Gresford Disaster 1934

About The Pit - The Disaster

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Hickleton Main Colliery Memorial - Photograph, Stuart Tomlins

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The Wheel In Remembrance of 62 Miners Who Died at
Leycett Colliery Disaster 21st January 1880
which was placed last year at Apedale Heritage Centre
Those Who Died

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Maltby is very difficult for pictures; nowhere to really park within distance
(and a winding narrow road past the site), and the sun was against me.
Sale of Maltby

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Fathers and sons who died in North Staffordshire's worst ever pit disaster were remembered with the unveiling of a new memorial in the 86th anniversary year. Almost 200 people gathered at the Minnie Pit site, Halmerend, to remember the 155 men and boys who perished in the explosion on 12th January 1918.
Those Who Died

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Sneyd Colliery Explosion Jan 1st 1942

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June 1989 Thoresby Colliery produced 2.3 million tonnes of coal in the year 1988/1889

Thoresby Colliery