24-03-2008, 21:07
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Re: Who remembers?
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Originally Posted by cashman
Bang on mate remember now.  the Hapton Valley Pit Beechy or Happy Valley as it was known was in rose grove as you come up to the traffic lights it was way up on the right, if i remember correctly, was a terrible accident down it, think mid 60s? |
I have found a reference of 16 men killed:
Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Disasters 1960-69
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