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Golborne Colliery

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 Golborne pit shunter.
Golborne pit shunter.
Photo: Brian Thilwind
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Item #: 25230
Don't know what year this was taken just that it was taken at the gates of Golborne pit, the wagons were shunted behind our house at Edge Green then taken to the main line.

Comment by: watchalot on 5th June 2014 at 07:27

my brother in laws dad used to drive that loco a mr j holden

Comment by: whups on 5th June 2014 at 16:20

it must have been took in the 70s as they took down the screens & chimney in the late 70s .

Comment by: Brian Thilwind on 7th June 2014 at 15:25

Fred Larner used to drive the trains in the pit yard and to the main line, dose anyone know him.

Comment by: ALAN HART on 7th January 2015 at 11:02

This is 1974 taken by John Sloane. I scanned his original slide. How did you come by this image Brian?

Comment by: Brian Thilwind on 5th March 2015 at 19:05

Alan, I got this photo off Fred Larner who used to drive the trains in and around the pit yard, I borrowed the photo with the other 3 you can see on this page and to scan them for this site he said would be ok, Sadly Fred passed away last year.

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