1St Day Without Coal

[Gin 498]

JDHUNTING

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/collieries.html

[Gin 498]

 

14 year old Mark Bell, the tally boy who identified the bodies as they were brought up to the surface, after the Hartley disaster.

[scothunter 12,609]

I'm having some problems with photobucket just now. !

you would think this site would have sorted out a direct link to uploading pics by now!

[Gin 498]

 

Seaton Delaval 1931, but some seams were like this in the 1970's

[The one 8,482]

Theres mountains of coal still outside our local power station the feckin stuff goes up on fire by itself

[micky 3,325]

They should open the pits up and get the men back to work , coal made this country and could do again we are an island of coal yet we depend on France and Russia for our energy , I grew up in the 50s and there was smog and other air pollution , sure it polished a few of the old uns off so what, we had cheap train fares and nice fires .

[Francie 6,368]

Why cant they open the pits an make it safer? Im sure with the tech these days it could be done very safely.

[mackay 3,383]

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

[micky 3,325]

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

This is a question that would have been quickly answered in Coalville, Whitwick, Desford or any of the other mining villages around Leicestershire , these men depended on the mines for their living then one day through no fault of their own they lost everything.

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

 

You'd be suprised how many ex miners would go back down the pits in an instant, for people who've never worked underground its hard to explain, a lot comes down to conditioning most of us went down the pits straight from school, I was underground at 16 working on my the coalface at 18, some people who came into the pits after working other jobs never quite took to it like those of us who knew no better

[The Seeker 3,048]

gin really enjoyed that info, what was written on the prayer page I can't quite make it out?

[tatsblisters 9,916]

 

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

 

You'd be suprised how many ex miners would go back down the pits in an instant, for people who've never worked underground its hard to explain, a lot comes down to conditioning most of us went down the pits straight from school, I was underground at 16 working on my the coalface at 18, some people who came into the pits after working other jobs never quite took to it like those of us who knew no better

 

Theirs days I would go back down in an heartbeat then theirs days I think thank feck I got out when I did but to me it was only a job to live and pay the bills not the be all and end all like it was to some lads who I worked with though I am glad of the small pension I get that tops my wages up working in a warehouse and unlike you mate I had a few other jobs before going down at 19 I don't think in all honesty I realy took to it especialy working on a tailgate rip were the top was for ever coming in.

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

 

 

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

 

You'd be suprised how many ex miners would go back down the pits in an instant, for people who've never worked underground its hard to explain, a lot comes down to conditioning most of us went down the pits straight from school, I was underground at 16 working on my the coalface at 18, some people who came into the pits after working other jobs never quite took to it like those of us who knew no better

 

working on a tailgate rip were the top was for ever coming in.

 

 

Nightmare of a job mate, last going off I was working on "Gob headings", tunnels going through old coalface workings we'd have holes so high above the steel a cap lamp wouldnt see the top, cant say I miss those 1s.

[tatsblisters 9,916]

 

 

 

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

 

You'd be suprised how many ex miners would go back down the pits in an instant, for people who've never worked underground its hard to explain, a lot comes down to conditioning most of us went down the pits straight from school, I was underground at 16 working on my the coalface at 18, some people who came into the pits after working other jobs never quite took to it like those of us who knew no better

 

working on a tailgate rip were the top was for ever coming in.

 

 

Nightmare of a job mate, last going off I was working on "Gob headings", tunnels going through old coalface workings we'd have holes so high above the steel a cap lamp wouldnt see the top, cant say I miss those 1s.

 

Seen a mate nearly get killed wile chocking one up above the ring how he escaped with just a gash under his chin after a large lump came crashing down was a fekin miricale I realised then the job did not pay enough and realy was not for me no way at 25 year old did I want to meet my maker this way feck that.lol

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

 

 

 

 

My maternal grandfather (never met him) was killed when the seam he was working in collapsed in a colliery near Glasgow.

At one time I was doing a bit of researching the family tree and got quite caught up in the mining industry.

It's never ceased to amaze me how people get all misty eyed and nostalgic when talking about the pits, a hellish way to have to earn a living and myself, well you couldn't pay me enough to set foot down a mine.

All the talk of coal still there, reopening mines etc, who in their right mind would want to bring it to the surface?.

 

You'd be suprised how many ex miners would go back down the pits in an instant, for people who've never worked underground its hard to explain, a lot comes down to conditioning most of us went down the pits straight from school, I was underground at 16 working on my the coalface at 18, some people who came into the pits after working other jobs never quite took to it like those of us who knew no better

 

working on a tailgate rip were the top was for ever coming in.

 

 

Nightmare of a job mate, last going off I was working on "Gob headings", tunnels going through old coalface workings we'd have holes so high above the steel a cap lamp wouldnt see the top, cant say I miss those 1s.

 

Seen a mate nearly get killed wile chocking one up above the ring how he escaped with just a gash under his chin after a large lump came crashing down was a fekin miricale I realised then the job did not pay enough and realy was not for me no way at 25 year old did I want to meet my maker this way feck that.lol

 

 

Aye chocking, or cogging as we called it wasnt a job for the faint hearted, cant imagine an eighteen year old in this day and age taking to it, not the vast majority anyway