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 344: A Story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster - Inspired by a Mother's Tale by Finney, Andrea |
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Press articles about this book Diary Helps Bring The Story to Life - The Bolton News 17/8/09 |
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Brief Description Based on the diary of her great, great grandmother, Elizabeth Gore (1844 - 1923) and her story of her hard life and the loss of her son in the Pretoria Pit Disaster at Westhoughton in 1910, when 344 men and boys lost their lives on the 21st December. Andrea has worked closely with the Editor of the Bolton News and through her research has gathered and recorded valuable information printed word by word as it was in 1910. |
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Author Profile Andrea Jane Finney was born in 1966 in the village of Westhoughton, Bolton, Lancashire. She attended Westhoughton High School and then Bolton College and now works in the Commercial Property Industry. Andrea was married in 1990 to Nigel and has one son, Alex. From a very early age Andrea was fascinated with history and Andrea has now transformed the lives of her ancestors into a fascinating book based on the true events of the tragic Pit Disaster a century ago. |
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