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Bob Dobson · 23-03-2017, 11:14

I was a yo0ung PC living in St Annes when I heard the news. It saddened me greatly, as in 1957-8 I was the manager's clerk at Hapton Valley and knew many of the victims. Soon after I left, there had been a major flood in the pit.

23-03-2017, 11:14	#6
Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158674	Re: Hapton Valley Pit disaster I was a yo0ung PC living in St Annes when I heard the news. It saddened me greatly, as in 1957-8 I was the manager's clerk at Hapton Valley and knew many of the victims. Soon after I left, there had been a major flood in the pit.