Pretoria Pit Disaster
- Occurring
- Sunday 21 December 2025, Monday 22 December 2025 at for 7 hours, 30 mins
- Venue
- St. James the Great
- Address St. James the Great, St. James the Great Church St. James Street Westhoughton BOLTON, BL5 2EB, United Kingdom
Please note the memorial will cover two days in 2025 because the 21st falls on Sunday
December 21st 1910 the date when 344 men and boys perished is commemorated at 7.30am at the Centenary Memorial in Ditchfield Gardens Westoughton, followed by a memorial service held in St Bartholomew’s Church at 10.00am and the final memorial at 2.00pm is held at the Atherton memorial.
For fuller information and details please click on VIEW ATTACHMENT below.
IMPORTANT CORRECTION The details for the two services in Westhoughton are correct, but the one at Broadway, Atherton, is on SUNDAY, 21st DECEMBER at 2.00pm (NOT MONDAY, 22nd as indicated.)..
Pretoria Pit Disaster
Sunday 21 December 2025, Monday 22 December 2025 at 7:30 a.m. for 7 hours, 30 mins
Pretoria Pit Disaster
Sunday 21 December 2025, Monday 22 December 2025 at 7:30 a.m. for 7 hours, 30 mins