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Golborne Colliery

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Golborne colliery
Golborne colliery
Photo: Dave Taylor
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Item #: 15558
Golborne colliery -the view looking back towards the pit head gear taken from the colliery mineral line. The houses in the background are on Sycamore Avenue. April 1989

Comment by: sn on 9th November 2011 at 04:25

my grandad worked at that pit and lived on sycamore ave second house near were u could get on 2 the old football field his house back on 2 the field all thats gone a park and houses r in place of the field, spent hours on bonkin and in all pounds with me cousin thanks for the memories

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