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pemberton colliery
pemberton colliery
Photo: terry almond
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Item #: 23000
colliery remains 1983.

Comment by: Thomas(Tom)Walsh on 24th March 2013 at 00:30

Terry,thank you for posting these photographs of Pemberton Colliery remains , did you take the shots ?. Photographs such as these will be invaluable to future generations.

Comment by: Loz on 24th March 2013 at 01:31

That's May Mill, Pemberton.

Comment by: james hornby on 24th March 2013 at 08:43

the view from my bedroom window on woodbrook for a few years

Comment by: Colin Harlow on 24th March 2013 at 09:01

The late Steeplejack Fred Dibnah would love to have demolished that chimney...maybe he did it.

Comment by: james hornby on 24th March 2013 at 13:19

i believe fred dibnah did demolish it

Comment by: Tim Cooke on 24th March 2013 at 22:19

Nah, this was a dynamite job. Fred knew about the chimney as he said 'It had a lovely top'. But alas, no he didn't knock it down.

Comment by: Helen on 25th March 2013 at 08:04

Was Pemberton Colliery also known as 'Blundells' ?

Comment by: terry almond on 28th March 2013 at 11:25

I have a couple of hundred pictures taken in the Wigan area in the early 80's. They are mostly of colliery remains,if anyone is interested in down loading them or if there is a quicker way I can put them onto this site please get in touch.

Comment by: Loz on 29th March 2013 at 01:04

Terry, just keep posting them on here for now. Folks like me find all this stuff fascinating!

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