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Wigan miners outing to Blackpool.
Wigan miners outing to Blackpool.
Photo: Joyce Lintner (Canada)
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Item #: 603
Coal miners (note the lanterns and the pick) dressed in their Sunday best, some, if not all are from Wigan. The name W.T. Moss is written on the back. He was the husband of my great Aunt Elizabeth and they lived on Canal St. in Wigan. He was listed as a collier on his marriage cert. I believe the picture was taken before 1918.

Photo taken at: Herbert Lord, The Studio, Clifton Street, Blackpool.

Comment by: cheryl whittle on 27th August 2007 at 01:56

I think the man on the second row far left is my great grandad,matthew whittle.He lived in wigan and worked in the pit all his life.Did anyone know him?

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