An Old Miner

[heatherjulie]

There were also mines in Dukinfield  which is only a few minutes from Audenshaw

[sallyyorks]

Fixed topic at top of  roots chat  occupations board section, link
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=636359.0

The YouTube video mentioned on page 2 is really good, showing old film footage of a Lancashire Colliery
Its called
A Day in the Life of a Wigan Coal Miner 1911
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D581TDHFpmE

[heatherjulie]

Dale Street, Hooley Hill would have been just off Guide Lane quite close to the station.
looking at the census, one of the next streets after Dale Street was Water Street.

If you go to www.old-maps.co.uk and put hooley hill in the search box then click on 1909 pre WW1 1:2500 Lancashire and Furness, you will see the area where the family lived.
Coordinates 392637 396992 show Dale Street.

If you put Bridge St, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5XX in google, you can see the area today. Dale street was just north of Water Street.

Heather

[MarksWife]

Hi Sallyyorks, thanks, yes I had a good look at that link and the clip on youtube.  That clip showing a day in the life of a miner was such an eye opener.

Hi heatherjulie, thank you so much for finding out this information, really appreciate it and am going to have a look now.

Hi missmolly, thank you too, I shall be looking now.

Appreciate all your help x