YORKSHIRE MAIN COLLIERY

Most of the following pictures and information have been sent to me by Keith Butcher, they include items from Cadeby and Denaby pits as well as other mining related pictures and information, more items will be added in the future.

Many thanks to Keith for the time and effort in researching and sending in the information

Denaby miners eviction

Cadeby main banner

EARLY CADEBY MAIN CHECK

Taken by the N.C.B Yorkshire regional photographic dept based at coal house in doncaster 1970.

Cadeby colliery miners etc.

left to right, Lord Robens, Eddey Bond, Owen Oneil, John Roddy, Dick Person, Jim Croot and Ron Holland

Cadeby colliery canteen. Joan Kitchen and Marie Stevens.

CADEBY COLLIERY CONTROL ROOM.

POEM FROM ALAN RENOULDS FROM CADEBY COLLIERY

 

This chap his Tony McCloskey back in 1949 he was one of the Bevin Boys
he worked at Askern Colliery and then went on to Cadeby Colliery the
photo you see his him across from the Doncaster Royal Infirmary where
he was stationed there you can see the huts he stopped in 1949 on the
photo.

 

 

 

1912 disaster pictures. 

Pictures below from Whitehill colliery 1947

TAKING A BREAK

EARLY COAL CUTTING MACHINE

SHOT FIRING

 

 

The streets of Denaby with the coal waiting to be taken in.

LLOYD GEORGE

Ernest Marshall Colliery Manager and Fred Godfrey Safety Officer from cadeby colliery.

Jim Croot, Eddie Bond, Ernie Marshall at cadeby colliery.

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William pit, waiting for news in 1947.

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The photo is of the Drum which the proper name is Denaby Main Hotel.
Nice true storey " Back in 1900's right up until 1960's there where a team of labours called the
!! Flatsheets !! they worked down the pit controlling the mine carts at the coal face, metal sheets was lay'ed down so the mine carts where turn on the metal sheets for the mine carts tracks to distribute the coal to the cages to the pit top, the labours wage was not a very fantastic wage back in them days so they use to wait across the road from the Drum at the end of there shift for the face workers, the face workers would shout them in for a pint of beer and the term they got was called the !! Flatsheets. !!
I use to watch them outside  the Drum back in the 60's .

Denaby and Cadeby bowling club of 1956 taken at the Denaby main welfare club.

Working the Haigh Moor seam at Denaby Main Colliery in 1965 , unknown miner?

On strike at Cadeby

 

Jim and Else Croot with Lord Robins.

Cadeby colliery miners remembering at the site of the pit shaft

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