Wigan Album

Do you know which face it was and what year Fred ?

The year was 1982,Cale Melling was overman for John Connaughton in the mid area, so the face would have been in the Ince mine, probably S100 or so.

you got the name wrong here fred this looks like tim hollingsworths dad to me (don't no his first name) kale melling is on the first pic of this series with his hands on kenny morans shoulders

It's definitely Cale Melling. The photo was given to me by Thelma Wormwell, Jim's widow, and was captioned before I cropped it. I also worked with Cale for a number of years on L19

i use to work with cale melling he was the overman who worked on the rise face and i was overman on the dip face l40,s danny aldred was his dep,good old days,

YOU SURE ITS CALE MELLING???? THE GUY IN THE PICTURE IS SMILING!!!!!!!! dont think he was happy unless he was having a go at somebody!!!!all part of the banter!!

Agree with Joller that's Timmys dad Frank Hollingsworth cutter man S100 face

Can remember Cale Melling being put on night shift by Geoff Mottram when he was B section overman, he went on the club and never went down the pit again.

That is my dad, Frank Hollingsworth, Tims dad.