Tyldesley

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Tyldesley the village that disappeared

Tyldesley Village was a mining community that grew on company owned land around the headworks of the Great Western Mine and its successor Tyldesley Colliery. People began establishing homes in the valley containing the Great Western mine from 1904 and by the 1920s a vibrant community had grown in this locality. The colliery at Tyldesley operated under the control of a number of owners between 1904 and 1960. Changes in work practices, mining methods and the depletion of coal reserves during the 1950s led to a gradual decline in the mine’s workforce. By the mid 1960s the village was almost deserted. The book tells the story of the development of the Great Western Mine/Tyldesley Colliery, and the community that depended on this enterprise for its existence. The story is set within the wider context of the development of coalmining in the Cullen Bullen district from 1888 to 1960.