HAPTON COLLIERY DISASTER      AIR CRASH

 

HAPTON COLLIERY DISASTER

 

 

 

                                                                                     

 

 

 

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MINERS IN THE BURNLEY AREA

WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE 1962

HAPTON VALLEY COLLIERY DISASTER

 

 

 

 

SPANISH  AIR CRASH

 

 

 

 

Harry and Constance Adcroft, Brownhill Avenue, Burnley
Steven France, Atkinson Street, Burnley
Raymond, Mary, Mark and Paul Cowpe, Nairne Street, Burnley
Raymond, Margaret and Alan Hargreaves, Leaver Street, Burnley
David and John Lally, Gordon Street, Burnley
Roy, Patricia, Susan and Anne Marshall, Cog Lane, Burnley
Donald and Vera Smith, Ormerod Street, Worsthorne
Elaine Feeney, Cog Lane, Burnley
Colin, Florence and Lorraine Taylor, Cog Lane, Burnley

Arthur, Patricia and Ian Walmsley, Milner Street, Burnley
David, Mary, Richard and Nora Whitehead, Colbran Street, Burnley
Geoffrey and Dorothy Taylor, Victoria Road, Padiham
Michael Searle, Berkeley Crescent, Padiham
Peter Helm, Windermere Road, Padiham
Stephen Bond, Windermere Road, Padiham
David Monk, Derwent Avenue, Padiham
David Lancaster, Windermere Road, Padiham
David Wilkinson, Lawrence Street, Padiham
Malcolm Baker, Langdale Road, Padiham

 

also from East Lancashire but not on this memorial


David Moss, Square Street, Ramsbotton
Clive Taylor, Old Ground Street, Ramsbottom
Geoffrey Holden, Peel Brow, Ramsbottom
John and Elsie Ingham, Merton Street, Nelson
Herbert and Greta Heaton, Westgate, Barnoldswick

 

This memorial remembers those from  Burnley and Padiham who lost their lives in the Dan-Air disaster in 1970.

All 112 people on board the plane were killed, including several families, children as young as six and four players from the successful Britannia Wanderers amateur football team from the pub in Guy Street, Padiham of the same name.

They were on a Clarksons holiday and included 45 holidaymakers from Burnley, Nelson, Barnoldswick, Worsthorne and Ramsbottom, who had set off from Manchester Airport on 3rd July for Barcelona.

Under Spanish Law all the victims had to be buried within 48 hours, so they were buried in a mass grave near the mountain village of Arbucias in northern Spain, and consequently none of the relatives were able to attend.

An official investigation into the disaster showed the plane, had flown a different route than usual because of air traffic control delays in the Paris area. At 5.59pm local time it began its approach to Barcelona, it was directed towards a beacon at Sabadell and mistakenly reported passing it. Coincidentally another plane flew over this beacon at the same time leading air traffic controllers to believe the Dan Air flight had passed the beacon. The controller cleared the plane to descend to 2,800 feet but at approximately 6.05pm the aircraft struck beech trees on the north-east slopes of the Les Angudes peak and crashed into the hillside.

 

There is also a memorial in Memorial Park, Padiham

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