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Sandhole Colliery
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| Location: | Walkden, Manchester 6½ miles [11 km] WNW of Manchester |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 109 Manchester) SD753025, 53° 31' 6" N, 2° 22' 21" W |
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| Owners: | Manchester Collieries Ltd. |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1954 - Coal: Gas, Household, Steam. |
| Employment: | 1933 - 1,202 (919 below, 283 surface) |
| 1940 - 1,080 (778 below, 302 surface) | |
| 1947 - 1,060 (725 below, 335 surface) | |
| 1954 - 1,512 (1,131 below, 381 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1954 - Crombouke, Plodder, Rams |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 |  | Bailey, George, 01 May 1936, (accident: 29 Apr 1936), aged 59, Dataller, Thigh fractured by falling dirt in drawing road. Died 1st May | ||||
| | Baines, Robert, 18 Mar 1937, (accident: 15 Mar 1937), aged 29, Collier, Pushing tub outbye obstructuon caused him to bang head — fractured spine. Died 18th | ||||
| | Yates, Enoch, 21 Jun 1935, (accident: 20 Jun 1935), aged 46, Collier, Stone fell between two props — fractured ribs. Died 21st | ||||
| 3 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sandhole Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Sandhole Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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