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Coal Mining In Leicestershire 

Remembrance Book

Remembering All Who Worked At The Local Collieries

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Colin Sperry

Winder

Desford Colliery
Died 29th July 2015

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Steve Middleton

Deputy

Worked at Whitwick, Bagworth and Daw Mill Collieries passed away 28th August 2019

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Tom Brown

Night Shift Worker

Whitwick Colliery

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Pat Martin

Face man, development header and deputy

New Lount and Ellistown Collieries


Don Povey "Passed away 2020.
Worked at New Lount and Ellistown.
All round good guy, brilliant friend and genuine, generous person."

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Albert Hammond

Development Worker, Faceman plus other jobs.

Nailstone and Bagworth Collieries

Passed away 1991
Great father sadly missed.

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William Leslie Jacques "Les"

Rope Attendant and Manager

Nailstone Colliery.
Passed away February 1982.
Greatly missed. My inspiration, miss you grandad xx

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Colin Costelow

Face worker Whitwick

Whitwick Colliery.
Passed away 2018 a great DAD and a friend god bless you mate x

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Charles Tomlinson

Face machine driver Dosco Head machine driver

Measham, New Lount, Desford.

South Leicester Colliery sent in by Chri

Mick Bancroft

Overman

South Leicester colliery
Killed underground on the coal face by haulage chain whip on October 21st 1980 aged 37.

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Kevin Miller

Deputy

Whitwick and Rawdon Collieries  
Killed at Rawdon colliery January 1986

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George Clamp

Stage Loader Operative

Snibston Colliery
Died 29/11/2010

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Terry Gough

Face Worker

Snibston Colliery
Passed away 19th January 2012.
My very much loved and missed dad.xxx

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Roy Johnson

Electrician and Mines Rescue Team

South Leicester 
Passed away 13th March 1981 aged 36.

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Len Fowkes

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Whitwick Pit
Passed away peacefully aged 88 8/5/2020
Loved by all missed by many

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Robert Thomas Mee

Shotfirer and Deputy

South Leicester
Passed away 8th Oct 1961.

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John Preston

Deputy

Bagworth Colliery
we lost him on 24.08.19 aged 81
much loved dad & grandad xxx

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John (coke) Hoult

Face Worker

Whitwick Colliery

26th June 2015, aged 71

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John. Bradford

Ventilation Officer

Snibston Colliery

Passed away 30/4/20 aged 89

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William Stretton

Face Worker

Snibston Colliery
Died 28/10/1986

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Jeff Armstrong

Overman

Bagworth Colliery
Passed away 7th January 2019

 George Fairbrother 

Road Work

Snibston Colliery

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Jack Goodacre

Fitter

Nailstone and Bagworth Collieries
Died 24th August 1988

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Terry Moore

Rope Splicer later driving on the pit top

Whitwick Colliery

​Died 21st February 2007 aged 63

Eric Griffin

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Ellistown

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