

An exhibition was held at St Augustine's church also known as the miners cathedral on Saturday 21st September until 28th September lots of ex Agecroft colliery workers attended, there was a short film about the workings of a pit and the children of St Augustine's school enacted a play showing life in the 1950's. there was a collection of memorobilia and a great collection of photographs taken when the pit was being dismantled called Death of a Pit by Lorraine McHugh who flew over from Ireland to attend the exhibition, she gave an inspiring speech and has dedicated her photographs to her uncle Ken Chandler who was an original Bevan Boy and who worked at Agecroft pit, Lorraine came from the whit lane area and some of her photographs are in the archives at Salford museum.