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Manchester Collieries Ltd.

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Gin	Astley	John Walshaw	143	27
Nook	Astley	James Cuncliffe	404	155
Nook, No. 3	Astley	James Cuncliffe	37	—
Tyldesley	Tyldesley	John Walshaw	685	162
			1,269	344
			1,613

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Gin	Astley	John Walshaw	189	27
Nook	Astley	John Walshaw	777	214
Nook, No. 3	Astley	John Walshaw	—	—
Tyldesley [a]	Tyldesley	John Walshaw	12	—
Tyldesley	Tyldesley	John Walshaw	743	210
			1,721	451
			2,172

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Gin	Astley	John Walshaw	244	45
Nook	Astley	John Walshaw	894	287
Nook, No. 3	Astley	John Walshaw	—	—
Nook, No. 4	Astley	John Walshaw	37	8	Sinking
Tyldesley	Tyldesley	John Walshaw	695	259
			1,870	599
			2,469

Company Details

Registered Office:	Tyldesley, n/r Manchester
Class of Coal:	Gas, Household, Steam
Other Minerals Worked:	Shale
Source: 1923 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

Company Directors

Chairman:	Clegg, E., Foxhill, Colwyn Bay
Managing Director:	Smith, T., Astley
Directors:	Clegg, E., Colwyn Bay
	Fairclough, W., Leigh
	Greenhough, T., Leigh
	Lord, J. C., Bagnall
	Peace, G. H., Malvern
	Wood, W. H., Emsworth
General Manager:	Smith, Daniel Chadwick
Secretary:	Peace, F. K.
	Sutcliffe, W.
Chief Engineer:	Fox, Tom

Source: 1923 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

Collieries/Mines Owned

			Employees
Name of Mine	Locality	Manager	Under	Above
			ground	ground
Gin	Astley	Arthur Roberts	237	57
Nook, No. 1	Astley	R. Lawrensen	219	307
Nook, No. 2	Astley	John Preston	404	—
Nook, No. 3	Astley	William Picton	579	—
Nook, No. 4	Astley	Robert Picton	250	—
Tyldesley, No. 1	Tyldesley		126	203
Tyldesley, No. 2	Tyldesley	William Layland	284	—
Tyldesley, No. 3	Tyldesley	T. Kenyon	424	—
			2,523	567
			3,090

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1929-01-25

Official Notice from The London Gazette

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1934-01-26

Official Notice from The London Gazette