Does anyone have any photos or info about the explosion down the pit as my Great Grandad William Timmons died in that. There was a massive funeral and photos but the photos we had as a family were given to the newspaper and they lost them.
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Thursday 28 January 2010
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Dear Gillian Vargas,a detailed account of the explosion and a newspaper cutting can be seen on the Durham Mining Museum site!
ReplyDeleteJust Google: Durham Mining Museum - go into U for Ushaw Moor Colliery and click your great uncle's name.JYou might need a wee bit of patience but you will find it. I am thrilled to have helped.
WB
Hello Gillian, My grandmother was Elizabeth Turnbull nee Timmins ( or Timmons) the sister of William and George. While Wm. was killed 14/11/32 at Ushaw Moor colliery his brother George was killed I'm told on this eighteenth birthday at the Battle of the Somme. I have a copy of the death certificate of Wm. which shows he was killed at the age of 31 years ( not 54 as stated in the Durham Mining Museum records.) I have a photograph of two ladies whom my aunt ( Elizabeth's daughter) believes to be her mother's mother and her mother. They would therefor be Wm and George's mother and maternal grandmother Both Wm & George had a sister Jane who I remember from my youth, she married a guy called Harry Dryden, Jane died about 1956,
ReplyDeleteHope this makes sense to you and should you like a copy of this photograph just contact me at Percivalandcarole@hotmail.co.uk
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ReplyDeleteHello both Wilfb and Peter Clarke,
ReplyDeleteI completely forgot about this post I created in 2010 and have only just read the responses. I am amazed at the feedback provided. I will make available this information found to my side of the Family the Richardson's of Ushaw Moor.
All my best wishes and thanks
Gillian Lyons (was Vargas) xx
To all concerned,
ReplyDeleteI am copying in these responses to my Aunt Sue, also of Ushaw Moor.
Thanks again
xx
I am also forwarding on these responses to my Brother David, also of Ushaw Moor.
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Thank you for the detailed information in regards to the mining disaster and William Timmons. Sue Richardson
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