The Agecroft Colliery Miners Memorial Day event will take place on Saturday 20th April 2024 Assemble at the memorial on Agecroft Road, the former pit entrance. 12pm for a 12:30 start. We will then go to the Lion Brow cafe for refreshments – All welcome.
We would like to invite everyone to join us in remembering all the coal miners who died or were injured in the local coal mines and throughout the world. Agecroft memorial (former pit entrance), Agecroft Road, Swinton Saturday 23rd April 2022
The IVMP team will be unveiling 2 additional plaques at the Agecroft colliery memorial. Thanks to the hard work of George Dawes (Historian and Genealogist) there are now 93 additional names on the plaques which include women and children who died in the colliery from the 1840’s to the 1920’s. Read more…
The service is held annually at St Augustine’s Church , We will lay flowers and gather at 1pm at the monument. Looking forward to seeing everyone there. St Augustine’s Church Yard, 23 Bolton Rd, Pendlebury, Manchester M27 8UX Service will begin at 1pm
IVMP’s annual remembrance day service, remembering the local miners who died in the first world war 1914-1919. We will be completing a 2 minutes at 11am. Will be great to see everyone there. War memorial Agecroft road, Swinton Thursday 14th November 2019
The unveiling and dedication ceremony will take place at the site of the former Clifton Hall Colliery ,Lums Lane, Pendlebury. This monument is to remember Clifton Hall Colliery disaster which claimed the lives of 178 workers, some as young as 13. Looking forward to seeing everyone there and thanks again Read more…
IVMP will be participating in the Salford histories festival Walkden Methodist Church, Manchester Road, Walkden, M38 9AN Saturday 21st September 2019 – 10am
The main assembly point is the city centre Market Place and bands and banners start to march from there to the Racecourse from about 8.30 am. Other assembly points are the Miners’ HQ at Red Hill near the railway station and the New Inn on the west of the city. Read more…
The Irwell valley mining projects annual workers memorial day 2019. We will be meeting at the Agecroft colliery memorial to acknowledge the debt we owe to all workers who died or were seriously injured in the coal industry. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Agecroft colliery memorial site (former Read more…
Ivmp will be attending the Salford histories festival with the mining exhibition remembering Salfords great history. Free event history stalls, cafe, talks and lots of great local history memorabilia books. Hope united reform chapel, Chapel street, Salford next to the Salford arms public house 2 minutes walk from Salford train Read more…