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03-12-2016, 13:57
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Broad oak print works
My uncle John was on his first day or work at Broad Oak,he felt faint & the supervisor told him he'd be with him shortly,unluckily him uncle fainted & fell on a belt which took him up to the ceiling & crushed him & he died from his injuries,I want to find out more about it,any hints of how to go about it would be appreciated
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03-12-2016, 14:11
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Re: Broad oak print works
No more info? Uncle John's surname or dates?
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03-12-2016, 18:37
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Re: Broad oak print works
Sorry, his surname was Doolan,I don't know the date but I think it was in the 1920's.
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03-12-2016, 19:23
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Re: Broad oak print works
Sorry,his surnane was Doolan, I think it would be the 1920's when he died but I'm not sure.
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03-12-2016, 20:01
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Re: Broad oak print works
Found a John Thomas Doolan who died in Accy in 1930 aged 14. Could this be him?
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03-12-2016, 21:36
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Re: Broad oak print works
Yes I think it is,do you know any more ?
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03-12-2016, 21:46
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Re: Broad oak print works
No, only what I found on LancsBMD website. Might have more info on his death cert if you send for it.
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03-12-2016, 22:08
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Re: Broad oak print works
Thank's for your help Steve,
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04-12-2016, 15:35
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Re: Broad oak print works
I took a look at the Newspaper Archives, Irene, but found nothing about your uncle, sadly. Neither British Newspaper Archives nor Find My Past (which has the Lancashire Evening Post and the Burnley Express from the 1920s and 30s) showed any news of the unfortunate man. Sorry, but I tried
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Thanks for trying Turtle,I was going to look in the Observer archives,
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I have another Doolan. Patrick he served in the Border Rifles, lived in Walmsley St, Church. Last edited by Retlaw; 18-02-2017 at 14:25. |
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09-03-2017, 21:11
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Re: Broad oak print works
Sorry to be so long in replying,I've had a shoulder opp;that didn't go to well,thank-you for finding this for me it's the first family,x
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