Wigan Album
Bolton House Road, Bickershaw
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Photo: Keith
Item #: 22628
The top photo shows troops on the Bolton House Road, Bickershaw - date unknown but possibly 1921 or 1926, employed during a miners' strike and below same scene recently.
Wigan I believe had, at one time, some 13,000 working miners.
The top photo is again from Bob Blakeman's "Wigan A Historical Souvenir"
I've just been transcribing some burial records for Abram for LOPC and came across this road name a few times so far. It is from the same period, so it's fantastic to see how it was back then in the time I am working with.
Nothing much changes - cavalry soldiers with their lances against unarmed miners - police with Thatcher against the innocents at Orgreave.
Pleased to see your comment Carol, but what is LOPC?
Without wanting to make this political rev long.
When you break the law, the police will always be involved
Rightly or wrongly what happened at orgreave took two to tango
I wholeheartedly agree with the Revs comments.Dennis Miller posted this same photo some time ago. I think it would have been the Albert pit which I believe was a drift mine.
LOPC = Lancashire online parish clerk. A free genealogy website which I have found very useful. Hence I volunteered to help out with the transcribing of Parish records. We are sent photographs of the parish records then we enter the data into a spread sheet. Usually it's ~ 1000 records in a batch of either baptisms,weddings or burials. Some of the handwriting leaves a lot to be desired so names and street names need cross checking. It's very satisfying to complete a register and send of the finished spreadsheet to the co-ordinator, and then see your work on the website a few weeks later (it goes through a series of checks before it's published)
my Dad was working at the Maypole in 1921 when he was re-called to the army to break the miners' strike of 1921 - he had no choice. On his return, the men refused to work with him & he lost his job. Luckily, he got the job he loved, a goods guard beased at Springs Branch.
Carol, ive been using LOPC website a lot recently, excellent site, Waiting patiently for Christ Church, Ince records to be published.It has helped me a lot with my family tree.
Thank you for the explanation Carol, I now realise I have used this extremely useful site - congratulations to all, such as yourself, who contribute freely for the benefit of the general public.