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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

11375

Title

THE LOST PITS OF THE IRWELL VALLEY

Producer

Paul Kelly, Kay Phillips and Richard Searle

Date

2013

Gauge

.mp4

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

10 mins 0 secs

Description

Filmed as part of the Irwell Valley Mining Project, ex-miner Paul Kelly takes us around the sites of the lost pits of the Irwell valley, these include Pendleton, Clifton Hall, Newtown and Wheatsheaf Collieries. At each site Paul gives a brief historical or personal anecdote about the pit and its miners.

 

 



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