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unusual facts about J.T. Tyldesley



Roe Green

The brothers J.T. and Ernest Tyldesley played cricket for Lancashire and England in the early years of the 20th century.

St George's Church, Tyldesley

After 1912 the town council was responsible for the cost of repairs and illumination and in 1937 electricity superseded gas for lighting its faces.

The churchyard contains the graves of victims of a disaster at Yew Tree Colliery.

Tyldesley Coal Company

Some of the victims are buried in the churchyard at St George's Church.


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