Poems
A number of poems have been written about the 1908 Disaster.
At the time, as part of the fund raising to help the miners and their families, a number of poems about the disaster were written and sold for a penny each.
Each poem is listed in alphabetical sequence of author. Click on the link provided to see each poem on its own page.
George Baker - Story Of Hamstead Mine
J.T.Bayliss - Lines to Commemorate the Awful Disaster which occurred at Hamstead Colliery March 4th 1908
Poem by J.T. Bayliss
Price One Penny - Sold in aid of the Fund for the Widows and Orphens, Copies may be had Within or of the Author, 312 Blake Lane, Bordesley Green
Starling
You’ve heard of that sad disaster at Hamstead Nr’ Great Barr; ...
Ron Treharne
On Spouthouse Bridge,I stood at dusk and scanned ...
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