Wigan Album
parkside colliery
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Photo: Graham Carr
Item #: 9113
and a fourth man whose name escapes me prop and chock up W31s return roadway.
Jimmy Frampton is the nephew of my Mrs
i think the fourth man in this picture is peter valentine. great pictures!
defo peter val tom gud mate of mine he worked mainly with derek aspinall ie black un on pipes
why did nobody tell pee val to use the hammer the other way
i bumped into pee val the day after boxing day he is back in the UK after giving it a go in aussie, still as daft as ever.
Ree Val is the one on left
val daft ass a brush // woody his he back in the uk for good //had sum gud laughs with val and gordon lowton //
DEREK ASPINALL IS MY WIFES UNCLE, ANY IDEA WHY THE CALLED HIM BLACK UN ??
hi steve iv no idea why they called him black un but he used to put his false teeth in my face // sound bloke // hows he doing derek//
YEP DEREKS STILL GOING STRONGISH!!! ALWAYS A LOT TO SAY FOR HIMSELF SO NO CHANGE THERE,
Derek Aspinall died today, 8.5.12 Sid Hichisson told me about it
Sad news about Derek Aspinall passing away, seems every comment on here is sad new about another good gut passing away! RIP Derek a great guy.
went blackuns leaving do ,go a free pint off john watkins he lives back in south shilds ,he said he looked after me .he was like a dad to me .god bless black un
hows me old mate roy meadows never forgot thee lad best mate in pit
best days of me life with you and davvy woods no boddy belives what we got up to hope your well after 20 years lad
Hows it going conkers seems like a lifetime ago when we started at old boston
lost another parkside character last month went to his funneral big don .... don mackena drove the access return tunnel with denis keith what a guy what a loss god bless him ,
Hello conkers how ya doin pal, ur right wot u say mate best time ever with u and dave, wouldnt mind goin a wigan, saints match like we used to if u see this, great days eh mate
Hope your well roy me doing great keep looking on site and we'll meet for a beer in new year wouldn't mind a trip down that wigan lane pubs great days lot to catch up on pit pension due this year eld lads now mate ha ha
I'm on google + mate send me a post and get all wigan lads out who we worked with be great to see you all again
I'm on google + mate get in touch with all me old wigan mates be great to see how we are all doing after 20 odd years