Sneyd Pit Disaster - January 1st, 1942 - DOWNLOAD Version

Sneyd Pit Disaster - January 1st, 1942 - DOWNLOAD VersionThis documentary is dedicated to the memory of the 57 men and boys who lost their lives on New Years Day, 1942. The explosion at Sneyd is put into the context of wartime, explained by experts at Apedale Heritage Centre and discussed by historians. There are interviews with many local people involved in the accidents, family members and friends of the men lost and tributes to the rescue team. Film, photographs and memorabilia and a memorial service at

South of Macclesfield in Cheshire

The bust is supplied in a padded box suitable for posting

The Centenary commemorations at Halmer End in 2018 are included here - including the walk through the village by 500 people to the site of the pithead - acting as a fitting tribute to the men and boys lost at Minnie Pit and to all coal mining communities in North Staffordshire

the aftermath of local bombing raids

They are mostly extracts from longer archive films and are dated from 1901 to 1964

and the confrontations outside Stoke Town Hall

with commentary from Trevor Froggatt who was helping with police attendance at both the filming and this the prestigious event

The 1951 Festival of Britain heralded a new optimism following years of post-war austerity

of Titanic International

theatre scripts

this unique publication celebrates the history of film culture in North Staffordshire from the opening of the first cinemas in 1910 to the present

Five of the buildings were dormitories with bunk beds