Men of Cannop
Courtesy of: Siana Hall. Uploaded: August 2011
Left to right: 1 Henry Brooks, 2 Mr Smith, 3 Mr Cooper, 4 Henry Mills?, 5, 6 Mr Short, 7 Bill Bessant - onsetter, 8 Gilbert Charles - winding engine driver, 9 Jack Lewis - banksman.
Siana wrote: "... Here is a picture of my grandfather Mr Henry Brooks from Lydbrook (Worral Hill) at Cannop colliery. He had 3 sons my uncle Ralph Brooks, Gordon Brooks and my father Christopher Brooks. Any more info or pics would be great".
Royston Pritchard added (October 2011): "... I estimate that the aerial photo was taken in the early 1930's. In 1952 there was a second dirt mound along-side the one shown in the photo. Also the one shown on the north side was planted with scots pine which were about 10 years old".
Heather Powell added (November 2011): "... Henry Brooks was married to my nan's sister Eva and Jack Lewis was my dad's brother".
Thanks also to John Wilding.
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