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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]I recall as a child in the 50's staying at my grandparents in Grammer Street, Denby Village, and my grandfather Tom Brown (born Loscoe)working in the pit which was just down the road. I remember there being a little shop on the left which sold everything you could want and to get to the door you went down a few steps. On the right was Denby Common (?) - still there and still open land. Can anyone tell me which colliery this was please. My grandfathers family were all Loscoe miners, his parents were Moses and Ruth (nee Barker also Loscoe, lived on Loscoe Grange)and grandparents Ulysses Brown and Harriet (nee unknown)Thanks, Sue[/quote]
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Sue R

Denby colliery
replied on: 11/13/2006 7:21:55 PM

I recall as a child in the 50's staying at my grandparents in Grammer Street, Denby Village, and my grandfather Tom Brown (born Loscoe)working in the pit which was just down the road. I remember there being a little shop on the left which sold everything you could want and to get to the door you went down a few steps. On the right was Denby Common (?) - still there and still open land. Can anyone tell me which colliery this was please. My grandfathers family were all Loscoe miners, his parents were Moses and Ruth (nee Barker also Loscoe, lived on Loscoe Grange)and grandparents Ulysses Brown and Harriet (nee unknown)Thanks, Sue

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