1990 - Page 3

Donisthorpe / Rawdon Closed

- Continued -

Agents:

• Henry Taylor (638) 1870s-1900s
• G Turner 1900s-1923
• J Arnison (287) 1923-1926
• P Beaumont 1926-1939
• John B Drinnan 1940-1945 (later South Derbyshire Area General Manager) 1947
• William Unsworth (2391) 1945-1949.

Sub-Area Managers:

• Harry Blakemore Bennett (2820) 1951-1956 (promoted to No7 Area Production Manager)

Group Managers:

• William C Statham (3660) 1956-1957
• Sam A McKee (3637) 1957-

Managers:

• Henry Taylor (638) 1870s-1893 then (1072) 1899
• Jesse Arnison (287) 1899-1921
• C Ryton Ellis (724) 1921-1925
• George T Oglanby (141) 1925-1942
• William Unsworth (2391) 1942-1945 (promoted to Agent)
• Harry Blakemore Bennett (2820) 1945-1951 (later General Manager No4 Area EMD)
• Eric P Lawrence (3181) 1951-1956
• Les R Watkin (4376) 1956-1962
• Arthur Summers (4896) 1962-1964 (promoted to Group Manager)
• Jock R Gibson (4391) 1964-1969
• F Malc T Ashley (5548) 1969-1981
• Barry A Finch (8619) 1981-1990
• Alan Hawkins (10760) 1990.

Deputy Managers:

• John Pash (5758) 1960-1962 (promoted to Manager Merry Lees)
• John Chris Boyle (5733) 1962-63 (transferred to Desford)
• Jimmy CB Baird (4780) 1963-1966 (promoted to Manager Merry Lees)
• A Harry Savage (7967) 1966-1969
• Peter Moulton (6364) 1969-1970
• Granville Fowkes (8391) 1970-1987

Donisthorpe / Rawdon:

• Gary J Whitehouse (9722) 1988-1990.

Undermanagers:

• William Bestwick (342 service cert) 1870s-1895 then (4244 cert) 1899
• AA Bettison (3015 2nd) 1899-1913, WR Oakley (5097 / 2nd) 1912-1913
• A Newitt (5387 / 2nd) 1913-1915
• William Belfitt (3245 1st class) 1915-1939
• Joseph Whyld (339 2nd class) 1917-1923
• AE Hazell (462 / 2nd) 1917-1935
• T Timms (1487 / 2nd) 1923-1929
• E Gregson (3667 / 2nd) 1940
• HE Whaling (338 / 2n))) 1940-1960
• Reg Price (5134) 1955-1958 (promoted to Manager Snibston)
• John Pash (5758) 1957-1960
• Stuart A Skelding (6257) 1958-1960 (transferred to Swadlincote)
• F Gregory (5757 / 2nd) 1960-1962
• Peter Moulton (6364) 1960-1962
• Ken Bradford (5553) 1963-1965 (promoted to Deputy Manager Rawdon)
• Mick B Jones (7958) 1965-1966
• F Herbert Johnson (9460) 1966-1970, 1971-1976 (Services)
• WJ Thomas (7235 / 2nd ) 1970-1972
• Ivor J Popejoy (5505) 1970-
• Harry DB MacPherson (9137) 1970-1982
• Ray Whittaker (9715) 1976-1981(Services) (transferred to Cadley Hill)
• Thomas Albert English (8610) 1982-1987
• Alan Hawkins (10760) 1983-1987 (Services) (promoted to Deputy Manager Baddesley)
• Ken J Tunnicliffe (10450 / 2nd) 1985-1988
• R Peter Williams (10848) 1987- Services
• R (Dick) N Antrill (10865) 1988-1989
• Ian A MacLaughlan (11267) 1988-1990
• John RE Leigh (11137) 1988-1990
• Paul Campion (11285) 1988-1990.

Surveyors:

• George Lewis of Lewis and Lewis MES Derby 1900s
• GF Robinson 1900s-1910s
• FH Liptrot (182) dated 22/7/1915, 1910s-1940s
• H Stewart (1302) dated 28/7/1939, 1940s-1950s
• Ray J Wallis (2002) 1950s -1970s
• Ron Parkinson (5078) 1980s-1990.

Marquis including Rawdon:

Seams worked:

• Rawdon: Eureka 1/4/1985
• Kilburn 5’ 0” (1.5m) 15/4/1977
• Main Coal reopened 14/12/1959 2nd extraction -16/1/1989, exhaustion of economical reserves.

Manpower:

• 1903: 274 M, E, 116 s/f
• 1904: 288 M, E, 123 s/f
• 1905: 288 M, E, 122 s/f
• 1906: 223 M, E, 225 s/f
• 1907: 320 Main, Eureka, 120 s/f

Marquis closed.
Rawdon:

• 1909: 320 Main, Eureka, 134 s/f
• 1912: 289 Main, Eureka, 157 s/f
• 1914: 298 Main, Woodfield, Eureka, 246 s/f
• 1919: 1,078 Main, Woodfield, Eureka, 442 s/f
• 1922: 932 Main, Woodfield, Eureka, Stockings, 346 s/f
• 1926: 723 Nether, Stockings, Woodfield, Eureka, Little, 223 s/f
• 1931: 722 Stockings, Woodfield, Eureka, Little, 233 s/f
• 1934: 651 u/g, 234 s/f - 604 235 s/f
• 1941: 587 u/g, 294 s/f
• 1943: 632 Stockings, 293 s/f

Agents:

• George Turner 1913
• SA Warburton (2395) 1913-1914
• P Beaumont 1914-1940
• John B Drinnan 1940-1945
• William Unsworth (2391) 1945-1953

Managers:

• SA Warburton (2395) for Reservoir also -1916
• H Bailey (2297)
• J Robertson (1885)
• ER Lindley (3274)
• WJ Asher (1259) -1934
• Les Tagg (2561) 1934-1942
• John Brown (3205) 1942-1944
• Tommy Wright (3048) 1944-1945 (promoted to Sub-Area Manager)
• William Bullough (2162) 1945-1953
• William C Statham (3660) 1953-1956 (promoted to Sub-Area Manager)
• Hunter C Reid (5386) 1956-1960
• Arthur Summers (4896) 1960-1962 (promoted to Group Manager)
• John H Northard (4954) 1962-1964 (promoted to Group Manager later Director North Derbyshire, eventually Deputy Chairman of NCB)
• Jimmy (Malc) McPherson (5237) 1964-1971
• W John Bond (6307) 1971-1977
• Lol Collier (7222) 1977-1981
• Mick E Skelding (7563) 1981-1986
• Barry Finch (8641) 1986-1987.

Deputy Managers:

• Alec Hindmarsh (5417) 1960-1962
• Johnny CB Baird (4780) 1962-1963
• Sheratt G Joyce (4827) 1963-1965
• Ken Bradford (5553) 1965-1967 (promoted to Manager, Ellistown)
• Mick E Skelding (7563) 1967-1971
• Donald J Cox (7223) 1972-1978
• W Owen Cashmore (8441)1978-

Undermanagers:

• William Bradford (765)
• Broadhurst (6068 / 2nd)
• HE Whaling (2nd)
• Vic Frodsham (2565 / 2nd) -1944
• E Tatton (3663) 1944-1954
• Alf H Henson (5775) 1954-1957
• Arthur Summers (4896) 1954-1956
• Guy Morris (5149 / 2nd) 1958-1959
• Robert H Oldham (6368) 1959-1967
• Derek Johnson (7696) 1967-1970
• Lawrence (Lol) Doody 1969-1975
• C Clamp (2nd) 1970-1973
• Gary J Whitehouse (9722)
• John Ashmore (10137) 1975-1987

Services:

• W Owen Cashmore (8441) 1973-1977
• E Les Harding (14051 / 2nd ) 1977-1987
• Gary J Whitehouse (9722) 1983-1987.

Output and Manpower: No7 Area EMD NCB:

• 1947: 454,453 tons, 1,030 men
• 1948: 566,349 tons, 1,128 men
• 1949: 592,096 tons, 1,106 men
• 1950: 720,730 tons, 1,107 men
• 1951: 758,421 tons, 1,129 men
• 1952: 716,034 tons, 1,131 men
• 1953: 762,096 tons, 1,131
• 1954: 784,067 tons, 1,140 men
• 1955: 788,641 tons, 1,153 men
• 1956: 811,797 tons, 1,172 men
• 1957: 852,323 tons,1,184 men
• 1958: 816,068 tons, 1,198 men (max)
• 1959: 800,682 tons, 1,177 men
• 1960: 731,959 tons, 1,133 men
• 1961: 725,509 tons, 1,097 men
• 1962: 870,544 tons, 1,133 men
• 1963: 895,512 tons, 1,126 men
• 1964/65: 1,039,018 (max) 1,135 men
• 1965/66: 948,269 tons, 1,134 men
• 1966/67: 805,456 tons, 1,126 men

South Midlands Area:

• 1967/68: 727,305 tons, 1,08 men
• 1968/69: 561,875 tons, 1,120 men
• 1969/70: 549,376 tons, 1,097men
• 1970/71: 737,492 tons, 1,072 men
• 1971/72: 558,716 tons, 1,059, strike
• 1972/73: 618,496 tons, 1,004 men
• 1973/74: 481,036 tons, 964 men, strike
• 1974/75: 608,205 tons, 980 men
• 1975/76: 521,781 tons, 1,090 men
• 1976/77: 476,797 tons, 1,054 men
• 1977/78: 521,528 tonnes, 1,117 men
• 1978/79: 518,625 tonnes, 1,105 men
• 1979/80: 555,802 tonnes, 1,099 men
• 1980/81: 440,216 tonnes, 1,130 men
• 1981/82: 539,039 tonnes, 1,080 men
• 1982/83: 613,051 tonnes, 1,065 men
• 1983/84: 532,049 tonnes, 1,018 men
• 1984/85: 349,371 tonnes, 998 men, strike year
  Merged with Measham

Donisthorpe/Measham:

• 1985/86: 541,745 tonnes, 1,191 men

British Coal: Measham closed, merged with Rawdon
Donisthorpe / Rawdon: 1986/87: 836,979 tonnes, 1,655 men (max)

• 1987/88: 1,073,972 tonnes (max), 1,379 men

Central Area:

• 1988/89: 1,056,300 tonnes, 1,221 men.
• Combine closed in 1990.

Seams worked

• Donisthorpe: Main second extraction -16/1/1989
• Kilburn 17/3/1989
• Little Woodfield -7/7/1989
• Lower Main 2/3/1990
• Woodfield -20/1/1990
• Stockings 191/2/1990

Managers:Alan Hawkins (10760) -1990.

Fatal Accidents: see reference earlier.