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HELLO WHUPS ,
You say your dad worked at Quaker House Colliery , what was his full name and what period did he work there . My dad was Thomas Winstanley also my elder brother Wilfred Winstanley worked there also the date sf i can recall ( approx) were from the late 1950 s thro to mid late 60s There was a roof collapse in February 1956 when my dad was trapped for well over 8 hours or so i remenber playing in deep snow and making a slide were we lived and even at 6.30 pm he had not come home my mam finished work at Eckersleys Mill she got home at 6.15 when i told her dad had not come home yet we all started panicking then i'll never forget this we saw a copper walking up Walpole Ave with his bike ( in all the snow ) to inform us they had got him out and they were operating on him at wigan infirmary funny in it how we remember things hope to hear from you WHUPS G.B . ps The man who owned then was a DONALD ANDERSON HE WROTE SOME BOOKS ON MINING LIVED AT PARBOLD later when dad got better he could not work ont face anymore so at weekend in spring/summer Donald used to ask dad to come and do his big garden work to help make up for the money he losthe was what i call A PROPER BOSS not many of them around today !