The Red Rose Trustees, who run the Lancashire Mining Museum @ Astley Green, want to commemorate those lives lost and the acts of incredible bravery when an… Read more “The Astley Green Disaster – June 6th 1939”
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What has a Miners Lamp from Eccles to do with the Olympics ?
According to the strict traditions of the Olympic movement, and to mark the ancient rituals of the Games, the flame must be kept alive until the closing… Read more “What has a Miners Lamp from Eccles to do with the Olympics ?”
Fishbelly Rails on stone sleepers- Original track on the Liverpool – Manchester & Bolton- Leigh railway of 1830.
The image shows the railway track of the Liverpool to Manchester railway in 1830 and it clearly shows that the rail was the ‘fish belly’ profile secured… Read more “Fishbelly Rails on stone sleepers- Original track on the Liverpool – Manchester & Bolton- Leigh railway of 1830.”
The Missing Pretoria Pit Fish
When Lancashire miner Jack Jarvis caught the 2lb roach — a respectable size for that type of fish—more than a century ago, he decided to get it… Read more “The Missing Pretoria Pit Fish”
History Of Astley Green – Book Reprinted
The Lancashire Mining Museum @ Astley Green is now holding 50 reprinted copies of the HISTORY OF ASTLEY GREEN written by Dave Lane and The Red Rose… Read more “History Of Astley Green – Book Reprinted”
The Draft Plan for the Museum
To view the draft plan for the museum. Please click on the link below the front page image. This plan outlines the vision we have for the… Read more “The Draft Plan for the Museum”
T’Owd Pit Whistle
The original Astley Green Pit Whistle has been donated back to the museum. It was mounted on the Power House which was located to the north… Read more “T’Owd Pit Whistle”
BRASS – Granada TV Series – 1982 Location Filming – Astley Green Colliery
Brass was a British television comedy-drama, made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. Set mostly in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the… Read more “BRASS – Granada TV Series – 1982 Location Filming – Astley Green Colliery”
Pea Soup Kitchen Football
WW1 was being fought and any man fit enough to play football had been sent to fight on the front line. Back home women not only took… Read more “Pea Soup Kitchen Football”
History of Astley Green
The colliery at Astley Green was begun in 1908 by the Pilkington Colliery Company, a subsidiary of the Clifton & Kersley Coal Company.The first sod was cut… Read more “History of Astley Green”