Thank you alan for uploading this video. Rather emotional. I have recently learnt through doing my family tree & obtaining death cert, that my x3 Gt grandfather sadly died at the disaster. JOHN HAMER, he was only 25. Very sad.. Would you have any photos of the miners from that era?? X kind regards
Hi Zoe. Unfortunately I don't have any photos from miners at that time. Photography was still in its infancy in this period. However the Illustrated London News did send a photographer to the scene shortly afterwards. An engraving was made from some photos for publication but I have not been able to track down the wherabouts of any of the these. If you go to my website/blog at www.burradonhistory.co.uk and follow the chronological articles you may get an idea of the life and times your ancestor lived in. Thanks for getting in touch.
Thanks for getting back to me Alan. Ill be sure to have a look at that. Ive been doing a lot of research on the events of that day already... I really hope to travel up one day and visit the memorial.
This is a link, hopefully to the text of my booklet on the subject of the disaster... drive.google.com/open?id=0B8uwCkN5_X3UR1c2dktPN3A4YUE This may also be of interest... drive.google.com/open?id=0B8uwCkN5_X3UREZZZmw5akNQbEE
@@shinkicker1200 These are great resources Alan, thanks. I was 8 in 1975 and lived in Sedgemoor, Killy overlooking the pit during its demise. I collected fossils from the spoil heaps. Funny thing is I never knew about this disaster until today!
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Thank you alan for uploading this video. Rather emotional. I have recently learnt through doing my family tree & obtaining death cert, that my x3 Gt grandfather sadly died at the disaster. JOHN HAMER, he was only 25. Very sad.. Would you have any photos of the miners from that era?? X kind regards
Hi Zoe. Unfortunately I don't have any photos from miners at that time. Photography was still in its infancy in this period. However the Illustrated London News did send a photographer to the scene shortly afterwards. An engraving was made from some photos for publication but I have not been able to track down the wherabouts of any of the these. If you go to my website/blog at www.burradonhistory.co.uk and follow the chronological articles you may get an idea of the life and times your ancestor lived in. Thanks for getting in touch.
Thanks for getting back to me Alan. Ill be sure to have a look at that. Ive been doing a lot of research on the events of that day already...
I really hope to travel up one day and visit the memorial.
This is a link, hopefully to the text of my booklet on the subject of the disaster... drive.google.com/open?id=0B8uwCkN5_X3UR1c2dktPN3A4YUE This may also be of interest... drive.google.com/open?id=0B8uwCkN5_X3UREZZZmw5akNQbEE
@@shinkicker1200 These are great resources Alan, thanks. I was 8 in 1975 and lived in Sedgemoor, Killy overlooking the pit during its demise. I collected fossils from the spoil heaps. Funny thing is I never knew about this disaster until today!
@@HFamilyDad thanks for the comment. Appreciated.