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Colour photograph from unknown source (possibly calendar or magazine) : Marple Smithy and Repair Shop (now demolished) Possett Pound, accompanied with handwritten description of illustration:On Right of Canal : Smithy - demolished, bungalows now…

Material on Collieries in Marple / Mellor Area : Collected by Rod Thackery :Donated 2022

1.Selection of black and white and colour photographs from Ludworth Coal Mine
Handwritten and typed Mine Leases : Ganister Mining : 1919
Two 6”O S Maps …

Miscellaneous Stockport Advertiser headline reports on A4 paper about coal mining in Marple Area from 1858 to 1875 .Numerous newspaper cuttings relating to Ludworth Coal Mine:1964 - 1975 : information and photographs about working of Ludworth mine by…

Handwritten double sided original notes taken from Bill Whalley's records.
Extract from a letter of various dates "Coal in Tenants' Past, Mellor" by Duchy of Lancaster plans No 23 & 79 Public Records Office concerning ownership and other issues.

Typed 3 page letter to Tom Oldham from Mr Jowett in 1974 recalling the working of collieries and other industries in the Marple Area in the 1920's.
Also single page typed notes from Tom Oldham after Mr Jowetts visit on the 20th August 1974.
Mr…

Original and transcript of newspaper report under the heading "Reminiscences of Marple Bridge : A time when the Village was Alive : A Colliery at Each End : The Good Old Days" . Includes reminiscences of Marple Bridge in previous times compared to…

Sketch on A3 paper showing a sketch of a section of Mellor Colliery Mine.
Drawn by W.E.W. 1964

Material relating to the collapse of the coal pit at Compstall in 1907.
a. Newspaper report from The Reporter 22nd June 1907 "Alarming Subsidence at Compstall reporting on the exciting scene.
b. Handwritten newspaper report from High Peak / Ashton…

Original flyer from Ludworth Moor Coal Company, New Mills, giving details of the prices of their products for Summer 1983.

Photocopy of letter dated 22nd August 1879 from W Eagle of Manchester with regard to the abandonment of one of the mines after his visit to Mr Jowetts mines (High Peak Mellor Colliery) discussing general mining matters.

Hand-written notes with sketched plan and illustration of tramway and collieries on Ludworth Moor : October 1979. Author unknown.

Typed Notes entitled The Old Norbury Colliery from High Lane Resident 1968 - 69, giving history and details of work at Norbury Colliery. Colliery closed April 1892.Describes location of shafts, working conditions, transport of coal by locomotives to…

Photocopies and photographs of Ludworth Moor Colliery:a. 1950 showing Alf Gee at the Coal Face (As cover of Booklet)b. 1981 Travelling to the coalface (on reverse).c. Photocopy : Geoff du Fen with Rod Thackary on right 14.7.1981;d. Photocopy : Geoff…

Booklet giving history of the Mine and the Men of Ludworth Moor Colliery written by Geoffrey duFeu and Roderick Thakray, printed in 1981. Photgraphs and map workings. Contents are: The Area and its Mines; History of Ludworth Moor Colliery; Working…