Hello everyone! Today’s blog is a little different and will be a bit more text heavy. Through research into the topic, we have found some excellent sources that shine a light onto women’s integral part of the mining industry and will be using those sources, to share some highlights with
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PIT LASSES
Good morning. Wishing you all a wonderful and safe International Women’s Day! As you can see from previous blogs, there is a lot of history surrounding women in the mining community. Our aim with this theme, is to shine light onto women’s contributions through history and share informative resources and
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Women: COAL QUEENS
The Coal Queen pageant was a tradition that ran until the 1980s within mining communities. Coal Queens could be the wife, sister or daughter of pit workers and would be crowned each year at local miners’ picnics or carnivals. The competition added a touch of glamour and femininity to the
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Women: Of British Coal Mining
Chris Wrigley’s journal on Women in British Coal Mining provides us with great illustrations of women workers and the tasks they would carry out. For today’s blog, we thought we would share some with you. One of the most striking findings, through Wrigley’s research, is how historians have
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Women: As Workers (II)
As illustrated by this insightful source, you can see the many different roles women had within the mining community. In the 20th century, women still had several working roles in the mining industry, from office work, to canteen staff and even medics. Here below, are some local pics shared by
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Women: As Workers
Upon looking into this theme, I have spoken with several of our team members about their own experiences and encounters with women, in the mining industry and wider community. Barry Donlan spoke about his vivid memories of women workers at the Hosiery Factory, back in the 1970s, as a
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HER STORY (AN INTRODUCTION)
Welcome to our month long theme, of women’s involvement in the mining industry and wider community! This month, we will share with you all some stories, information and recommendations, (all) related to this specific theme and join worldwide celebrations of women’s history. Before outlining the following weeks, I just want
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LOCO’S, BOBO’S AND COCO’S
Pony Loco’s, Bobo’s, Coco’s and FSV’S. Things move on in the pits after the diesel loco’s, Electric/battery’s seem to be the next move to get men and materials in and out of the pit. Pony Loco’s, these were a small battery operated trains with rubber on the steel wheels,
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HSE REPORT Locomotive Haulage – Primary Cause of Accidents and Runaways
The Full HSE Report can be found here: underground-locomotive-haulage
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What Replaced the Ponies?
Haulage Blog 3 by Eric Eaton After the ponies were taken out of the pits in the early 1970s. What replaced them? Most of ponies were taken out of the pits in the early 70s’ as it was deemed cruel to keep them underground. This caused the Pit Managers to
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