Hi Mike That's great thank you. I will do some searching and see if I can track down the companies which employed people there. Thanks Joanne -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2013 11:54 PM To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Humphrey Ancestors in Norden A very short walk south from Norden down Edenfield road brings you to two quarries  Bagslate and Whitaker Moss quarries. Regards Mike Morris Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Joanne Humphrey <joanne1humphrey@gmail.com> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:10:17 PM > >It's quite possible that William was a quarryman at some point. The majority of records list him as a general labourer, which is of limited use, however, he was born in an area of Co Durham where just about everyone was a coal miner. ><snip> > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message