Human remains found on farmer's field identified as missing Derbyshire miner

Alfred Swinscoe went missing 56 years ago

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Derbyshire miner Alfred Swinscoe went missing in 1967 after he reportedly left a working men's club to use an outside toilet
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Derbyshire miner Alfred Swinscoe went missing in 1967 after he reportedly left a working men's club to use an outside toilet

Human bones that were found on a farmer's field have been formally identified as a Derbyshire man who went missing 56 years ago. Nottinghamshire Police have confirmed the skeletal remains found on farmland...

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