Thurcroft colliery history book

View and search thousands of mining history and mine. Elizabeth todd mrs, the chalet, 24 oldfield way, heswall, wirral, merseyside ch60 6rg. Links to sites of interest dinnington heritage society. Cast iron tubbing was used to a depth of 117 metres and the shafts were. The shafts were called the frederick pit, the victoria pit and the wellington pit. Producing coal in continuous activity from 19 until its closure in 1992, a range of activities were undertaken during the lifetime of the colliery including a coking plant and brickworks. Ltd began sinking two, five metre diameter shafts in november 1909. Two years later in june 1963 it was transferred to percy main followed by transfer to gateshead in january 1965 and darlington in february 1968. Thurcroft is a village and civil parish situated southeast of rotherham in the metropolitan borough of rotherham in south yorkshire, england. Most of the later information has come from chats with dr. I marched past the huge colliery site which nature is trying desperately to retrieve. All photographs in the thurcroft main colliery collection. The history of thorne snippets of yesteryear the water. Dinnington, kiveton, shireoaks and thurcroft, and dozens of others of the yorks and notts coalfields see list of pits 1987 these figures are taken at the thurcroft main colliery.

Martin and peter two pickets from thurcroft colliery at the southern edge of yorkshire, close to strikebreaking nottinghamshire its good to get a broad range of views. Thurcroft colliery, 1977 006mm010 prince of wales colliery 1869 2002 photos of prince coal miners prince of wales south wales white roses yorkshire beautiful places landscape history. When i first started teaching in south yorkshire i frequently used to ride a slow bus back to sheffield past thurcroft colliery from an equally godforsaken pit village called dinnington. Thurcroft colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of thurcroft, near rotherham, south yorkshire, england in 1902 the rother vale colliery company leased the rights to work coal from below the thurcroft estates which were owned by messrs. Pdf groundwater rebound in the south yorkshire coalfield. Waged with complete unity, the strikes of 1972 and 1974 brought the miners substantial material gains, contributed to the downfall of a government, and reinforced. When the coal industry was nationalised in 1947, there were 156 collieries in yorkshire. In 1902 the rother vale colliery company leased the rights to work coal from below the thurcroft estates which were owned by messrs. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Uk history british history yorkshire england north yorkshire thats all folks the enemy within coal miners climate change effects pictures. An oral history by the people of thurcroft paperback 1 july 2014 by peter gibbon author, editor, david steyne editor see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Colliery customs services and international tracking provided. Contact thurcroft library 01709 546150 or call in at school road. Eric brotherton, an excollier born in dinnington in 1919, has a history of spectral visitations occurring around the deaths of his family or friends.

Both photos below were very kindly sent in by peter tuffrey a writer of books about yorkshire the photo below is thurcroft main colliery. All photographs and any other materials sent into the web site if wanted will be returned to the sender. Sheffield manpower 761 ug 161 surface orgreavesheffield 1283 336. But in those days each of the pits were in full production and families. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Colliery photos the bevin boys association gallery.

Village and the miners strike an oral history britains regions in crisis hardcover 1 nov. Marrian of sharrow hall, sheffield and binns, but it was not until 7 years later that they began sinking a shaft. Oral history desford colliery village 1 this photo is from a book produced by the campaign for the protection of rural england in the 1930s but published after ww2 which illustrated the effects of good and bad development on rural leicestershire. Thoresby colliery the pit head at the former thoresby colliery site, near edwinstowe the last of the notts mines to close, the final piece of. Two paper cuttings and one photo, bottom of page 14. Coal mining yorkshire uk 1970s pithead use the check boxes. Thurcroft hall photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Adult and community learning is coming to the library with a free five week course on christmas crafts on november 12, 19, 26, december 3 and 10 10amnoon to produce a range of seasonalthemed items including free decorations, an advent calendar and a festive book fold using the internet, books and magazines to identify. Kiveton park and wales history societys web site is an excellent, extensive. We compete in different contests such as the yorkshire area. Changes are being made to the restoration plans for thurcroft colliery in rotherham that would result in the importation of 1. Thurcroft colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of thurcroft, near rotherham, south yorkshire, england in 1902 the rother vale collieries leased the rights to work coal from below the thurcroft estates which were owned by messrs. The village surgery information about the doctors surgery. This monument to workmen who lost their lives at thurcroft colliery was fitted and erected today, 12 9 2019.

Ashted brewery, heneage street and sea horse inn, buck. The strata are not just coal seams of course, there were 129 different layers of. In order to get through the waterlogged permian strata the ground was frozen to a depth of 100 feet. Thurcroft colliery 1977 thurcroft colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of thurcroft, near rotherham, south yorkshire, england. This suggested to me that the book was likely to be a prostrike view. We believe it started playing in the late 1940s as the first recorded contest appearance was in the yorkshire and humberside brass band association contest in 1949. In its earliest days mining was not a large employer. Kellingley colliery, sunk between 1958 and 1962, closed in december 2015. It has a population of 5,296, 1 increasing to 6,900 at the 2011 census. History the name thurcroft has norse viking roots as thorr means thunder in old norse, so is probably at least a thousand years old. May, 2018 thurcroft colliery, 1977 006mm010 prince of wales colliery 1869 2002 photos of prince coal miners prince of wales south wales white roses yorkshire beautiful places landscape history. For many people the history of mining is closely linked with the history of industrial conflict, that is of the struggle between mine workers and the employers, whether private owners of mines, or after 1946 the nationalised industry.

Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Coalmining accidents and deaths the coal mining history. Bullcroft main colliery northern mine research society. Thurcroft welfare band, we are a friendly fourth section band. The closures of three deep coal mines in the rotherham area south yorkshire, uk, and the cessation of associated dewatering, have given rise to concerns over possible future pollution of ground. Ohara described the early years in a handwritten document he wrote in 1990 a few months prior to his death. Thurcroft reclaimed pit tip view of scrub grass growing over the dark colliery waste. Usworth colliery sinking of the shaft at usworth was commenced in 1845. The german artists bernd and hilla becher, who began working together in 1959 and married in 1961, are best known for their typologiesgrids of blackandwhite photographs of variant examples of a single type of industrial structure. But in those days each of the pits were in full production and families had both money and pride. Thurcroft main colliery a collection of mining history and mine exploration photographs on the mine exploration web site uk. In 2017 58046 is stored at alizay in france, whereas the fate of the signalmans red 1992registered fiesta is unknown. Over the years more than 200 men and boys died in these pits. The 450 miners worked their final hours, bringing an end to deep coal mining in the uk.

These figures are taken at the thurcroft main colliery downcast shaft, sunk in 19091912 116m above sea level, lat 53 deg 24 4 n, long 1 deg 14 56 west, dip of strata 1 in 20 from sections of strata of the coal measures of yorkshire, univ of sheffield, 1950. From 1902 to 1991, it was a closeknit, mining community. Out of the ten men in the team, he is today the only one left alive. When contrasted with their dramatic strike victories of 1972 and 1974, the shattering industrial defeat suffered by british miners in 1985 has been seen as evidence of the further weakening of workingclass solidarity.

Thurcroft colliery was a coal mine situated in the village of thurcroft, near rotherham, south yorkshire, england. The selby coalfield, britains newest, closed on october 26th 2004 when riccall colliery stopped coaling, but no complete history of this project has been written. Some names are shown as witheld this is for reasons of data protection and relates to all records of people injured since 1950. This is a database of over 164,000 records containing the details of coalmining accidents and deaths in the uk. Roche abbey, on the outskirts of maltby, was founded in 1147 by cistercian monks from newminster near morpeth, northumberland, and was ruined during the. Deputys yard stick 36 inch in length was used by me just prior to thurcroft colliery south yorks closind down 20yrs ago. Yorkshire coalfield northern mine research society. Dinnington colliery itself closed in 1992, as did nearby thurcroft colliery in 1991. Thurcroft photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Thurcroft colliery by gp200 0 photos thurcroft colliery,s last coal face by gp200 0 photos gedling colliery a60s team by mark malusic 0 photos gedling colliery a60s team by mark malusic 0 photos. Colliery workers, as all other workers who stamped an insurance card, were entitled to be panel patients giving them free general practice attendances and medicines not so their dependants, who were private patients unless covered by club arrangements. As can be seen on the map above by the two red areas marked out for the colliery site and for the formation of a village to house the workers.

Mar 04, 2015 its former colliery wheel has been moved the the museum of cannock chase in hednesford where there is a dedicated section to the districts coal mining heritage. Photographs, artefacts and stories began to flood in. Coal mining yorkshire uk 1970s pithead use the check boxes to. After privatization of the national coal board in the 1990s the mine was taken over by rjb mining later uk coal as uk coal thoresby ltd. The name thurcroft has norse roots as thorr means thunder in old norse, so is probably at least a thousand years old. Nov 17, 2012 i marched past the huge colliery site which nature is trying desperately to retrieve. Thurcroft village history 1 thurcroft colliery and village. Photographs collectable mining memorabilia for sale ebay. The shafts were deepended by 109 metres 358 ft in the 1950s.

In the old days of dinnington colliery mr brotherton was a member of the rope splicing team. Mills in his dictionary of english placenames, the first mention of thurcroft is in 19. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. The first two shafts in 1925 were sunk to 690 metres 2,260 ft. Thurcroft colliery the land on which the village would one day stand was bought in the 1800s along with the hall by a sheffield brewer thomas marrian, whose son, thomas marrian jr. We believe it started playing in the late 1940s as the first recorded contest appearance was in the yorkshire and humberside brass band association contest in 1949 when they were unplaced on j. Maltby is mentioned in the domesday book as bymalt, and was for centuries a very small village with the benefits of a fairly large stream nearby and very rich land for farming available.

Its former colliery wheel has been moved the the museum of cannock chase in hednesford where there is a dedicated section to the districts coal mining heritage. A chance remark, made at our dinnington heritage society meeting, led us to think about holding an exhibition to illustrate how the opening of dinnington pit, in 1905, changed dinnington, from a small agricultural village, to what it is today. Thurcroft colliery had not long been in operation at this time. Buy colliery memorabilia and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Books about thurcroft hall area browse 20 photo books on thurcroft hall and the surrounding area. The closures of three deep coal mines in the rotherham area south yorkshire, uk, and the cessation of associated dewatering, have given rise to. There were mountains of this grey stuff shale, coal dust, etc. Thurcroft village the story of thurcroft village starts with the map above from 1903, the rothervale coal company decided to have shafts sunk and start coal mining in this area. Wages and welfare for many people the history of mining is closely linked with the history of industrial conflict, that is of the struggle between mine workers and the employers, whether private owners of mines, or after 1946 the nationalised industry. Just a little bit of the history of thurcroft welfare band the band was formed by the thurcroft colliery welfare committee for the benefit of mineworkers at the colliery. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of thurcroft.

Dinnington colliery signal box, which was opened by the great central railway in 1907 was closed in 1998. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of thurcroft hall. The sinking of thorne colliery shafts at the beginning of this century has been described as one of the most arduous in the annals of the yorkshire coalfield. Thurcroft reclaimed pit tip view towards thurcroft. Agm on june 10, to be followed by games in the gordon bennett memorial hall 2pm. This is a well established site, developed by fred gething, with lots of photographs and information, not only about the colliery but about the village as well. The shafts were filled in and covered with concrete caps. The village surgery 2428 laughton road thurcroft rotherham, s66 9lp tel. There were 4 deep mining pits in the villages area that closed in the early to mid 1990s i. Adult and community learning is coming to the library with a free five week course on christmas crafts on november 12, 19, 26 and december 3 and 10 10amnoon.