Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Aberaman andrew john davies is due to appear in merthyr crown court 52yearold charged in connection with the serious assault in aberaman that left a man fighting for his life aberaman a 26year. The small team of miners at paradise farm colliery, shevington near wigan, seem both competent and content, but their equipment betrays the constraints of a small operation. The paddy train was in the main bright seam so at the end of the paddy road men would go a little way then go up the drift to clowne seam, to assist going up the drift there was metal walking sticks that connected to the haulage rope and took the strain of walking up. This page is being used as a contact page to arrange a reunion of exabernant colliery employees. Canteen pieces only please note that pieces is a colloquialism for sandwiches. They worked at tower colliery near hirwaun and supported each other. Founded by crawshay bailey in 1845 the first iron was puddled at aberaman colliery in may 1847. Langwithand neighboring colliery,s public group facebook.
The story of how the colliery manager has overcome the prob. The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or. The term was mostly used in the late eighteenth to nineteenth centuries, in the uk. About us work for us download our eeditions letters to the. To learn more about how to request items watch this short online video help video. John cornwell was a freelance photographer who took many photographs of collieries, mostly in south wales and the english midlands, both underground and on the surface, during the 1970s and early 1980s. Cynon valley cwmaman colliery and fforchwen colliery 1. The colliery was operated by the wath main coal company limited. He started his underground life in 1932, aged 14, at abergorki and also worked in the deep duffryn and kyber colliery. Aberaman is a village near aberdare in the county borough of rhondda cynon taf, south wales. In 1847 crawshay bailey opened pits to the bituminous coal levels.
Aberdare valley railway act for the vale of neath railway to connect from aberdare to middle duffryn colliery. Auction details victorian, edwardian and general sale part 2. Koepe winder, snowdown colliery ncb commentary at snowdown colliery in kent there are the usual two frames but with a difference. Aberaman news, views, gossip, pictures, video wales online. I forgot to add in this video that i have lots more videos on here for you all to enjoy. Aberaman is a village near aberdare in the county borough of rhondda cynon taf, south. Machinery digging coal automatically in this area near aberdare. Please do not use anything from here anywhere without asking first. Ebbw vale, tredegar, rhymney, aberdare and pontypool and of. Cu the colliery manager watching the men at work loading the trucks with men chattering in the background. In modern use, the viewer would be the senior and responsible mining engineer at a site. I worked for a number of collieries for 39 years as a repairer including cwmaman, aberaman.
The most important issue is the memory of his four colleagues who lost their lives former mine manager to release statement after. We were lucky enough to have ralph stanley in the opening of the video. When fire broke out at the great western colliery on 11 april 1893 125. I went down aberaman when i was in school and decided i rather risk my life somewhere else and above ground. Compton house for the british coal mining company, wales, uk. A few old ncb videos coal, colliery and mining forum. Langwith colliery paddy train from just outside pit bottom that took men on their way to the clowne seam. Fforchaman colliery, cwmaman, rhondda cynon taf, wales, uk. Welsh coal miners on last day of work at deep navigation colliery treharris mid glamorgan south wales valleys uk bkmnd6 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
We work out the trending price by crunching the data on the products sale price over the last 90 days. Its an easier ride out on cable railway wagons bringing. Two shafts were sunk by david william to the blackband iron vein in 1840 at 85 yards deep. Watch welsh coal strike scenes at aberaman bfi player. Grit, grime and graft fathoms beneath the north sea for coal miners at dawdon colliery. A colliery viewer or coal viewer was the manager of a coal mine or colliery. Heavy death roll despite heroic rescue attempts in terrible gas explosion at marine no. He perfected a method of underground photography using the standard colliery lighting and was able to. Interestingly the old name appears in the list of mines until 1901, when it became the manvers main collieries ltd.
You are welcome to use this album for uploading archive or historical photographs of aberaman colliery. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Wath main colliery was a coal mine situated in the dearne valley, close by the township of wathupondearne, south yorkshire, england. The strike began when the colliery manager withdrew the miners right to take home firewood and escalated to include 18 grievances. Campbell binnie reid washer mechanical equipment for the wet cleaning of coal as part of coal preparation prior to sale. The valleys miners who met one last time after 66 years of. He disposed of the entire aberaman estate including its collieries, ironworks, brickworks and. Jack peters 19061998 miner, aberdare west colliery.
In 1906 the first parts of what became a major coke and byproducts plant were built. The chairman of tower colliery, the last deep mine in wales which closed 10. Old photos of collieries in the ystradgynlais area. Cynon valley cwmaman colliery and fforchwen colliery 1914 both collieries owned at this time by cwmaman coal co. People stand around waiting for news of fathers and brothers. This web publication contains 4,942 pages of information and 214,594 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them. The acquisition of the aberaman estate was an important purchase, as underneath lay some of the best steam coal in the world, with easy access to the ports. Manvers main colliery northern mine research society. It was also the last of all the victory class to be withdrawn. Cu trucks being filled with coal and going along rails through an underground tunnel.
Graces guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in britain. Dare valley railway act for line promoted by the taff vale railway to run from dare valley junction, by aberdare station, to pass under the vale of neath railway dare branch and on to nantmelyn colliery and bwlffa dare colliery. Timeline by thomas briggs 1831 population of tudhoe was 237 1846 merrington colliery also known as spennymoor pit opened. It was heavily dependent on the coal industry and the population, as a result, grew rapidly in the late nineteenth century. Historic photographs of aberaman colliery coal mine. Mining in south wales 1956 archive film 19559 youtube. Gleision colliery trial news, views, gossip, pictures. Irwell press seems to reflect the river in its name. Stuart griffin leaves the mine after the final shift at the tower colliery. Castlebridge colliery was part of a larger deep coal mine complex in fife, which is more commonly known as longannet. Hirwaun, mountain ash, penrhiwceiber, aberdare, abercynon, penywaun all. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser.
This included aberaman colliery, aberaman ironworks, aberaman brickworks, the mansion and all adjoining land. Striking miners are all smiles in this beautifullyphotographed film of aberaman, south wales. Most of the industry has now disappeared and a substantial proportion of the working population travel to work in cardiff and the m4 corridor. Aberaman ironworks were the last of the four ironworks in the cynon valley to be built.
A brass and copper reproduction miners lamp, for the british coal mining company, wales, uk, aberaman colliery, serial number 64943. A great place to come for meal with your family and friends. Ac bought from central electricity board to drive 2 main pumps. New refers to a brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item, while used refers to an item that has been used previously. Last day at tower, the coalmine that became a goldmine the. This candid, observational tyne tees tv news feature powerfully communicates the raw experience of a pitmans shift at dawdon colliery in 1967 the heat, dirt, cramped tunnels and deafening noise of coalcutting machines and conveyors. Tudhoe and page bank colliery timeline durham in time. Sunk in the 1850s and originally known locally as browns pit, in 1866 the colliery was taken over by the powell duffryn steam coal co ltd. Kevins memories of the river as viewed from the approach to manchester exchange were of its extraordinary odour and the variety of colours it might contain.
Colliery definition is a coal mine and its connected buildings. In 1888 the original company, which was presumably a simple partnership, took limited liability and became the manvers main colliery co. About us work for us download our eeditions letters to the editor echo. Panning shot to show rescue and ambulance vehicles, and the pit head wheels. Sinking of the first of its two shafts began in 1873, the workings reaching the highly prized barnsley seam three years later. In 1848 the works had one working blast furnace, three engines, a forge, rolling and boring mills, brickworks and limekilns.
It was the last ncb one withdrawn in 1969 at aberaman colliery, where this scanned photo was taken by a kowa set shortly after withdrawal. Theres also a film about gedling colliery upgrades sometime pre vesting day, there is good footage of a mecomoore being tested on the surface, the fitters have me cringing. Charles butt stanton, the most conspicuous figure among the sea of. Stock photo welsh coal miners on last day of work at. It was the last deep coal mine shaft to be sunk in scotland during the national coal board era, but also the first one to be sunk in 20 years at the time. Historic and archive photos of aberaman colliery coal mine. Gleision colliery trial gleision colliery boss malcolm fyfield. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else.