The Forgotten Mossfield Colliery Disaster - Graveyard Stories #1

In this new series, I delve into one of the many forgotten stories that can be found in our graveyards. On October 16th 1889 a disastrous explosion at Mossfield Colliery, Longton killed 64 miners. Join me at their forgotten memorial as I explain what happened and later visit the site as it looks today.