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Thread #120674   Message #2626407
Posted By: GUEST, Sminky
07-May-09 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Req: songs about Pretoria Pit Disaster(Lancashire)
Subject: Lyr Req: Pretoria Pit Disaster (Lancashire)
Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the Pretoria Pit Disaster (on the border of Atherton and Westhoughton, Lancashire) when 344 men and boys were killed in a huge undergound explosion. It was the highest death toll in any English mine accident.

As part of a project I am putting together, I am looking for the lyrics of any songs relating to the event (especially, though not exclusively, that by The Houghton Weavers).

Thanks in advance.