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I did not know about coal mines in neston.
What a fascinating story. The court case involving blowing up each others tunnels for competition proper history

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If your interested in the Neston Miners, there is an excellent article about the Neston Coal mines in local author "Greg Dawson"'s book "Wyrale" goes into great detail about the local families involved.

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Originally Posted by OxtonHill
If your interested in the Neston Miners, there is an excellent article about the Neston Coal mines in local author "Greg Dawson"'s book "Wyrale" goes into great detail about the local families involved.


There's quite a lot about this on the internet. It's also been covered before on Wiki under various subject titles. Here are a few links for you:


http://neston.org.uk/things-to-see-...ea-including-the-neston-collieries-trail

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/321009/Neston_Collierys.html

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Thanks for the links YinYang thumbsup

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No worries, Mike.

Here's the original photo of the colliery taken sometime after it closed, if you're interested:

http://www.aditnow.co.uk/photo/Neston-Coal-Colliery-Archive-Album-Image-86492/ camera

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Wirral U3A are having a talk by Anthony Annakin-Smith about Neston Collieries on Monday 2nd Dec Williamson Art Gallery 10.40 with tea/coffee and biscuits beforehand. It is £1.50 for members and perhaps £2 for visitors.

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I have another 20 or so years before joining that group pax wink


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