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Posted on April 6, 2013 by BrownhillsBob

David Evans has had access in recent weeks to lots of material from the Norton Canes Historical Society – one of the things he found was a wonderful 1975 report into the Grove Pit Disaster.
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Posted in Brownhills stuff, Churches, Environment, Events, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Interesting photos, It makes me mad!, Local Blogs, Local History, Local media, News, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Walsall Wood stuff | Tagged Accident, BFHG, Brownhills, Brownhills cemetery, Brownhills local history, Brownhills mining disater, colliers, David Evans, Grove Colliery, Grove pit, Grove pit disaster, John Bernard Whittaker, local blogs, Local History, Lynn Hopley, Memories of old Brownhills by Clarice Mayo and Geoff Harrington, Mine disaster, miners, Mining accidents, mining memorials, NCHS, New Photos, Norton Canes Historical Society, SJ Whitehouse, Staffordshire, The men below, Walsall Wood, Wyrley common, Wyrley Grove | 6 Comments
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