Bet it was the one by Belle View then, they did the first aid there and training in case of emergencies underground, think it was 1 saturday every month.

Where did you work?

nostell colliery

family pit, even had a surface foreman there called snowie

thought tha wa a craftsman (or did you fail your tests ie an arnie nick reject ?

)

My Dad worked at Lepton Edge till it closed, then moved to Park Mill and worked there until he unfortunally he suffered a heart attack down the pit and died in Pinderfields a short time after.That was in 76.

He worked regular afternoons and used to walk down from Bretton roundabout, quite a walk!, I would then pick him up at the end of his shift.

Although not a big sports fan he took me to my first match at Belle Vue and Iv'e been hooked ever since, can't even remember who we played , although it was not the first pro RL game I saw but thats another story.



God Bless Him

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dad worked at sharlston colliery

Park Mill in Kirklees is interesting, when does the boundary to Wakey start? Bretton roundabout roughly?

that list is the official list of the route to decline of yorkshire, and by refelction in the economy rugby league

sad times 84

tell me about it,

I hold mine with precious memories, coming back to work after the year strike we all walked up to the pit baths at around 9 -00 am to be told that the day shift had to go home and the afternoon shift was to start at 12-00 noon,

so we all shoved our two fingers up and walked back home, happy days

not a clue to be honest, can remember bull cliff pit denby dale

Is that the one that went private and was bought by the Flacks in Scissett?

again not in my area so wouldn't know, I do know that once come down from the roundabout down the hill doing about 70 on my 250 and a pheasant shot out of the pit entrance, its head was nearly took off, how I stayed on god only knows and the bird got away scott free

In the late sixties the wakefield No 7 area had 2 traing faces one at Lofthouse the other one being at Parkhill. I myself did my face training at Parkhill where I worked and when I went on to driving the shearer I had to go to Allerton Bywater for a weeks training on machines in the workshop prior to starting training back at the pit. Oakenshaw was part of Parkhill and for long enough was just a ventilation shaft as was Hoare Park for Walton.

I doubt it Castleford was in the no8 area of the Yorkshire coalfield whereas Wakefield was in the no7 area and the 2 pits you mentioned were in the no6 area

this thread got me flicking pages for photos only seen one that i can recognize and that's without the fly over and washer

Brings back memories tha no's Mr Wilkes. Since that 1984 list 11 pits in the old Wakefield no7 area have shut down.

and the rescue dept on ings road

Thats the one, rescue not safety, that was the saturday morning one i was on about

was knocked down for the mfi building,
tried to find a photo no joy,
on a note of memories this ones a belter, years ago when they extend the shaft down on the no.1 shaft to the stanley main seam they came across a tree fossil, and they wouldn't sheet up around it, it was left on show until the pit closed, just looked like it was still stood



that's a pic of the two shafts fly over and washer gone, my workshop was behind the small no.2 shaft in the background

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I worked at Glasshoughton, those were the days

I do actually have a full set of mine plans for the Beamshaw seam and some of the Flockton seam here at home, there in colour too, ive got quite a bit of info on the "Fanny Pit" as well, i will post some bits tonight if i get chance

What about the age of steam

I used to go round most of the pits in the area and a couple of 'quaint' ones I can remember were Newmillerdam because it seemed a strange place to have a pit and Manor Colliery which was in the middle of Lupset.

More info - Taken 1945
Name of owner followed by pit address manager - undermanager, underground workers (no) surface workers

Benzol & By-Products Ltd.,
Crigglestone Collieries,
Wakefield, Yorks Crigglestone Crigglestone FB Howitt JH Davies
C Barker 734 212

Bulcliffe Wood Colliery Co. Ltd.,
Denby Dale Rd., West Bretton,
Wakefield, Yorks Bulcliffe Old Lane Bretton West CH Hinchliffe W Hartley 109 31

J&J Charlesworth Ltd.,
Milnes House,
Wakefield, Yorks Newmarket Silkstone Methley HH Fox S Beaumont 992 241
ditto Robin Hood (Jane) Robin Hood S Thompson 5 3
ditto Rothwell Haigh,


Beeston Rothwell Haigh ditto W Kale 129 18
ditto Rothwell Haigh,
Fanny & Rose ditto ditto F Poskett 573 233

Denby Grange Collieries Ltd.,
Netherton,
Wakefield, Yorks. Prince of Wales Midgley HH Burton JW Lambert 251 59

Benjamin Elliott & Sons Ltd.,
Lepton,
Nr. Huddersfield, Yorks Grange Ash Flockton S Wood EA Rose 168 25

Flockton Coal Co. Ltd.,
Horbury,
Wakefield,

Yorks Hartley Bank Netherton W Morgan J Hanson 500 103

Glass Houghton &
Castleford Collieries Ltd.,
Castleford, Yorks Glass Houghton Castleford HT Weston H Ward
E Blatherwick
JT Wright 1643 397

R Holliday & Sons, Ltd.,
East Ardsley Collieries,
Wakefield, Yorks. East Ardsley East Ardsley R Fairclough G Crossland 335 97

JJE & F Jaggar,
Exors. of Howrody Colliery,
Whitley, Dewsbury, Yorks Howroyd (New) Whitley, Dewsbury F Rhodes 47 12

Locke & Co. (Newland) Ltd.,
Normanton, Yorks. Park Hill Wakefield T Dodd HE Smith 4 1
ditto St. John's Normanton F Goward B Hatherton
JT Moore 660 198

Lockwood & Elliott,
Grange Moor,
Wakefield, Yorks. Caphouse Overton HK Greenfield A Peace 138 30
ditto Shuttle Eye Grange Moor R Gledhill J Noble 234 37

Lofthouse Colliery Ltd.,
Nr. Wakefield, Yorks. Lofthouse Lofthouse GA Corden H Goldthorpe 698 313


Manor Haigh Moor Colliery Ltd.,
Cross Lane, Westgate Common,
Wakefield, Yorks. Manor Wakefield JH Parkinson WH Oldroyd 143 28


New Sharlston Collieries Co. Ltd.,
Crofton, Wakefield, Yorks, Sharlston Sharlston JS Hayes P Marsden 1058 313

ditto Sharlston West Walyomn WH Bourne T Jones
D Hinchcliffe 1397 328


Newmillerdam Colliery Co. Ltd.,
Newmillerdam,
Wakefield, Yorks. Newmillerdam Newmillerdam NA Auckland 135 35


Northfield Colliery Co. Ltd.,
Greatfield Colliery,
Ossett, Yorks. Greatfield Ossett AW Thompson 49 11


Nostell Colliery Ltd., Nostell,
Wakefield, Yorks. Nostell Nostell H Hartley N Beaumont 546 181


Pontefract Collieries Ltd.,
Prince of Wales Collieries,
Castleford, Yorks. Prince of Wales Pontefract P Davies H Wray
V Baron 1543 454


Pope & Pearson Ltd.,
Normanton, Yorks West Riding Altofts N Baster E Ramsden
A Knowles
J Hartley 860 345


South Kirkby, Featherstone
& Hemsworth Collieries Ltd.,
Ropergate House,
Pontefract, Yorks Hemsworth Hemsworth H Aspinall J Marsh
JW Hammell 1222 392


Stringer & Sons Ltd.,
Clayton West,
Huddersfield, Yorks Emley No.3 Drift Emley W Redgwick R Williams 432 126


Terry, Greaves & Co. Ltd.,
Old Roundwood Collieries,
Wakefield, Yorks. Old Roundwood Wakefield HH Burton H Newell
J Morley 521 120


Daniel Wood, Clockroyd Farm,
Whitley, nr. Dewsbury Fallhouse Wood Whitley Dewsbury 24 6
Woolley Edge Colliery Ltd.,
Woolley nr. Wakefield Woolley Edge Woolley 17 3

Wakefield had a training "pit" mock up at Newton Hill workshops, all lads straight from school did initial training there for about 2 weeks, if my memory serves me well.
Don't know when it closed, I did mine there in 1962.
before starting at Hartley Bank pit at Netherton

It was a 13 week course combined with the Technical College off Wood St. There were 2 sets of trainees' when one was at school the other would be at Newton Hill Workshop, cant remember exactly how many days' turnaround it was though.