From the Bolton News 24th December 2010 > THE last member of a Bolton mining dynasty has died at the age of 98, > ending a father-to-son tradition stretching back through eight > generations to the early years of the 18th Century. > > James Clement FLETCHER’s family had owned collieries at various times > in the Bolton area and for almost 200 years mined the rich and > productive seams under Atherton. > Story at <http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/8757349.Last_member_of_pit_dynasty_dies_at_98/?ref=eb>