Dave Dutton (born 1947 in Atherton, Lancashire) is an English actor. He has played roles in many different television series including Heartbeat and The Royal. He has also played eleven different parts in the soap opera Coronation Street, as well as five in Emmerdale. He is a former newspaper reporter, television scriptwriter, songwriter, author of 14 books and ex-front man for comedy folk group Inclognito with Bramwell Taylor and Eric White. Wikipedia

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To mark the 75th anniversary of the disaster in 1985 Radio Manchester commissioned a special programme entitled ” No Carols this Christmas ” which told the story through words and music with contributions from The North West sound Archive and local folk artists Bram Taylor and Calico. To listen to the programme click on the link below and press the play button.

More than 100 remember Pretoria Pit tragedy The Bolton News 28th December 2021 https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/19811557.100-remember-pretoria-pit-tragedy/
Ex-colliers from across the former Lancashire coalfields observed the anniversary of the Pretoria Pit tragedy, just before Christmas. Former Bolton West MP Julie Hilling welcomed guests to the short ceremony at the memorial stone in Broadway, Over Hulton. Another memorial stands to the victims in Ditchfield Gardens, Westhoughton.

A poem, to the youngest blast victim, 13-year-old Frederick Stanley Houghton, written by Dave Dutton, was read out by Andrea Finney. She also read out 'Sombre Christmas', another reflective poem, later, and Corrie Shelley delivered a song called 'Johnny'. Jim Berry, of the Houghton Weavers, gave a musical performance of The Pretoria Pit Disaster, a tribute to those lost, before wreaths were laid. Another piece of music, again written by Dave Dutton, 'No Carols This Christmas', with Jim Berry and Corrie Shelley giving a duet, rounded off the gathering, with Mrs Hilling thanking all those who took part.

And one more poem by Dave Dutton Mar 22, 2018 https://www.dave-dutton.co.uk/post/the-angels-of-st.-peter-s-square
I've been working in Manchester quite a lot and frequently crossed the area in front of GMex and around St Peter's Square where the Peterloo Massacre took place on August 16th, 1819 when a large peaceful gathering of working class men and women were protesting for the right to have a vote. They came mainly from Manchester and the cotton towns surrounding the city, including, I am proud to say, my own home town of Atherton. It has always been on my mind, since first reading about it many years ago, so I wrote this poem.

THE ANGELS OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE.

It was on the eighth month of the year
A vision I remember clear
The sixteenth day and I will swear
I saw them there. I saw them there
As I sat in St. Peter's Square.
I saw them there. I saw them there.