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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #9 on: Friday 21 October 05 14:47 BST (UK) »
Addition 23 October 05

Talke, St Martins Churchyard, Staffordshire
Nathaniel CLARKE
Who lost his life through an accident at, Talk-oth-Hill, Colliery, 13 June 1890, 41

Edward, son of John & Ellen ELLIS
of Butt Lane, who died through an accident at the Harecastle & Woodshutts Colliery 2 Jan 1878, 20

John Samuel KENYON
Of Talk Pitts who lost his life in the Talk-Oth-Hill explosion, 13 Dec 1866, 32

John, son of William & Harriet BEDDIS
Late of Dean Forest, Gloucestershire, 25
Thomas, son of  George & Marcy GRIFFITHS, late of the Forest Dean, Gloucestershire 20
They lost their lives in the Talk-Oth-Hill explosion, 13 Dec 1866

Joseph , husband of Catherine YOXALL
Of Talk-Pitts who lost his life in, the Talk-oth Hill Colliery explosion, 13 Dec 1866, 38

Job, son Isaac & Sarah COOPER
Of Talk-oth-Hill, who was accidently, killed in the mines belonging to the
North Stafford Coal & Iron Company, 23 July 1868, 12 years

William HAMILTON, of Butt Lane, who was accidentally killed
at The Woodshutts Colliery, 14 July 1863, 23

John, husband of Hannah  WHITNEY
Of Church Street, Butt-Lane, who lost his life, in the Talk-Oth-Hill explosion 13 Dec 1866, 31

Samuel, son of James & Mary BROOKS
Of Butt Lane, who was accidentally killed,in the North Stafford Colliery, 12 July 1867, 22

Richard, husband of the late Ann JACKSON, of Talk-Oth-Hill,
who departed this life in the Bunkers Hill Colliery Explosion, 30 April 1875, 59

Isaac, husband of May CARTLIDGE
Of Red Street, who lost his life at the, Jamage Colliery, 9 Sept 1907, 28

Wilmot, son of Joseph & Amelia HARRISON
Butt Lane, who lost his life in the, Talk-Oth-Hill Colliery explosion, 27 May 1901, 26

Thomas Rowlinson ANTROPUS, who was drowned at Bunkers Hill, 22 Jan 1902, 31

Norton-Le-Moors, St. Bartholomew’s Churchyard, Staffordshire
Harold, son of John & Sarah Jane SUTTON
13 Mayer St, Norton Green, died in Sneyd Colliery Disaster,1 Jan 1942, 28

Barthomley, St Bertoline Churchyard, Cheshire

Henry Leslie EDEN, husband Winnie of Baltrey.
 A gifted Organist of this Church and of All Saints Balterley
He fought in France for his Country in the Great War
and lost his life in the Minnie Pit Disaster 12 Jan 1918, 23



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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 21 December 05 11:19 GMT (UK) »
Hello Alf

I wanted to thank you for your posting of MIs relating to men killed at Diglake Colliery, Audley in 1895, these have been really helpful to me.

I have been researching the 1895 flood, partly due to my interest in the Sproston family, and partly because both my gg-uncle (Samuel Johnson) and my husband's gg-grandfather (Edward Higgins) were killed there.

The site is at http://www.warrinerprimaries.com/Topic/diglake.htm

I know very little about coal mining, although my Sproston grandfather, and his father and grandfather, were all coal miners in the Butt Lane area of Talke (my gggrandfather Samuel Sproston was killed due to a roof fall at Slappenfield Colliery, Talke in 1879, burial place unknown).  However, I have had help from many other generous researchers, who have made it possible for me to identify all 77 men and boys who lost their lives at Diglake Colliery.

My aim with the site is to help schoolchildren of today understand the risk taken by those who won the coal which fuelled the Industrial Revolution and helped make this country great.  If you have a couple of minutes to have a look at the site, I'd be really grateful for any feedback, advice or corrections!

Thanks once again for all your hard work,

Susan
This information is Crown Copyright, from "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk"

Sproston/Sproson/Sprowson - anywhere
Wilcox - Burslem
Degg - Staffordshire
Bradley - Londonderry, Aston
McGovern - Newcastle, Staffs

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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 21 December 05 19:36 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks for the info regarding the sad events Susan,and like you perhaps,I have coaldust in my blood!I am reminded,of the words of a song-"And the story it shall never grow old".

Regards
William Russell Jones
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Wrexham.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
Talbot-Shropshire
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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 28 January 06 14:55 GMT (UK) »
Hi
i was looking for something and came across this topic,it mentioned Bevin Boys,there are a few topics on this.What i wanted to say was last year in a very jumbled up secondhand shop.I found a book called The Echoes of war The Bevin Boys.I don't have any miners in my tree and only one miners clerk my G.Granddad from Cannock. I bought the book anyway. The book was written by David Day & printed in 1975.Then reprinted on the 50th Anniversary 1993.
The author was a Bevin boy 1944/7 in Wimblebury in a mining village.The book is his own story of the life of a Bevin boy.Which he decided to write because,in his own words "There were no Bevin Boy Archives,and very little published material. Its a fascinating book.Its probably out of print now.So if you see it around buy it ;D its a paper back.the one i bought was a withdrawn library book in new condition.

Celia
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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 29 January 06 00:05 GMT (UK) »
Celia. The book sounds great and i am going to see if I can track down a copy.It sounds interesting because it is a personal account...and there are very few of those.
I was talking to my Dad yesterday,who is 81,and an ex-Bevin Boy.I was telling him about the recognition now of these war veterans,especially in the Uk. He was saying how he tried to join up for the forces, but as soon as they knew he was a miner that was it, and a certain number of them had to be kept down the mines as " esential services".They had a hard life that most of them never really ever had the chance to talk about or debrief themselves from, after the war. He said that unfortunately there were cases of certain people  ( in the money) who managed to get their sons into the mines to avoid going overseas in combat....these sons did not thank their family for doing this,because the conditions and accidents and cases of injury were high and it was in no way an easy way out!!
I will look for the book in the hope that I may come a cross a copy somewhere!!
does anyone know if there is a medal available for those that served in the essential services?....My Mom got a medal for being an active service as a WREN WW2, and I tracked it down and had it awarded to her 3 or 4 years ago? i only knew that she was eligible, after talking to an ex naval veteran here in Australia who I met in the street!!
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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 10 September 06 20:26 BST (UK) »
Silverdale Coalminers Memorial, Silverdale, Staffordshire
In tribute to those killed in the Silverdale Mines and to All Silverdale Miners who lost their lives through getting the coal.
The names are listed on three slate tablets.
William COOKE, 8.4.1873, 35 Thomas WRIGHT 6.4.1876, 29 Ezra CLARK, 7.6.1878, 40
L COLCLOUGH , 19.4.1873 Josiah WILLOCK 6.4.1876, 26 George MANSELL, 7.6.1878, 16
George EVANS, 30.4.1873, 53 James BITHELL 6.4.1876 George BOWERS, 7.6.1878, 14
G BRUNT, 11.6.1873 Richard HADDOCK, 4.5.1876, 40 Samuel GIBSON, 9.9.1879, 17
1 Other, 11.6.1873 Thomas SYMONDS, 2.1.1877, 45 William BARLOW, 21.7.1873, 70
William BICKERTON, 25.6. 1874, 55 Charles WILLIAMS, 4.2.1877, 18 Edward JONES, 22.4.1880, 57
G MYATT, 27.8.1874, 20 Thomas JERVIS, 30.3.1877, 47 Thomas EMBERTON 15.5.1880, 57
Thomas GRODEN, 26.6.1875, 15 Issac LAWRENCE 13.12.1877, 40 Thomas DAVIS, 31.8.1882, 48
John JOHNSON, 19.2.1876, 47 Ralph DOWNING, 30.1.1878, 58 Thomas COYNE, 25.1.1882, 32
Samuel SIMISTER, 6.4.1876, 23 John PORTER 21.2.1878, 43 J SMALLWOOD, 10.4.1882, 19
James WHITMORE, 6.4.1876, 45 John DEAN, 3 4 1878, 31 George LOVALL, 23.8.1882

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William WILKINSON 23.8.1882 John WOODBINE, 2 4 1891, 55 Albert LAWTON 20.8.1896, 35
A BUTTERS, 25.8.1882, 17 William LOCKET, 16.4.1891, 23 C JOHNSON, 3.5.1896, 51
John LOCKETT, 10.10.1882, 21 George CHESTER, 16.4.1891, 34 Edward RICHARDS, 3.5.1897, 56
James TINSLEY, 30.3.1883, 26 Jeremiah LUSCOTT, 29.12.1891, 39 John DALE, 31.5.1897, 60
R WILLIAMS, 8.4.1883, 43 Alfred ROSCOE, 31.8.1892, 36 James KESTEREN, 18.11.1897, 22
James SMITH, 7.11.1883, 55 Paul THOMAS, 8.12.1892, 38 James CROSBY, 12.9.1899, 66
Charles EVANS, 14.5.1884, 13 John HEMMING, 23.1.1893, 32 Edward DAVIS, 14.6.1900, 45
E BROWN, 19.5.1884, 37 Edward TAYLOR, 1.2.1893, 49 John GREEN, 14.9.1900, 50
Albert COOKE, 1.10.1884, 21 John ROBINSON, 4.2.1893, 65 Henry STEVENSON, 12.6.1901, 38
G CROSS, 18.12.1884 George MEADON, 12.5.1893, 55 Charles EMBLING, 17.9.1901, 15
Edward BARRETT, 7.12.1885, 64 Frank FOSTER, 27.7.1893, 17 Francis McGAHEY, 30.1.1902, 52
William WRIGHT, 23.2.1886, 37 Phillip RHODES, 27.9.1893, 53 John WIGGLEY, 14.7.1902, 63
S JOYNSON, 23.6.1886, 17 William MATTHEWS, 7.12.1893, 50 Hugh BICKERTON, 23.9.1902, 51
Joseph DOWNING, 27.8.1887, 31 William REYNOLDS, 16.10.1894, 34 William RUDDY, 17.6.1903, 18
John SPATE, 5.1.1888, 35 George BLOOD, 11.1.1895, 13 William GREEN, 12.111.1906, 63
Charles BAXTER, 15.1.1889, 15 George ROBINSON, 11.9.1895, 14 Elijah WEBB, 2.5.1907, 51
John PARMER, 27.9.1889, 13 Albert BEECH, 11.5.1896, 17 John WOOD, 27.2.1909, 55
Thomas EVANS, 19.4.1890, 42 George HIGGINSON, 20.8.1896, 58 William FERNYHOUGH, 5.3.1909, 40

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Edward PEPPER, 28 5.1909, 16 Charles WADE, 4.11.1925, 25 Bill Tilly EDWARDS, 7.10.1950, 33
James WILCOX, 11.5.1910, 21 George MYATT, 19.12.1925, 58 William BAILEY, 13.1.1951, 44
Thomas MOULTON, 2.11.1910, 40 George VIGGARS, 7.10.1929, 30 Jack HARRISON, 17.9.1951, 55
William MYATT, 27.11.1910, 43 James WILKINSON, 7.10.1929, 52 Paddy MULVEY, 12.11.1952, 36
Samuel SHERRATT, 19.7.1911, 46 William BAGGULEY, 9.5.1930, 39 Enoch THORLEY, 12.2.1953, 42
John HUXLEY, 15.2.1912, 33 Ephraim HORTON, 17.9.1930, 29 Fred LAWRENCE, 7.7.1958, 51
Jabez MINOR, 9.5.1912, 39 Absalom BIRCHALL, 16.8.1933, 36 Edward McGOVERN, 11.6.1959, 43
Thomas CLAGUE, 29.12.1913, 26 Vincent JONES, 15.12.1933, 28 Zigmund LUEZYNSKI, 29.6.1962, 50
George GREEN, 30.12.1913, 58 Frank MASKERY, 22.3.1936, 27 William WARD, 14.12.1964, 58
James MORAN, 17.1.1914, 45 Elijah WADE, 5.10.1937, 46 William BRIDGWOOD, 18.1.1967, 46
Thomas WAINWRIGHT, 20.11.1914, 45 Elijah TITTENSOR, 24.6.1938, 40 Joseph BLOOR, 9.12.1969, 57
Samuel JOHNSON, 1.11.1916, 52 Samuel VIGGARS, 8.11.1940, 38 George TOMLINSON, 7.10.1971, 58
John BURGESS, 9.5.1917, 54 Charles HIGHAM, 8.11.1940, 44 Robert MORRIS, 24.5.1974, 29
Henry BURROWS, 5.10.1917, 34 John WAKELIN, 2.3.1942, 52 Christian LAX, 16.12.1971, 64
William SMITH, 3.7.1920, 24 Harold WALKLATE, 27.11.1943, 15 Iwan ADAMIW, 7.1.1975, 48
Arthur HEATH, 6.12.1921, 16 Joseph BURKE, 29.2.1944, 56 Barry BALL, 23.9.1981, 44
Albert DAVIES, 31.7.1923, 40 Thomas PATTISON, 30.1.1950, 40 Philip ELLIOTT, 7.1.1989, 34
Harry HOPWOOD, 5.8.1923, 21 Jack PATTISON, 30.1.1950, 37 Robert HARLEY, 4.9.1995, 31



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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #15 on: Friday 06 October 06 16:32 BST (UK) »
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Two extracts  from Kingsley, Staffordshire, Burial  Register.

1782
WILLIAM HILL, Collier, who by accident lost his life in one of the coalpits at the Hazel Cross Mine on the 11 January 1782, was buried by the Coroners Warrant on the 14th Janury 1782

1783
JOHN MOSS who by accident lost his life in one of the coalpits at Shaw Mine on the 17th and was buried by Coroners Warrant 21 Dec 1783

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« Reply #16 on: Friday 06 October 06 16:51 BST (UK) »
Alf,
    My dad worked at Mossfield pit for about forty years,and his brothers also,I can remember taking his "snappin" to him on Saturday mornings.
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Re: Staffordshire Colliery Deaths
« Reply #17 on: Monday 20 November 06 05:11 GMT (UK) »
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Hi Alf,
Interested to read your names of miners killed in mining accidents in North Staffs.
You have included my uncle Reg (Jackson). He was one of the rescue team that were killed at Brymbo, as named Harold John Finney later on in your list. What I didn't know was that his wife was named Sarah Ann.  I remember my father (Charles [Charlie] Jackson) mentioning my aunt Sarah Ann, but I had forgotten until now who she was, and I see that they lived in High Street Chesterton.

Regards,