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Philip Wooffindin says...
Just come across your wonderful site. What an excellent labour of love! As an exile I find it quite nostalgic. I am from Staincross and my wife, Jean, is from Dodworth
william John Gillispie says...
Hello brett bretton, I received your message regarding the name gillispie, there were two winders at North Gawber pit shafts one was my father, Albert Gillispie, and the other was his brother William Gillispie, I worked at North Gawber in the joiner,s workshop with Wilf Bretton who lived up New Road Staincross, I left in 1n 1959 to work for Vernon Dunk, in summer lane Barnsley. regarding my brother Roger, he used to help Jack Ellis to at night preparing his meat , Roger worked at the Coop butchers at new lodge, regarding request for photo,s of North Gawber I have an arial photo of North Gawber and monkey park, I was going to send it to the village hall in Mapplewell, but I never got around to sending it, it,s taken in 1952, if you let me have your e-mail I could contact you. regards W J Gillispie.


brett bretton says...
Has anyone any photos of the old 32 steps over the canal, or the North Gawber pit.
Also, those old pit ponies--Carr Green lane and Monkey park.

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