COBRIDGE STONEWARE Large CHARGER DEPICTING SNEYD COLLIERY,BU...

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£90

COBRIDGE STONEWARE Large CHARGER DEPICTING SNEYD COLLIERY,BURSLEM,STOKE ON TRENT. (Limited Edition).
(Sneyd colliery was located between Burslem and Smallthorne, and not at Sneyd Green which was some one and a half miles away.Sneyd was modernised extensively and between 1957 and 1964 was linked underground to Hanley Deep and Wolstanton. The mine closed in the 1970’s.)
(On January 1st. 1942, fifty-seven men and boys lay down their lives for King and Country just as if they had been fighting with the armed forces. Their deaths were not caused by enemy action but by a horrific underground explosion at Sneyd Colliery on the outskirts of Burslem and Smallthorn, bringing great sorrow and grief to the community. It's sad to think that in normal times the pit would not have been worked on New Year's Day, but due to the urgent demand for coal, to make the instruments of war, the manager appealed to the men to work, and they whole-heartedly responded.

The tragic explosion occurred at 7.50 am. on January 1st. 1942, 800 yards below ground. The first report was that seven men were dead and fifty-one were missing. A tub runaway down the jig and came off the rails. As this happened the explosion occurred.)