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Post by Ragger on Aug 18, 2008 14:41:46 GMT -5
Why is 1913 important in UK mining history?
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Post by John on Aug 18, 2008 14:50:39 GMT -5
Wasn't that the year the miners federation formed the Labour Party??
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Post by dazbt on Aug 18, 2008 16:04:03 GMT -5
Why is 1913 important in UK mining history? Senghenydd |
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Post by shropshirebloke on Aug 18, 2008 16:04:17 GMT -5
Nope, the Labour Party was founded in 1900, growing out of the Labour Representation Committee, in which the Miners Federation DID take a leading role.
I'll hazard a guess that the answer is more likely to concern a piece of legislation, although if you Google "Miners Federation" and "1913" you're pretty well spoilt for choice.
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Post by shropshirebloke on Aug 18, 2008 16:13:43 GMT -5
Sorry Daz, I missed your reply, which has got to be the right answer (OK, it IS the right answer). The worst disaster in British mining history, 439 killed if I remember correctly. And despite the pathetic fine levied on the company (less than two old shillings per man), the company still appealed against the judgement.
The King "would" have attended the funeral but he was otherwise engaged attending a wedding - no change there the...
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Post by John on Aug 18, 2008 16:16:28 GMT -5
So lets see, would the M&Q Act of 1914 have stemmed from that disaster??
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Post by Ragger on Aug 19, 2008 9:22:12 GMT -5
All great answers, however not what I'm thinking of.
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Post by shropshirebloke on Aug 19, 2008 9:58:01 GMT -5
All-time peak production - 280,000,000 tons? (OK Google helped!)
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Post by dazbt on Aug 19, 2008 10:11:27 GMT -5
Britain drills first successful oil well in Saudi Arabia?
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Post by dazbt on Aug 19, 2008 10:18:27 GMT -5
Got it,
my grandfather started work in Wath Main Colliery lamproom.
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Post by Ragger on Aug 19, 2008 10:29:41 GMT -5
All-time peak production - 280,000,000 tons? (OK Google helped!) Correct. Good old Google. All that coal and not a shearer in sight. |
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Post by Ragger on Aug 19, 2008 10:30:22 GMT -5
Got it, my grandfather started work in Wath Main Colliery lamproom. Second prize Daz. |
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Post by John on Aug 19, 2008 12:12:41 GMT -5
All hand got too! Wasn't the peak manpower during WW1?
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Post by Ragger on Aug 19, 2008 13:38:20 GMT -5
All hand got too! Wasn't the peak manpower during WW1? True John. The miners of old were strong and bold, After they were made they broke the mould, In 1913, every cobble was moved with shovels, They weren't paid much for their troubles. 287 million tons of coal they produced that year, Machines wont beat that; no never fear, Those men were the coalmining top guns, They never faltered while casting those tons. There were plenty of collieries around in those days, They were labour intensive; different in so many ways, Now I look back and remember those words said to me, Can you believe it? that record still stands in 2003. So hats off to those old miners' who are, The best record breakers in Britain by far, With so few pits left in our country I know, The records eternal; it never will go. © Bill Riley. 10/03/03. |
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