Witryna26 mar 2024 · Fryston AFC (Sun) First in the Wakefield & District Sunday League The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on Wednesday 21 March 1973, in which seven mine workers died when workings flooded. Zobacz więcej Lofthouse Colliery was in Lofthouse Gate, close to Outwood in the Stanley Urban District, where many of the colliers lived. The site is now in the City of Wakefield. (Lofthouse is further north in the City of Leeds). … Zobacz więcej The incident led to the Mines (Precautions Against Inrushes) Regulations 1979 (PAIR), requiring examination of records held by the Natural Environment … Zobacz więcej • Knockshinnoch Disaster • Quecreek Mine Rescue • The Price of Coal Zobacz więcej A seven-sided stone obelisk listing the names of the seven miners was erected in Wrenthorpe above the point where the miners were trapped. It is on the south side of Batley Road, opposite the junction with Wrenthorpe Lane at grid reference SE 304 221 Zobacz więcej • Rescuers recall missing Lofthouse Colliery miners Zobacz więcej
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WitrynaThe BW&LR later built a branch line from near Wakefield to Batley, opening in stages to 1863. In that year it changed its name to the West Yorkshire Railway, and planned a branch line from Lofthouse to Methley, forming an eastwards link to other companies' lines.It agreed to make the line jointly with the North Eastern Railway and the … Witryna21 mar 2013 · Seven men died in the Lofthouse Colliery disaster 40 years ago, something the people who tried to rescue them have never forgotten. ... Wakefield Express. White Rose M&S: Leeds man ‘over the ... tow bar fitting canterbury kent
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Witryna11 kwi 2024 · In a nod to Wakefield’s mining heritage, two men who survived the Lofthouse Colliery disaster 50 years ago were invited to hand out prizes yesterday. The competition is said to have started after an argument in the Beehive Inn between coal merchant Reggie Sedgewick and Maypole Committee president Amos Clapham over … WitrynaThe Lofthouse Colliery was in the North Area of the National Coal Board and was about 2 miles to the north of Wakefield on the western fringe of the workable coalfield. … Witrynawww.wakefield.gov.uk. Lofthouse Colliery Heritage Trail. rack. Station Playing field Entrance Entrance Entrance Entrance Entrance Entrance. Flockton Beeston Blocking … powdered lemon packets