Harrington No 10 Colliery Lowca.

Harrington No 10 colliery, 1969.

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• mine
• pit
• steam
• harrington
• lowca
• coal
• whitehaven

[johnharkness]

Thanks for the comment.

[pezz12345]

The mining communities were populated by the best people in the world.

[Feralorchid]

@steveeholmes Hi, I have just found this video...My gran and grandad lived at 9 Westcroft Terrace, Ina and Tom Brown. He worked as a miner at Harrington 10. My mother was Jean, with sister Edna who still lives in Whitehaven, she's 82 now. I used to lie in bed, in the back bedroom, and watch the wheel with the light on top...I liked Lowca, the old boys used to sit on a bench up top up by the pub. There was a mobile chippy too....

[steveeholmes]

I don,t really know why i am looking at this?My Grandad worked down this Pit in the 1960's. His name was Wilfred 'whiff' Johnstone. I just remember his face being full of blue bits he received when he was caught up in a blast. He later went on to become the landlord of the Wheatsheaf Inn, birks rd. Cleator Moor RIP Grandad