YORKSHIRE MAIN COLLIERY

The following are pictures and information taken from the coal news dated 93 and 94. Can you recognize anyone in the pictures. 

Below are the maltby drivage teak of Pete Caddy, Shaun Green, Martin Hinchcliffe, Gary Clarkson, Terry Rodgers, Tony Geason, Darren Oldham, Paul Duke and Shaun O'Neal.

Sinkers put the finising touches to the newly thurled shaft in the cavernous new deep soft seam pit bottom at Harworth Colliery.

Deep soft 14s team at Harworth after a record breaking run, also the mighty meco 169 road header at Harworth.

Fitter Stuart Boal and faceman Lian Fisher celebrate Riccalls record three million tonne of coal in less than a year.

Keith Adams, minings last Head Horsekeeper at Ellington Colliery.

Whitemoor H630s overman Brian Barker, face controller Kevin Considine and shearer driver Dave Goodliffe.

Maltby metre- eaters, Don Matthews, John Cassidy, Ronnie Rathbone, Keith Flannagan, Melvyn Hunt, Norman Straw and kevin Parks opening up T02s in the Parkgate Seam.

Rossington's new 21 tonne Clayton Bobo.

Bentley's Roofbolting Co-Ordinator Mick Devine and Fitter Fred Holdsworth check out South Yorkshires first propless roadway.

Bentley's T06's Parkgate Unit under pressure.

Rossington Pit Bottom Deputy Ken Sanders.

Maltby Colliery Tower.

Overman Ian Williams inspecting the Tensar Mesh after salvaging at Riccall Mine.

Prince Of Wales 2 million tonne club.

Swallow Wood 28's Main Gate at Silverwood after roof bolting.

Silverwood tailgate on 28s in trouble.

Swallowood 28s at silverwood outbye.

Header Roy oakes with silverwoods new drilling system.

Open and shut case......Carl Brailsford and the safety gates he designed to prevent men at silverwood from walking on to the loco track.

90hp clayton BO-BO on its way to 73s face at Wistow colliery.

Andy clark, Prince of Wales deputy on 116s face.

Maltby colliery T10s team, Andy smith, steave turner, Andy stockwell, Tony battersby, and steave straw.

Andy stockwell on maltbys 300 metre long T10s unit.

Hatfield colliery driver Darren young in the pit bottom.

Selby shearer driver Garry hemingway.

Top ten drivages.

Thorne colliery.

Coal field results.

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Kellingly colliery heading team on Y05s unit.

Kevin corbett on wistows 90s face.

Clipstone colliery,s Martin mulligan on 203s face.

Wistow colliery electrician at the controls of the coco 92 hp