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Sherwood Closed After 90 Years
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Agents:
- E Ellis Agent -1919
- Chas H Heathcote (1437) Agent 1919-1937 ? 1939 (to General Manager Sherwood Colliery Co)
- F Henry Ellis Agent 1939-1943
- Alf W Gray (4013) Agent 1943-1949
- Geo. G Heathcote (2438) Agent 1949-1952
- John Reid (2103) Agent 1952-1957 (promoted from Mansfield).
Sub-Area Managers / Group Managers / Production Managers: No3 Area, No1 Sub-Area
- Manager John T Rice (816) 1947-1953
- Alf E Naylor (1928) 1953-1957
- John Reid (2103) (Group Manager)
- Jim S Thompson (3006) (No1 Group Manager) 1957-1960
- Jack E Wood (4395) 1960-1963
- David R Mounsey (4840) Group Manager 1963-1967
- Ray Gregory (4354) 1967-1985
Managers for Sherwood:
- J William Fryar (349) 1901-1905
- Chas H Heathcote (1437) 1905-1919 (for Hucknall also 1911-1913)
- Chas A Heathcote (3938) 1919-1943 (transferred from Hucknall)
- Jim Reid (2103) Manager 1943-1946, cont NCB No3 Area: 1947-1951 transferred to Mansfield)
- Frank Heald (3274) Manager 1951-1954 (promoted from Undermanager, transferred to Rufford)
- E Harrison (3189) 1954-1956
- George Brown (5088) Manager 1956-1957 (transferred to Blidworth)
- R John French (5532) 1957 (Manager transferred to Warsop)
- Robert (Bob) Anderson (5547) Manager July 1957-Aug 1958 (promoted from Assistant Manager Bilsthorpe, transferred to Manager then Agent Manager Warsop, later General Manager Thoresby 1967-1972 and Production Manager N Nottinghamshire -1972-1985)
- George Brown (5088) Manager 1960-1968 (transferred back from Blidworth, demoted and transferred to Deputy Manager Bevercotes)
- North Nottinghamshire Area: Stan Hacking (4274) 1968-1976 (acting Manager, then Agent/Manager, General Manager, promoted from Mansfield, later Staff Manager at North Nottinghamshire HQ and later Deputy Director Admin)
- Eric Baker (8246) 1976-1985 Manager (transferred from Manager Sutton)
- Philip W Wood (7896) 1985-1987 Manager (transferred from Manager Sutton, transferred to Newstead at closure)
- David J Moult (11244) 1987-1989 Manager (promoted from Thoresby, transferred to General Manager Rufford)
- Mick D Orchiston (11282) Manager 1989-1990 (promoted from Deputy Manager, transferred to Calverton)
- Robert (Bob) J Hallam (11252) 1990-1991 (promoted from Blidworth, transferred to Calverton)
- Gary Clark (11810) 1991-1992 Manager (transferred from Clipstone, transferred to Asfordby) and Colin Stocks Manager (11030) 1992 (transferred from Cotgrave at closure).
Deputy Managers:
- Frank Mallinder (3236) 1960-1975
- Jim EG Cannon (7674) 1975-1982 (transferred from Bilsthorpe, transferred to Welbeck)
- Derek R Bell (10149) 1982-1987 (promoted to Manager Betteshanger later Bevercotes)
- Mick D Orchiston (11282) Nov 1987-1989 (promoted to Manager)
- Brian IF Gwilliam (11142) 1989-1991 (transferred from Clipstone, transferred to Senior Mining Engineer British Mining Consultants)
- Gary Clark 1990-1992 (11810) (promoted from Clipstone, promoted to Manager Clipstone)
- Colin G Fiddler (11597) 1992 at closure transferred from Asfordby)
- Roger L Trueman (10009) 1992 (transferred from Clipstone).
Assistant Managers:
- Jack Winnard (3909) 1958-1959 (promoted to Deputy Manager Bilsthorpe)
- None
- Mick D Orchiston (11282) 1985-1987 (transferred from Mansfield, promoted to Deputy Manager)
- Willie McGranaghan (11633) 1987-1988 (promoted from Clipstone, promoted to Deputy Manager Bevercotes, later Manager Wistow, Selby to closure 2004 and then Harworth 2005-2006, Manager of National Coal Mining Museum at Caphouse near Wakefield from 2008)
- John P Whyatt (11312) 1988-1990 (promoted to Deputy Manager Asfordby, left the industry, joined HMI 2011/12)
- Kevin Bancroft (11819) 1991 (promoted to Deputy Manager Calverton, later Manager).
Undermanagers for Sherwood:
- Chas H Heathcote (1902-1905 (promoted to Manager)
- W Stirland 1905-1927
- NW Stubbs 1928-1942
- Geo W Brooks (2977) 1940-1949
- Jim S Thompson (3006) 1943-1950 (promoted to Manager Blidworth)
- Frank Heald (3274) 1950-1951 (promoted to Manager)
- John H Williams (4368) Nov 1950-1952 (promoted from Overman Thoresby, promoted to Assistant Manager Bilsthorpe)
- William (Bill) D Galloway (4803) 1953-1955 (promoted to Assistant Manager Blidworth)
- Jack Winfield (5720) 1955-1958 (promoted from Overman Warsop, promoted to Assistant Manager Warsop)
- C Walter Standage (5742) 1958-1965 (promoted from Overman Bilsthorpe, transferred to Rufford, promoted to Deputy Manager, later General Manager Ollerton 1973)
- Jim EG Cannon (7674) 1965-1967 (promoted to Deputy Manager Bevercotes, then Bilsthorpe)
- Jack Taylor (7573) 1967-1968 (transferred from Harworth, transferred to Ollerton)
- Terry Wood (76..) 1968-1969 (promoted from Teversal, had a breakdown, demoted back to Teversal, committed suicide)
- W Vic Brown (9249) 1968-1971 (promoted from Overman Rufford, transferred to Ollerton, later Deputy Manager Babbington, later Manager New Hucknall, Annesley and Moorgreen -1985) d 2012
- Robert (Bob) G Siddall (9974) 1972-1973 (promoted from Bilsthorpe, promoted to Deputy Manager Rufford, later Manager Blidworth, HQ positions, Director Yorks, finally Director Opencast)
- Brian C Wright (9913) 1973-1978 (promoted from Technical Assistant Clipstone, promoted to Deputy Manager Thoresby, then General Manager finally Director Nottinghamshire Group)
- Brian H Orton (9492) 1978-1981 (transferred from Blidworth, transferred to Rufford, later Area Tunnelling Team Engineer from 1989, replacing Herbert (Bert) H Grime (8956)
- Richard J Dalton (10661) 1981-1984 (transferred from Rufford, promoted to Deputy Manager, then Manager Welbeck, left the industry)
- Neil M Bacon (.....) 1984-1986 off work sick for some time
- Roy W Dodson (9264) (promoted from Assistant Undermanager) 1985-1986
- John P Whyatt (11312) 1986-1988 (promoted to Assistant Manager)
- David A Slater (11529) 1988-1992 (promoted to Assistant Manager Ollerton) and Paul D Henry (11195) 1992 (transferred from Ollerton for closure).
Assistant Undermanagers included
- Reg J Fitzpatrick (10961) (promoted from an Under-official at West Cannock July 1976, promoted to Undermanager at Bilsthorpe, Nov 1976).
- Roy W Dodson (9264) 1981-85 (from Bevercotes promoted to Undermanager)
- Robert Hallam 1985 (transferred to Blidworth? Later Manager Calverton, Sherwood, Thoresby).
Safety Engineers:
- Ron Greatrex (transferred from Bentinck, seconded to Ollerton for strike period 1974, transferred to Welbeck)
- Malcolm Roebuck -1992 (ex Deputy Teversal, transferred to Calverton).
Surveyors included:
- Albert E Robinson (1199) -1952 (promoted to Sub-Area Surveyor, Group Surveyor)
- W Keith Houghton (2473) (promoted from Clipstone, transferred to Ollerton) 1952-1959
- Herbert Shaw (3023) (promoted from Assistant) 1959-1987
- Robert Quincey ARICS (5415) 1987-1992 (promoted from Deputy, Newstead, transferred to Calverton)
- Jed G Thomas (6534) 1992 temp at closure.
NACODS:
- Terrance Hemmings (a Deputy transferred from Teversal 1980, Secretary 1984-1989. North Nottinghamshire Area President, finished 1991.
Fatal Accidents Sherwood:
- Albert Newman Woods (34) and Edmund Simmons (34) sinkers, a balance weight fell onto them 22/4/1902
- ? Brinkley (..?) 19/1/1903
- Reginald William Seale (32) electrocuted 14/3/1903
- James Peters (21) fell from the headstocks on the surface 5/11/1905
- Henry Slater (16) 20/7/1907
- Frederick William Hewitt (43) fall of coal 1/8/1905
- William Hewitt (43) 6/8/1908
- Jasper Cooke (41) fall of coal 18/8/1908
- George Henry Richards (18) injured by a fork 22/11/1909, died of meningitis 31/12/1909
- George Blake (18) 1/1/1910
- James Jarvis Moore (15) kicked on the head by a pony 3/5/1910, died 2/10/1910
- Austin Allsop (17) fall in a roadway 13/12/1910
- John Thomas Widdowson (15) run over by tubs 12/4/1911, died 13/4/1911
- Henry Clement (31) fall of roof 14/6/1912, died 22/6/1912
- William Hind (38) crushed by the cage 25/6/1912
- Joseph Bradbury (24) fall of coal 2/5/1912, died 6/7/1912
- William Henry Whatham (45) and Walter Alsop (40) both killed when 100 tons of rock fell on them whist widening a roadway 19/12/1912
- Henry Vallance (16) kicked on the head by a pony 26/5/1913
- William Walker (50) fall of roof 18/7/1913
- William Henry Scrimshaw (37) onsetter, crushed by cage 16/10/1913
- Thomas Smith (22) fall of roof 24/6/1914
- Francis Robert Brown (or Brewin) (42) fall of roof 26/5/1915
- Robert James Cotton (28) fall of roof 29/7/1915
- Francis William Tyler (17) run over by tubs 9/7/1915
- Alfred Deller (43) fall of roof 2/9/1915, died 5/9/1915
- John Blount (51) fall of roof 12/10/1916
- Thomas Smith (17) ? 17/5/1917
- Joseph Wombwell (34) fall of coal 14/6/1917
- Harold Levick (34) crushed by cage 28/6/1917, died 1/7/1917
- Granville Cyril Groves (17) crushed by tubs 20/3/1918
- William Henry Whalley (59) fall of roof 23/4/1918
- James Riley (48) fall of roof 8/10/1918
- George William Ward (14) crushed by tubs 15/3/1919
- Frank William Lacey (18) 6/5/1920
- George Wakefield (18) run over by tubs 23/11/1920
- Jas William Bush (35) fall of roof 29/12/1922, died 30/12/1920
- George Harwood (48) fall of roof 5/4/1922, died 24/2/1923
- John Stenson Laker (17) run over by tubs 8/4/1924, died 14/4/1924
- Ernest Lee (37) fall of roof 1/8/1924
- Lawrence Edwards (15) run over by tubs 19/10/1925
- Leslie Clarke (21) run over by tubs 9/7/1928, died 10/7/1928
- Thomas Spate (52) injured whilst lifting a tub ?/6/1928, died 23/8/1928
- Charles Edmund Cross (41) fall of roof 28/8/1928
- Sam Duckmanton (63) crushed by tubs 9/7/1929, died 12/7/1929
- Joseph Robinson (40) fall of roof 1/10/1929
- Cyril Hind (22) run over by tubs 31/10/1930
- James Fred Hawksley (61) 19/12/1930
- William Hanford (59) run over by tubs 30/5/1931, died 29/6/1931
- Richard Parkes (19) fall of roof 17/2/1933
- George William Dalby (45) fall of roof 17/3/1933
- Horace Whitchurch (42) fall of roof 27/11/1933
- George Henry Staniland (40) injured his knee 31/12/1930 died from erysipelas 18/1/1931
- Thomas Ernest Walker (18) crushed by tubs 3/6/1935
- William Joseph Roberts (26) fall of roof 15/10/1935
- William Alberry (30) injured his hand 30/1/1936, died from septicaemia 25/2/1936
- Thomas Platt (60) fall of roof 1/4/1936
- William Limb (21) crushed by the cage 31/7/1936
- Fred William Stocks (30) fall of roof 9/9/1936, died 18/10/1936
- Harry Frost (62) run over by tubs 10/2/1937
- Sidney Peat (31) caught in a coal cutter 25/3/1937
- John William Sawrey (47) fall of roof 8/7/1937
- William Holland (14) head trapped in conveyor roller on the surface 21/7/1937
- Fred Cox (38) run over by tubs 29/11/1937
- George Gee (63) fall of roof 9/12/1937
- William Arthur Needham (50) injured himself lifting a tub 31/10/1938, died 16/11/1938
- Joseph Rowbotham (16) run over by tubs 7/12/1939
- Charles William Hind (45) fall of roof 18/12/1940
- George Mee (41) fall of roof 20/1/1941
- Arthur Mansbridge (46) fell onto a tub 101/3/1941, died from myelotosis 28/5/1941
- Harry Briggs (57) fall of roof 28/7/1941
- George Edward Marples (16) run over by tubs 19/1/1942
- John Davies (31) fall of roof 17/7/1942
- Ernest Ward Wheatman (50) fall of roof 22/2/1943, died 23/2/1943
- George Leadbetter (62) fall of roof 6/11/1943, died 31/11/1943
- Wilfred Griffin Cash (36) fall in a roadway 12/1/1945
- Edward Wilson (28) fall of roof 18/7/1945
- Richard Stanley Knight (65) fall in a roadway 30/11/1945
- James Edward Young (42) hit by a dislodged prop 14/7/1945, died from meningitis -/5/1946
- Thomas Knowles (61) Deputy, fall of roof 7/1/1947
- Alfred Newton (53) caught in a coal cutter 16/1/1948
- Eugen Kozak (36) fall of roof 12/11/1949
- Leslie Allwood (53) hit by an aerial tip bucket on the surface 8/7/1952
- Leslie Roy Tilley (30) fell from the pithead baths roof 26/7/1952
- James Kirkman (69) fall of roof in 1949, died 15/5/1954
- Thomas Frederick Staton (underground worker) of Fletcher Street, Mansfield Woodhouse was knocked down by a cyclist, Harold Townsend (First aid attendant), on Friday 12/11/1954 as he came out of a gap between 2 buses parked in the pit yard. He died next day 13/11/1954 from a fractured skull
- Alfred Dove (43) crushed by a coal cutter 12/1/1955, died 29/1/1955
- George Stanley Draycott (18) crushed by tubs 30/4/1955
- Walter Sharpe (52) caught in machinery on the surface 1/11/1955
- George William Lyons (24) fall of roof 11/11/1955
- John William Taylor (36) fall of roof 26/9/1956
- William Coupe (30) fall of roof 26/5/1960
- Eric Benjamin Hayden (40) crushed by the cage at the surface 27/12/1960
- William Raymond Betts (37) fall of roof 15/11/1962 - inquest 15-Feb-1963 at Mansfield
- Walter Watson Howeison (40) fall of roof 15/11/1962
- "Jock" Wallace fall of roof 15/11/1962
- Alexander Maxwell (56) caught in machinery 24/9/1964
- Charles E Tyler (51) run over by wagons on the surface between Sep and Dec 1966
- Barry Winfield (44) run over by wagons on the surface 24/12/1971
- Roy Melvyn Watson (43) Injured between Sep and Dec 1979
- John William Cooper (31) crushed by a mine car 14/1982
- William Sunderland (49) caught in machinery 18/1/1983
- Stephen John Henton (29) fall of roof 18/1/1987
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