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Post by Wheldale on Mar 7, 2013 13:53:47 GMT -5
I remember my dad saying it was a grubby colliery! I dont reckon it helped with a road running throught the pit, everyone could view all the dirt!
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Mar 19, 2013 14:07:37 GMT -5
Dont really know if there is any truth to what im about too say but there was a story going round that one of the seams at Wheldale could not be worked again untill the last person who had worked on it before it was stopped because of a dispute had died. Hi Mick, I worked at wheldale from 1969 to 1985 firstly as a fitter mostly 43s, up untill i did my knee eventually progressed to the planned maintenance, you are quite right i remember being told about this from Brian Lavery when i first started at wheldale
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Post by Wheldale on Mar 20, 2013 3:11:29 GMT -5
How long did the 43's face work at Wheldale? The plan I have of the Flockton seam shows it was the longest face. Was it standard proceedure to develope a seam with an advancing face then develope other faces of the old gate roads?
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Post by colly0410 on Mar 20, 2013 4:34:10 GMT -5
How long did the 43's face work at Wheldale? The plan I have of the Flockton seam shows it was the longest face. Was it standard proceedure to develope a seam with an advancing face then develope other faces of the old gate roads? They used to reuse old gate roads in the Deep Soft & Black Shale seams at Hucknall quite often. In the Deep Soft B's Main & Tail gates going south were used as Intake & Return for: B1's, B2's, B4's, B6's & B8's, all going west. A2's used B's Tail Gate & A4's Main Gate, A6's used A4's Tail Gate & A8's Main Gate. In the Black Shale K3's used K2's Main Gate & K4's Tail gate (I think,) later Black Shale faces did the same..
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Mar 20, 2013 9:49:26 GMT -5
How long did the 43's face work at Wheldale? The plan I have of the Flockton seam shows it was the longest face. Was it standard proceedure to develope a seam with an advancing face then develope other faces of the old gate roads? I worked as a apprentice fitter in the August of 1970 putting the final touches i.e building the conveyor system for the loader gate it started production shortly after the holidays. I finished my apprenticeship in april 1973 and I was assigned as fitter for 43s district, this was during the first of the 3 re-installations, the third was due to a fault in the seam and the loader and tail gates were driven through the fault area and the face line reopened and re-equipped I worked up to 1978 on this district and I think it shut around the early 1980s. Kev
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Post by Mick on Mar 21, 2013 17:46:57 GMT -5
Kev you will have known my dad then Roy Hutchinson he worked in 43s tail gate on the ripping,i also worked with him till i went down south on 04s 03s 06s hell hole then onto the first retreat face think it was 9s or 8s. The best face down there was 7s we were flying on there 4 to 5 strips a shift and that was bloody good for wheldale. Do you remember the mono rail mounted pecker in the tail gate,was glad to see the back of that thing i was the first person to drive it and me dad used to run about putting foot blocks back under rings. Best thing they ever did was get the floor mounted pecker in there. Mick.
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Post by normylad on Mar 21, 2013 17:49:22 GMT -5
How long did the 43's face work at Wheldale? The plan I have of the Flockton seam shows it was the longest face. Was it standard proceedure to develope a seam with an advancing face then develope other faces of the old gate roads? I worked as a apprentice fitter in the August of 1970 putting the final touches i.e building the conveyor system for the loader gate it started production shortly after the holidays. I finished my apprenticeship in april 1973 and I was assigned as fitter for 43s district, this was during the first of the 3 re-installations, the third was due to a fault in the seam and the loader and tail gates were driven through the fault area and the face line reopened and re-equipped I worked up to 1978 on this district and I think it shut around the early 1980s. Kev By the time I started in 1980, 43's was finnished, 44's was coming to the end of it's life and 45's faceline was being developed. Did my face training on 44's with Jackie Pycroft. I remember that 43's L/G became the main Con-road for that side of the pit, took me a while to get used to jumping on and off with so many gearheads on one beltline :-)
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Post by normylad on Mar 21, 2013 17:55:11 GMT -5
Kev you will have known my dad then Roy Hutchinson he worked in 43s tail gate on the ripping,i also worked with him till i went down south on 04s 03s 06s hell hole then onto the first retreat face think it was 9s or 8s. The best face down there was 7s we were flying on there 4 to 5 strips a shift and that was bloody good for wheldale. Do you remember the mono rail mounted pecker in the tail gate,was glad to see the back of that thing i was the first person to drive it and me dad used to run about putting foot blocks back under rings. Best thing they ever did was get the floor mounted pecker in there. Mick. I remember the floor mounted pecker, it was in use in 44's T/G when I was an apprentice, the T/G sparky was Andy Turner (we used to call him 'Yorkie'....Big,Rich and Thick !! ) and Gordon Addy in the L/G, happy times
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Post by Mick on Mar 21, 2013 18:10:35 GMT -5
That's right i went onto 44s to show them how to use it,but gave up trying big Dave forget his surname thought he new it all so left him to it. I remember first rip he tried to get down he managed to snap the blade and that tuck some doing,i got a right doing over it off undermamager he said i should not have let him lose on it till he new what he was doing.
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Mar 22, 2013 4:58:03 GMT -5
Kev you will have known my dad then Roy Hutchinson he worked in 43s tail gate on the ripping,i also worked with him till i went down south on 04s 03s 06s hell hole then onto the first retreat face think it was 9s or 8s. The best face down there was 7s we were flying on there 4 to 5 strips a shift and that was bloody good for wheldale. Do you remember the mono rail mounted pecker in the tail gate,was glad to see the back of that thing i was the first person to drive it and me dad used to run about putting foot blocks back under rings. Best thing they ever did was get the floor mounted pecker in there. Mick. Mick, yes I certainly do remember your dad and that bloody mono rail mounted impact ripper, I installed it and had to repair the dammed thing. I can remember that the main hydraulic hoses in the space between the top of the M/C and the rings and having to squeeze in between to repair the things. I also installed the foot mounted ripper, and remember getting a call fitter wanted the ripper has broke it's neck, I scrambled from the loader gate to find the head of the ripper on the floor, the main mounting pivot bracket had failed, got some good overtime on repairing that, and was the go to man for imapact ripper problems. I also worked on 01s,02s,03,s,04s and 9s and 10s for short periods.
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Post by Wheldale on Mar 22, 2013 13:19:57 GMT -5
Was the machine one of these?
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Mar 22, 2013 15:00:06 GMT -5
Was the machine one of these? No the ones used at wheldale used a foot slider system (not tracks) the feet would elevate the body of the ripper then using a slider system the body was rammed forward, then the feet would retract into the body of the m/c. Kev
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Post by Wheldale on Mar 22, 2013 15:09:11 GMT -5
My dad was the personnel manager at Wheldale, he got me that photo just before Wheldale shut. I wonder if that machine wasn't used at Wheldale? Maybe just a general photo in the pits offices?
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Post by Mick on Mar 22, 2013 15:42:45 GMT -5
Also there was no bucket on the front,the one's we had only had a plough fitted.
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Post by fortythreesflyer on Mar 22, 2013 16:21:53 GMT -5
My dad was the personnel manager at Wheldale, he got me that photo just before Wheldale shut. I wonder if that machine wasn't used at Wheldale? Maybe just a general photo in the pits offices? I knew your dad I was secretary of the Townville miners club for a while, a good bloke. It was your dad that persuaded me to take the position, but it impacted (no pun intended re the ripper topic) on duties as planned maintenance officer. Kev
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Post by normylad on Mar 22, 2013 17:32:30 GMT -5
.......Here's a picture I had taken in Sept 1988 of the final group of lads at the pit
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Post by Wheldale on Mar 23, 2013 7:44:29 GMT -5
My dad was the personnel manager at Wheldale, he got me that photo just before Wheldale shut. I wonder if that machine wasn't used at Wheldale? Maybe just a general photo in the pits offices? I knew your dad I was secretary of the Townville miners club for a while, a good bloke. It was your dad that persuaded me to take the position, but it impacted (no pun intended re the ripper topic) on duties as planned maintenance officer. Kev Hi Kev, I remember going with my dad now and again to the Townville club when he was the chairman there, i'd be about 10 or 11 at the time. Think he was doing the wages or some money related thing. I remember a chap there called Ivor I think his name was, he was a committee man I think. My dad passed away nearly a couple of years ago now, I remember he said he enjoyed his time at Wheldale.
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