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Post by sharon on Jul 27, 2015 4:10:31 GMT -5
are there any miners from no 2 colliery, from 1987 i seek miners for information re an accident
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Post by dazbt on Jul 27, 2015 4:40:35 GMT -5
are there any miners from no 2 colliery, from 1987 i seek miners for information re an accident Hya Sharon, which colliery are you referring to, what is or was the location and any other colliery name, I worked at Pathekhera No.2 but I strongly suspect that you don't mean that one. |
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Post by tygwyn on Jul 28, 2015 11:41:49 GMT -5
Reckon its Hucknall No.2 that Sharon is inquiring about.
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 28, 2015 11:47:14 GMT -5
Reckon its Hucknall No.2 that Sharon is inquiring about. Hucknall No2 (Bottom pit) closed in 1986.. |
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Post by dazbt on Jul 28, 2015 12:06:31 GMT -5
Reckon its Hucknall No.2 that Sharon is inquiring about. I've got a lot of respect and faith in you Tyggers but how the bl***y-heck did you work out that it was Hucknell? (was there a bit of insider info somewhere in that?) |
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Post by John on Jul 28, 2015 12:59:20 GMT -5
Reckon its Hucknall No.2 that Sharon is inquiring about. I've got a lot of respect and faith in you Tyggers but how the bl***y-heck did you work out that it was Hucknell? (was there a bit of insider info somewhere in that?)  |
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Post by dazbt on Jul 28, 2015 13:38:00 GMT -5
Posts on this forum are beginning to read more like a crossover of the Fortean Times and an Enid Blyton take on Moriarty’s Police Law, with the occasional Don Quixote visionary observation on life and history, which, at times makes humorously interesting reading if nowt else.
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Post by tygwyn on Jul 28, 2015 17:40:12 GMT -5
Reckon its Hucknall No.2 that Sharon is inquiring about. I've got a lot of respect and faith in you Tyggers but how the bl***y-heck did you work out that it was Hucknell? (was there a bit of insider info somewhere in that?) I get these psychic powers after sacrificing a saxon maiden at midnight,lol. You pair of daft bugger`s,it was under the topic of Hucknall No.1 and 2,lol. |
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Post by dazbt on Jul 28, 2015 23:53:40 GMT -5
I've got a lot of respect and faith in you Tyggers but how the bl***y-heck did you work out that it was Hucknell? (was there a bit of insider info somewhere in that?) I get these psychic powers after sacrificing a saxon maiden at midnight,lol. You pair of daft bugger`s,it was under the topic of Hucknall No.1 and 2,lol. Duh, I only read it as an isolated post, well done. P.S. will it work as well with Celtic maidens, as Saxon maidens are pretty hard to come by in these parts? |
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Post by tygwyn on Jul 29, 2015 3:39:18 GMT -5
I get these psychic powers after sacrificing a saxon maiden at midnight,lol. You pair of daft bugger`s,it was under the topic of Hucknall No.1 and 2,lol. Duh, I only read it as an isolated post, well done. P.S. will it work as well with Celtic maidens, as Saxon maidens are pretty hard to come by in these parts? Give it a try Daz ,you never know your luck,them Saxon`s are all moving to these part`s,i`m surrounded by them,with another 2 lots moving in shortly. |
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Post by dazbt on Jul 29, 2015 4:08:41 GMT -5
Duh, I only read it as an isolated post, well done. P.S. will it work as well with Celtic maidens, as Saxon maidens are pretty hard to come by in these parts? Give it a try Daz ,you never know your luck,them Saxon`s are all moving to these part`s,i`m surrounded by them,with another 2 lots moving in shortly. Be quick and dig a ditch to prevent them escaping, although, as your colleague points out frequently, it didn't work too well last time it was tried.  |
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 29, 2015 4:11:14 GMT -5
Err I noticed it was under the Hucknall pit thing, that's why I replied with the closing date..
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Post by dazbt on Jul 29, 2015 5:08:29 GMT -5
Err I noticed it was under the Hucknall pit thing, that's why I replied with the closing date.. Very good colly although I did notice that you didn't reply straight away and waiting until after Tygwyn identified the location up for us lesser beings. |
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 29, 2015 5:50:27 GMT -5
Couldn't reply straight away as I was at work, I'd get sack if caught on here, lol..
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Post by dazbt on Jul 29, 2015 8:01:01 GMT -5
Couldn't reply straight away as I was at work, I'd get sack if caught on here, lol.. You could have perhaps posted at the same time you posted the BBC comment 2 hours after the lady asked, perhaps you were on a lunch break and hadn't noticed the request, either way very well done.  |
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 29, 2015 9:47:14 GMT -5
Lunch break? what flipping lunch break, we get 10 mins break now a private company has taken over my old NHS housekeeping contract, redundancies are flying about everywhere, not a nice place to work anymore..
I'm wondering if Sharon is asking about some accident that happened during salvage work after the pit had shut in late 1986? Could try the local paper 'Hucknall Dispatch' as they were pretty hot on things happening at the pit. They've got a micro film thing at Hucknall library with the dispatch going back decades. Can't remember when the salvage work stopped..
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Post by sharon on Jul 31, 2015 0:27:07 GMT -5
thank you all for yr replys, i was wanting to know about hucknall no 2 colliery, bottom pit, there was an accident there on september 15th 1978 the death of a miner who lost his life on the nightshift, his name was robert griffiths, i am hoping to find any miners who were there at that time, or know about the accident, or any of the recovery ppl who got him out,
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 31, 2015 10:40:13 GMT -5
I had left Hucknall pit at that time Sharon, I was over in Germany in the Army in 77/78, Mam used to send the odd Hucknall Dispatch over to me but can't remember anything about this. I remember hearing about a loco driver getting trapped between his loco & some air doors, but can't remember when it happened..
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Post by John on Jul 31, 2015 10:54:34 GMT -5
I had left Hucknall pit at that time Sharon, I was over in Germany in the Army in 77/78, Mam used to send the odd Hucknall Dispatch over to me but can't remember anything about this. I remember hearing about a loco driver getting trapped between his loco & some air doors, but can't remember when it happened.. Robert Griffiths Longford Crescent Bulwell 26 15-09-1978 We 13-10-1978 Nottingham Coroners Office Crushed by a loco Taken from Healey's mines rescue site.Healey Hero. |
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Post by colly0410 on Jul 31, 2015 11:10:57 GMT -5
Well what do you know, it's the same incident. There were a few lads from Bulwell Hall in my regt so we must have talked about it..
Sharon, think I know some blokes who worked at Hucknall Pit back then, if I bump into any of them I'll PM you. Most of the bloke's I knew have passed on unfortunately..
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Post by sharon on Jul 31, 2015 18:19:40 GMT -5
yes that was the accident i was meaning, i would very much appreciate any help hearing from anyone there at the time, or who knows the full facts, in case your wondering i was his wife, i know most of what occured, but never understood the full details, i have just found out from an old friend who worked there, that it occurred when he could not duck down low enough going thru air doors, because he got his belt stuck on the gear lever in the loco, he was a very experienced driver, why on earth did he stand up with the loco still moving, trying to free his belt, he should of known the consequences surely, i do not fully understand this, and i do not know if he was still alive or killed instantly when his chest was crushed, not a nice topic i know, but i really need to understand, thank you for yr replys,
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Post by colly0410 on Nov 15, 2016 18:42:44 GMT -5
Hi Sharon, hope you still come on here & sorry for late reply. From what I can remember with those Ruston loco's (18 horse power I think, presume that's what they were still using) just about all the drivers would drive standing up as the visibility while sitting was so bad, I was a guard but drove the locos quite a few times (not kosher of course) as I'd had basic instruction at the Bestwood loco school when I was an apprentice. I always drove standing up & would duck down when going through air doors, I was (& still am) 5 feet 2 so didn't have to duck down much. Of course if weight or crush (there was a lot of crush in the pit bottom area of the Deep Soft seam when I was there) had lowered the high't of the air doors that would cause problems, I can see how the belt could get snagged on the gear lever. Hope this helps. If you want a private chat PM me & I'll give you my phone number...
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