P5- 2006- Bob Bradley

2006 - Page 5

Harworth In Limbo

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Blyth seam: one exploratory panel 1s 1958 1961.
Haigh Moor seam one exploratory panel: 100s Dec 1982 - 11th Mar 1988.
Swallow Wood seam: 2 panels: 210s and 202s.

Deep Soft seam:

DS1s South East
DS2s South East
DS3s South East, turned right to avoid faulting
DS4s South East
DS5s Retreat South East
DS6s South East
DS8s North West
DS10s Retreat, narrow panel, South East
DS11s South East
DS14s Retreat South East
DS15s Retreat North West
DS17s South East, DS19s North West
DS30s Retreat North West
DS31s Retreat South East
DS32s development heads stopped.

Manpower from 1913: 20? German sinkers, (Northern Union Mining Co), 1914: sinking suspended due to War

1920: restarted sinking at new site a few yards away from old shaft excavations (Harworth Main Colliery Co) Harworth Main: 20 sinking, 208 s/f, (228 total)
1921: 136 sinking, 262 s/f
1922: Barber, Walker and Co Ltd 140 sinking, 277 s/f
1923: 110 sinking, 397 s/f, total 507
1924: Harworth: start production, 562 Barnsley Bed, 379 s/f, (941)
1925: 840 Barnsley, 303 s/f, (1,143)
1926: 1,068 u/g, 298 s/f, (1,366)
1927: 883 u/g, 240 s/f , (1,123)
1928: 1,087 u/g, 248 s/f , (1,335)
1929: 1,462 u/g, 266, (1,728)
1930: 1,779 u/g, 301 s/f , (2,080)
1931: 1,943 u/g, 319 s/f
1932: 1,688 u/g, 332 s/f
1933: u/g 1,614, s/f 349 (1,963)
1934: 1,920 u/g, 435 s/f
1935: u/g 1,841,s/f 505 (2,346 max)
1936: 1,868 u/g, 460 s/f
1937: 1,221 u/g, 402 s/f
1938: 1,439 u/g, 422 s/f
1939: 1,449 u/g, 440 s/f
1940 1,459: u/g, 469 s/f, (1,928)
1941: 1,412 u/g, 506 s/f
1942 1,404 u/g, 521 s/f
1943: 1,425 u/g, 501 s/f
1944: 1,538 u/g, 500 s/f
1945: 1,698 u/g, 496 s/f (2,194)
1946: 2,150 men and boys in Barnsley seam.

Tonnage And Manpower NCB: No3 Area EMD:

1947: 656,056 tons, Barnsley seam, 2,096 men
1948: 676,476 tons, u/g 1,698, s/f 496 (2,123) men
1949: 750,418 tons, 2,030 men
1950: 781,310 tons, 1,586 u/g, 401 s/f, 1,956 men
1951: 830,239 tons, 1,957 men
1952: 839,464 tons, 1,956 men
1953: 714,300 tons, 1,931 men
1954: 702,016 tons, 1,936 men
1955: 685,455 tons, 1,950 men
1956: 665,201 tons, 1,941 men
1957: 587,575 tons, 1,938 men
1958: Barnsley and Blyth seam 658,120 tons, 1,896 men
1959: 720,357 tons, 1,821 men
1960: 698,752 tons, 1,719 men
1961: Barnsley, Blyth abandoned 682,688 tons, 1,644 men
1962: 614,265 tons, Barnsley only again, 1,640 men
1963: 668,560 tons, 1,628 men
1963/64: 676,709 tons, 1,620 men
1964/65: 647,033 tons, 1,576 men
1965/66: 667,347 tons, 1,492 men
1966/67: 565,856 tons, 1,440 men

North Nottinghamshire Area:

1967/68: 506,146 tons, 1,388 men
1968/69: 500,790 tons, 1,303 men
1969/70: 621,656 tons, 1,228 men
1970/71: 513,810 tons, 1,210 men
1971/72: 363,678 tons, 1,190 men
1972/73: 621,352 tons, 1,228 men
1973/74: 400,749 tons, 1,118 men
1974/75: 512,529 tons, 1,095 men
1975/76: 439,729 tons, 1,107 men
1976/77: 599,252 tons, 1,110 men
1977/78: 473,069 tons, (480,662 tonnes), 1,125 men (loss £641,000)
1978/79: 545,779 tonnes, 1,108 men (profit £270,000)
1979/80: 648,424 tonnes, 1,179 men (profit £3.565m)
1980/81: 512,989 tonnes, Barnsley, 1,287 men (loss £3.127m)
1981/82: Barnsley plus Deep Soft 772,854 tonnes, 1,277 men (profit £3.004m)
1982/83: plus Haigh Moor 866,446 tonnes, 1,241 men (profit £6.065m)
1983/84: plus Swallow Wood 1,000,090 tons, 1,196 men (profit £10.226m) Barnsley abandoned
1984/85: 789,991 tonnes, Haigh Moor and Swallow Wood, 1,130 men (profit £3.051m)
1985/86: 1,201,570 tonnes, 1,148 men (profit £19.073m)
1986/87: British Coal: 1,266,701 tonnes, 1,082 men (profit £15.361m)
1987/88: 1,207,700 tonnes, 963 men (profit £8.356m)
1988/89: 1,277,000 tonnes, Haigh Moor abandoned, 768 men u/g app 260 s/f
1989/90: 1,265,400 tonnes, app 1,100 men
1990/91: 1,740,000 tonnes, app 1,100 men
1991/92: 1,976,600 tonnes, 1,147 men
Coal face workers 353, Development 52, Roads 36, Salvage 6, Others 654, Surface 155, 98 under officials and 46 WPIS
1992/93: 1,850,000 tonnes, app 1,000 men
1993/94: 2,065,100 tonnes max, 860 men down to 736 u/g, 67 s/f plus 94 contractors u/g, 53 s/f and 105 under officials and 41 WPIS
1995 RJB Mining: 1,542,600 tonnes, 872 men
1996: 1,114,900 tonnes, 761 men
1997: 1,761,900 tonnes, 674 men
1998: 914,601 tonnes, 657 men
1999: 1,585,858 tonnes, 623 men
2000: 900,000 tonnes
2001: UK Coal: 1st May 2001: 2002: The mine continued to produce over 1m tonnes per year, however on occasions production was not possible due to lack of face room or gas problems etc
2003: 1,200,000 tonnes, 481 men
2004: 872,363 tonnes
2005: 0.8m tonnes, manpower reduced from about 500 to 305 by Sept 2005, including 40 Under-officials, and output of 30,000 tonnes per week achieved in Oct: 2006: 310 men, 0.3m tonnes. Production stood for gas and twice for several weeks due to extreme weighting in Loader gate where roof supports were at the stage loader level. Colliery closed and mothballed Sep 2006.

Agents: Harworth Main Colliery Co Ltd:

Len C Hodges (2548) 1921-1922
Barber, Walker and Co Ltd: Len C Hodges (2548) 1922-1923
Donald McGregor (2788) Agent 1923-1943
William Wright (271) 1943-1950
NCB: Charlie W Ringham (2199) Agent 1950-1953.

Sub-Area Managers / Group Managers / Production Managers: No3 Area:

John A Hayes (2352) Sub-Area Manager 1947-
Alfred E Naylor (1928) No2 Sub-Area Manager
George H Keverne (3333) No2 Sub-Area 1952-1955
Jack Hanman (3115) No4 Sub Area Manager 1955-1958
Charlie W Ringham (2199) Group Manager 1958
Jack Hanman (3115) Group Manager 1958-1959
Charlie C Clarke (3684) No5 Group Manager 1959-1962 then No4 Group -1965 (killed in a car crash on his way to the colliery from Edwinstowe HQ)
Jim B Kerr (5266) No3 Group Manager 1966-1967, then Production Manager North Nottinghamshire Area 1967-1972, Production Manager Special duties 1973, (committed suicide at Holborn station on London underground 1976)
Robert (Bob) Anderson (5547) Production Manager 1973-1985
David S Widdowson (8857) Production Manager 1985-1990, then Assistant Director 1990-1994 (died 2007).

Managers for Harworth: ? for Northern Union Mining Co;

Len C Hodges (2548) Manager for Harworth Main Colliery Co Ltd 1919-1921 then Manager and Agent for Barber, Walker and Co 1921-1923
William Wright (271) Manager 1923-1943 and then Agent 1943-
William L Boon (1096) Manager 1943-1946
NCB No3 Area: George H Keverne (3333) Manager 1947-1952 (promoted to Sub-Area Manager 1952-)
Robert (Bob) W Dale (5065) (Manager 1952-1956 (promoted from Markham Main, left to Mining Agent for NUM)
Charlie C Clarke (3684) 12-07-1956 to 31-10-1956
Fergus McNeill (5433) Manager 1958 and Agent/Manager 1958-1960 (promoted from Warsop Main, promoted to Group Manager, left to India)
Jim B Kerr (5266) 1960-1966 Acting Manager then Agent/Manager (promoted from Assistant Manager Warsop, promoted to No3 Group Manager
William Howcroft (6090) Manager 1966-1968 (promoted from Thoresby)
Charles E White (4984) Agent/Manager 1968-1969 (transferred from Betteshanger, Kent, transferred to Clipstone and died in post)
Cyril Murphy (4953) 1969-1971 Agent/Manager, 1971-1975 Colliery General Manager (promoted from Deputy Manager Ollerton, transferred to Area Mechanisation Engineer)
A John Burgess (6153) 1975-1986 (ex Bevin Boy) General Manager (promoted and transferred from Manager Sutton, (with a strike ensuing immediately on the day he started) d 2012
Robert (Bobby) C Watson (9215) General Manager 1986-1989 (transferred from Manager Sutton, later Production Development Engineer for Davy Int, Sheffield)
Robert (Bob) W Robson (10995) General Manager 1989-1992 (transferred from Bevercotes, transferred to Bilsthorpe)
Steve J Parkin (11138) 1992-1998 General Manager (transferred from Welbeck)
Kevin J Irving (11453) Manager 1998-1999 (from Yorkshire, appointed Deputy Director of Production RJB Mining)
Geoff Mountain (11417) Manager 1999-2002 (promoted from Deputy Manager Rossington, had previously been Manager at Point of Ayr until closure, transferred to Rossington)
Tim Fifoot (11815) (promoted from Deputy Manager) 2002-Oct 2004, left the company
Willie McGranaghan (11633) (aged 47) Nov 2004-Oct 2006, (transferred from the closed Riccall mine of the Selby complex, previously Manager Rossington / Thorne, Operations Manager Asfordby, Deputy Manager Bilsthorpe, Deputy Manager Bevercotes, Asst Manager Sherwood, Undermanager Clipstone, Asst Undermanager Ollerton, Overman Bilsthorpe, Trainee Polkemmet, Cardowan Scotland, start 1975)
Appointed Manager National Coal mining museum at Caphouse Jan 2007
Geoff Mountain (11417) Manager for Rossington also for Harworth from Oct 2006-Jan 2010 (transferred to Welbeck)
Tony Beswick (.....) 2010 - for closed mine.

Deputy Managers:

Horace Henshaw (3328) 1959-1968 (promoted from Assistant Manager, transferred to Teversal)
Harry Coppell (6314) 1968-1972 (transferred from Teversal, left to Lecturer Worksop Technical College, died in service Jan 1985, aged 55)
None in post 1972-1975
David J Clibbery (9849) 1975-1977 (promoted from Undermanager, promoted to Manager Askern, Highgate then Rossington, South Yorkshire)
Alan Allsop (9700) 1977-Jan 1988 (transferred from Bilsthorpe, transferred to Deputy Manager Bevercotes, later Manager Gedling)
Brian T Kimberley (10691) Feb 1988-1991 (promoted from Welbeck, transferred to Senior Mining Engineer British Mining Consultants)
Neil M Bacon (Services) 1990-1993
Keith Williams (11489) 1991-1993 (transferred from Deputy Manager Bilsthorpe, previously Gedling, transferred to Thoresby, later Manager Bilsthorpe, Gascoigne Wood Selby, then Welbeck)
John P Blackwell (11...) 1993-1994 (Services promoted from Welbeck)
Vince A Thorpe (12049) 1994
Tim Fifoot (11815) 1994-2002 (transferred from Ollerton, promoted to Manager)
M Thompson (11...) 2002-2006.

Assistant Managers:

William H Crossland (6194) 1957-1958
Horace Henshaw (3328) 1958-1963 (transferred from Warsop, promoted to Deputy Manager)
None in post
C Tommy Burdett (2nd) 1980-1982
Peter Chadwick (9778) 1982-1986 (promoted to Deputy Manager Annesley)
John C Wilson (11296) 1986-1989
Kevin B Smith (10806) 1989-1991 (transferred from Creswell)
Neil M Bacon (11203) promoted to Deputy Manager Services) 1990-.

Technical Support Manager:

Eddie Ruck 2003-Sep 2005 (transferred to Daw Mill).

Undermanagers for Harworth:

Thomas Jones (2nd) 1923-1927
J Ball (2nd) 1927-1934
Jack H Pedley (2182) 1934-1942 (promoted from Under-Official 1927, promoted to Agent for Barber Walker Co 1942-1946, Sub-Area Manager 1947 No5 Area Eastwood, 1951 promoted to Area Production Manager No3 South Western Area, horizon mining intro, 1957 Engineer in charge of development of new Cynheidre mine through to production, retired 1962)
Jack T Hanman (3115) 1942-1943 (promoted to Manager Brinsley and Selston later Agent)
George H Keverne (3333) 1943-1947 (promoted to Manager)
NCB No3 Area: Ernest A Bullimore (2nd) 1947-56 (transferred to Admin Officer)
Arthur H Miller (3868) 1956-1958
Cyril Senior (2nd) 1958-1961
Ray M Morley (5849) 1960
John Leigh (5581) 1960
Ken F Greaves (6166) 1960-1965 (transferred to Bilsthorpe, later demoted to Assistant Undermanager Ollerton, later Safety Engineer Ollerton)
William Bridge (6973) 1960-1961 (promoted from Gilfield, Wigan, transferred to Bilsthorpe)
John V Faben (5203) 1961-1967 (transferred from Ollerton transferred to Bilsthorpe, then Mechanisation Dept Area HQ)
Jack Taylor (7573) 1962-1967 (transferred to Sherwood, then Ollerton, left industry, emigrated to Australia 1971,d 2012)