I have been a member of WLHG for about 15 years and have done numerous powerpoint presentations and several exhibitions, about significant historical events, to the group of members.

Born 1941and lived at 6 Mill Street, Westhoughton until 1965. Both of my parents had relatives who were killed in the Pretoria pit disaster of 1910.

I retired from lecturing in 2006 in physics and environmental science at Manchester Metropolitan University where I had worked for 36 years.

This site has been produced by Garth Ratcliffe, Phil Wood and Pam Wood.

Contact – GARTH.RATCLIFFE@SKY.COM

IF YOU HAVE ANY OLD PHOTOS OF AN HISTORICAL NATURE ABOUT WESTHOUGHTON’S PAST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS WEBSITE PLEASE SEND THEM BY E-MAIL ETC TO THE ABOVE E-MAIL ADDRESS.