Wigan Album

Graham, These are stunning photos of a forgotten era. Do you have anymore?

Hi,yes i have well over 2000 pictures taken underground at Parkside,some colour and some B&W,eventually i hope to get about 85 percent on to the website,the other 15 percent will not be published due to the nature of the material.All i ask is that everyone remain patient and i will get the job done as soon as possible.

In our training we were shown gory pics of the consequences of not following safety procedures... were you unfortunate enough to have to record such real-life incidents?

The 2 men killed were Arnold Nicholson ATC foreman and Steve Stubbs a British coal workman. I went to Arnold's funeral at Rose Bridge Methodist Chapel, it was a very emotive occasion, attended by many of Arnold's friends and workmates.

WERENT 3 MEN KILLED IN THAT ACCIDENT (PAUL RABBITS DAD?) OR WAS THAT ANOTHER ONE?

ste,
arnold nicholson was paul rabbits dad they changed thier name to nicholson

never forget that shift,afternoon shift had gone home out of respect,(dep man)jeff booth asked us on 6pm shift to go down and get the minecar out,took us all shift due to the damage it had caused.

ste stubbs was the other lad killed,i walked down the access just before it ran away,told me he had a contract 50p a bag for cleaning up under w belt

ste was my mate who was killed I will never forget

Dave anybody who worked with Ste Stubbs will never forget him a top fella. RIP Ste

Did anyone know Carl Baxter? He is my dad and trying to get some contacts who worked with him and who may have some pictures of him and of the mine.

Steve Stubbs was my uncle he is missed every single day ???? ????

I was a beltman and I worked with Ste stubbs great lad loved his holidays abroad sad memories