Miner, art student, coal miner, art student, coal miner, mining museum curator, author, pilot, coal miner, archivist, colliery manager, 55 yrs mining historian
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Jun 5
Posted this on Buzzcocks site as well
Jun 4
@Buzzcocks A few items from the National Pop Archive brought out today at The Rylands Library Manchester #Buzzcocks
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Jun 4
Pretoria Pit disaster walk. 21st Dec 1910 344 men and boys died. Sat June 20th. Meet 10.00 Pretoria Memorial end of Broadway off Newbrook Rd Atherton. Walking shoes or boots needed. £4 #Pretoriapit #Overhulton Book with j.bullen1@ntlworld.com 01942 874719
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Apr 11
Nice additions to my Wigan pit brow women collection plus a view down Mains Colliery Wigan with manager Mr Ritson in shot, 1904-6 #pitbrowwomen #miningwomen #Wigan #coal
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Mar 18
Entrance to Wigan Infirmary today, record of people who donated towards its building in 1873. Zoom in and you may recognise all the major coal owners and companies in the Wigan area and farther afield #mininghistory #Wigan #WiganInfirmary
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28 Dec 2025
AI can do a good job colourising old photos, here's a few I've done. Basket Pit Coppul near Standish Lancs c 1900, Crawford Pit Aspull north of Wigan, Lancs c 1920
Chequerbent Colliery north of Atherton, Lancs c 1908. Atmospheric winder c 1810 Teversal Notts photo c 1860 #mining
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26 Dec 2025
Always carry a camera with you, Lancashire Mining Museum Astley Green @mining_museum
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23 Dec 2025
Time to dig out the cartoon, I got a lump of coal in my stocking when I was little, plenty around in those days! 👍😁⚒ All't best
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16 Dec 2025
Part of the museum film set from The Wrong Trousers (Wallace & Gromit) exhibition at Preston Museum will interest @ImmortalEgypt #ancientEgypt #egyptology
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5 Dec 2025
Pretoria pit disaster walk. Dec 21 1910 344 men and boys died. Sat 13 Dec, 10.00. Meet Pretoria Memorial end of Broadway off Newbrook Rd Atherton. Walking shoes or boots needed. £4 #Pretoriapit #Overhulton Book with j.bullen1@ntlworld.com 01942 874719
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22 Nov 2025
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19 Nov 2025
A rare survivor from ancient Egypt for @ImmortalEgypt seen at Manchester Victoria Station 😱👍😁 #Egyptology
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15 Nov 2025
The "Light Up Leigh" parade today, Started 4:30 Leigh Miners Welfare Institute, moving through the town centre #Leigh #LightUpLeigh
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6 Nov 2025
Involved in a lottery funded project, Westhoughton Pretoria Pit Disaster (1910 344 killed) primary schools collaboration.
Ten schools to do, five so far, great kids. May have ten guided walks to do after Christmas, to be decided 👍😁⚒ #mininghistory #PretoriaPit #Westhoughton
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1 Nov 2025
Friend of mine was at the Lancashire Mining Museum Astley Green Colliery fireworks display tonight, she took these pics 👍😁⚒ #lancashireminingmuseum #museums #fireworks @mining_museum
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19 Oct 2025
There aren't many Robert Ryder St Helens pit headgear bottles around, spotted one today at Bulldog Antiques Wigan. I now have three, first one bought 30 years ago. About 100 year old. Click photo to see all of the bottle. #bottles #bottledigging #StHelens #mininghistory
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4 Oct 2025
Fascinating presentation on ancient mining @WiganMuseum by a certain lady from Barnsley Joann Fletcher @ImmortalEgypt I knew a bit already but now I'm really up to date! #archaeology #mininghistory #Egyptology
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2 Sep 2025
Watching @BritishBakeOff new series, terrible quick fire split second editing is absolutely manic. Headache territory, switched off 👎👎👎#bakeoff #greatbritishbakeoff
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1 Sep 2025
Pretoria pit disaster walk. Saturday 6th Sept, 10am. Meet Pretoria Memorial end of Broadway off Newbrook Rd Atherton. Walking shoes or boots recommended. I will guide you through the events of that fateful day when 344 men and boys lost their lives. £4 #Pretoriapit #Overhulton
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