Big changes to the ways underground roadways were supported This photo shows the way coal mine roadways were supported until about the early nineties. The supports you see are what we called rings, rings came in three pieces a bow which is the middle bit you can see in the
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MANAGERS AGAINST PIT CLOSURES “PLUS My memories of my time as a ‘book lad’, aged 17 at Cossall Pit in 1964/65 and of the Under Manager at that time, Albert Knight, ” by Eric Eaton Like me you probably never gave it a thought that there were some
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“Hello Supply gate” Hello Supply gate” “come in supply gate” “Hello what do you want now”. “Put twelve split bars on and 5 dozen chock nog’s we got some breakdown”. *HOW MANY!!!!? YOU DO KNOW THEY ARE A HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THE GATE DON’T YOU?” “Look if you don’t
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VISITING OUR MUSEUM – TEACHERS’ COMMENTS Eric Eaton, Chair of the Nottinghamshire Mining Museum said: “We were very proud to read these comments made by a teacher after a visit to our Museum with a class of pupils. “ These are other comments from the latest feedback we received from
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