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CROW MINE

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CROW MINE
CROW MINE
Photo: JOHN LLOYD JONES
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Item #: 503
Bert Sixsmith from Tontine at Crow Mine , Skelmersdale , 1966.

Comment by: john carter brown on 6th August 2025 at 21:10

A great picture John. My Dad was a coal miner for most of his working life. His last place of work was at Bold Colliery, St Helens. He would occasionally reminisce about the pits in and around Wigan area etc, and Crow pit got a mention. As a kid I used to think it was a daft name for a pit.

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