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SALFORD CLIFTON HALL COLLIERY DISASTER REMEMBERED
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Star date: 18th June 2020 1885 MINING DISASTER REMEMBERED ON 135TH ANNIVERSARY Today, a small gathering took place at St Augustine's Church in Pendlebury to remember the Clifton hall Colliery disaster of 18th June 1885 in which an explosion killed 178 people, including young boys. Words were spoken and bouquets laid on the commemorative stone in the churchyard. Full details here...
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Today, on the 135th anniversary of the Clifton Hall Colliery disaster of 1885, a small gathering took place at the 'miners' cathedral', St Augustine's Church in Pendlebury, to remember the 178 people who died in an explosion at the Salford pit on 18th June. "The pit which was on Lumns Lane, and the loss of life left the mining communities around Pendlebury and Clifton devastated" said Paul Kelly of the Irwell Valley Mining Project "The area at the time had six mines operating within a two mile radius and today was the 135th anniversary of the tragedy."
Photos by John Catterall
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Joyce Millington wrote
at 23:08:05 on 14 October 2020 |
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| Living in Wales now I would not have been able to attend the Clifton Hall memorial service but I thank you for your care. My family lost six members in the disaster, all named on their gravestone in the churchyard.
Hopefully things will be better in 2021 and I will be able to attend.
Joyce Millington nee Edwards. |
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paulkelly wrote
at 05:49:48 on 23 June 2020 |
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| Thank you for your kind words Jackie they were very much appreciated by all of us. the monument at the site of the Clifton hall colliery site which we erected in 2015 has been a great help to many people and historians on a few occasions in the last five years we have been able to show relatives where the disaster took place which took the lives of their great great grandfathers we showed some people who came over from Ireland some people are very moved we always take people to St Augustines church yard to see the monument. We are currently collecting a list of coal miners names who died at Agecroft colliery between the early 1840s to the 1920s what was called the first pit we have found 73 names all verified if any person has any information or names we could add to the list please get in touch through our web site THE IRWELL VALLEY MINING PROJECT we will add the names to plaques we aim to unviel next year on the Agecroft colliery memorial it is right and proper that these victims are remembered the youngest who died were just 10 years of age some may have been younger.thank you |
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paulkelly wrote
at 07:05:19 on 20 June 2020 |
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| Hello Mary so sorry you missed the remembrance day the event could not be advertised in advance st Augustines is closed at the moment because of government advice we maintain the monument on the churches behalf and in the Intrests of safety we held a small gathering this year hopefully next year we may be able to use the church a service is held and attended by children from the school of st Augustines and will be held on the 18TH JUNE 2021 to mark the anniversary of the disaster.We hold further event to remember all Coalminers who died and were injured in the local area and throughout the world who worked in the coal industry next years workers memorial day event will be held at the former entrance to Agecroft colliery next to the memorial garden dedicated to Agecrotf colliery on Agecroft road the remembrance day event will take place on Saturday April the 24TH 2021 ASSEMBLE 1PM all are welcome to attend to remember the sacrifices made by miners and mining families.for any other information go to our web site IRWELL VALLEY MINING PROJECT all the best paul kelly. |
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mary bonnar wrote
at 06:02:46 on 19 June 2020 |
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| I wish I had known about this, I would have loved to go and pay my respects to the miners who lost their lives x |
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