Tragic miners remembered

Region: Norton
Edward John Geach was an eight-year-old boy in Cornwall in 1942 when a giant explosion ripped through Sneyd Colliery an event which later inspired his new life in the Potteries. He tells us his motives for moving to Stoke-on-Trent aged, just 14, to begin life working in the very same pit...
“I will be glad to go. It’s not a nice place to live... There’s no community left here any more. ”
Linda Coates, Middleport
“It looks absolutely brilliant, as good as a new house! It makes me feel proud to live here. ”
Jamie Walker, Middleport

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