colliery at the time of the disaster. I think he was a buyer or worked in the accounts department. I remember, as a young boy, he showed me locomotives at the colliery that he had bought. Plus a few thousand bricks as well.

He showed me plans of the investigation into the accident and the results of the inquiry. I do not know if my mother has then now or not (my father passed away in 1980).

I am the first generation of my family to have not worked in the pits. I now live in Australia but I do have an opal mining lease, if that counts?

The ‘Schofield’s’ lived around Horbury Junction and Thornhill Edge. A cross my father gave to the church is still in the church at Thornhill edge.

Best regards

• ALLEN SCHOFIELD & ASSOCIATES
  Latitude 25° 32.50’ South
• Longitude 152° 40.46’ East

My grandfather, Ezra Lambert, died in the Crigglestone disaster. I have very little information about either him or the disaster, although years ago I saw the report and discovered that his body was closest to the site of the explosion. He came from the Mansfield area originally but at the time of his death was living in Middlestown with his wife and 4 children: Arthur, Donald, Margaret and Christine.

From: Chris McKenzie
Sent: 22 September 2005
Subject: Crigglestone Colliery Disaster 1941

Have just read a message from Jodie Payne relating to her granddad Ezra Lambert who was killed in the Crigglestone Disaster.
My name is Christine and I am the youngest member of the family mentioned in Jodie's message. Please would you print this so that Jodie can read it.
Thanks, Christine.

He was a Ripper, The explosion occurred in the No.1 West District of the Top Haigh Moor seam caused by shot firing.
22 died in the disaster.

Hello
I have just found your site after looking into family history. Ezra Lambert was also my grandfather and I would be interested in emailing both Christine and Jodie who sent the emails posted on the site in 2005. Is there any way you could pass on my email address to them? I expect this is asking a lot but they are obviously close relatives.

Regards
Anne Deane

Emailed both Jodie and Christine
Fionn