Lancashire & Cheshire Miners' Federation

Union offices and hall, Bridgeman Place, Bolton.

The Lancashire & Cheshire Miners' Federation was the Union representing most miners in north-west England. Membership reached over 70,000 by 1907. In 1913 Thomas Greenall, President and Thomas Ashton, Secretary, laid foundation stones in Bridgeman Place, Bolton for stone and brick headquarters designed by Bolton architects Bradshaw, Gass & Hope. This building, which has echoed with the voices of both employees and employers over the decades, has been up for sale or lease for a number of years and so far there are no takers.