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Originally Posted by Atarah
Hi, Mr Edinburghkiltie, just looking at an old newspaper which mentions your poor ancestors. It states JAMES OSBALDESTON, Well Street, Clayton le Moors: he left a widow and three children, one injured in the explosion. I think the miners who worked there referred to the pit as "Dicky Brig". How very sad, just like the Accrington Pals, it must have affected many families around the Clayton/Accrington area. Your James was buried in our Accrington Cemetery. If you like could always try and find his grave if you dont know its whereabouts.
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Hi - I'd love to know where the grave is but I read somewhere that it was an unmarked grave - but this may be a mistake.
I also now attach a picture of my great grand mother Sarah who dies in 1911. Within 2 years of 1881 Sarah lost a daughter Martha aged 1 and then James her husband and son Richard (who I was named after)