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1. www.healeyhero.co.uk › rescue › individualRobert Bradley - Retired Surveyor - healeyhero.co.uk

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   In this documentary, retired mining surveyor and mining historian Robert Bradley charts the development of the iconic colliery headstocks which once dominated the skyline of the North Nottinghamshire coalfields.

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     Colliery Closures Since 1947. It is interesting to note that...

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     After the Roman legions left Britain in 410 AD, little is...

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     Robert Bradley Retired Surveyor. Bilsthorpe Memorials. A...

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2. www.nottsminingmuseum.org.uk › manriders-accidentsManriders: Accidents and Fatalities | Nottinghamshire Mining ...

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   There were occasions when there were serious injuries and fatalities. In Nottinghamshire, Bob Bradley on the Healey Heroes sites records an accident at Blidworth Colliery on the 2 nd March 1952 when Albert Roscoe Wood, aged 53, lost his life in a manriding accident.

3. www.nottinghampost.com › news › local-news'I'll never forget it' - Nottinghamshire mining surveyor ...

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   Sep 20, 2020 · A former mining surveyor has reflected back on a day more than 60 years ago when five miners died at a Nottinghamshire colliery in a deadly explosion he said he can 'never forget'.

4. www.healeyhero.co.uk › rescue › individualCollieries - Bob Bradley

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   Roman Mining. It will also be noted that many of the smaller shallow mines in the 19th and early 20th Centuries were abandoned after coming across unknown old hollows or ancient workings, showing that the mining of coal must have without doubt, been carried out earlier than it has been suspected, when no record was made of the operations.

5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-stokeMinnie Pit: World War One mine disaster remembered - BBC News

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   Jan 13, 2018 · Events marking 100 years since England's worst wartime mining disaster are due to take place. The underground explosion at Minnie Pit in Staffordshire on 12 January 1918 killed more than 150 men...

6. miningheritage.co.uk › pit-canaries-end-of-an-eraPit Canaries End of an Era | Mining Heritage

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   Feb 7, 2021 · Photo Credit – Bob Bradley. Detecting Whitedamp Previously, canaries had to be kept at a coal mine by law under the 1911 Coal Mines Act to test for dangerous mine gases following an underground fire or explosion.

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   Who was Robert Bradley?

   • A mining surveyor in the area at the time has remembered having to descend into the mine straight after the disaster and the unforgettable "smell" while bodies were being brought to the surface. Robert Bradley worked as a surveyor during his time as miner at Sutton, Pleasley, Silverhill and Teversal Collieires that formed the same 'sub-area'.

   Mining surveyor reflects on deadly colliery disaster 60 years on

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   What happened 100 years ago in England's worst wartime mining disaster?

   • Events marking 100 years since England's worst wartime mining disaster are due to take place. The underground explosion at Minnie Pit in Staffordshire on 12 January 1918 killed more than 150 men and boys. It devastated the village of Halmerend, near Audley, and is also said to have inspired Wilfred Owen's poem Miners.

   Minnie Pit: World War One mine disaster remembered - BBC News

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   Where was Swilley's found in coal mining?

   • In coal mining it was often found in swilley’s (dips in the roadway) and in the sump of shafts. Miners affected by this would be quickly overcome, feeling faint, and would do very quickly. Figure 4: Canaries at Annesley Colliery (1865-2000) in the 1990’s. Photo – MuBu Miner collection Canaries – a special coal mining tradition.

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   How has mining shaped the history of a village like 'Sutton Colliery'?

   • "Mining has shaped the history of villages like these for two to three generations at least. "Sutton Colliery was called 'Brierley' at the time as many of the workers there were Staffordshire miners who moved from the Brierley Hill area in the West Midlands for work.

   A history of two Nottinghamshire mining villages

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8. www.nottinghampost.com › news › local-newsA history of two Nottinghamshire mining villages

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   Jul 30, 2020 · As with other villages in the Nottinghamshire coalfield, two located just over a mile from one another have had their identities shaped by multiple generations of miners. Teversal and Stanton...