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Rescue Station Man Dies
Friday 6th September 1957
Arthur Syson
Philip's First Boss at Ilkeston Mine's RescueProbably one of Ilkeston's most decorated men, Mr. Syson had been at the station for 35 years.
The Syson Family
Carole is a Syson descendent and is working on The Family Tree. Her grandfather Richard Syson and his father John Syson and her great uncles Edward and Jesse Syson all worked in these mines. She has a story or two to share .


Ron Summerson
I came to Nottingham in 1962 my father was a Durham Miner and many of them came here to the Nottingham coal fields in the early 60's.

Bob Williamson
For thirty years I worked underground at Hucknall and Ollerton.  I was an electrician. 
The period was from 1963.
John Lumsdon
John Lumsdon John was born in Felling in 1927. He moved from there, in the 1960s, due to pit closures and went to North Staffordshire.
Eric Minard Eric MinardEric Minard
I started work at Ripley Pit and it was not long before I was on the coal face earning very good money then I was asked to go on a Mines Rescue Course.

Bill Ramsdale
Bradford Colliery was a fascinating place. The installation which I saw in 1948 was built about 1870, but there was an old pit shaft on the site known as the Forge pit.
An extensive artical, the history of the colliery and what it was like to work there.

Terry Cullen
Being a Miner at Bradford Colliery Manchester 1950s and 60s
I worked at Bradford Colliery from 1955 to 1962. Apart from 16 weeks basic training at Oak Colliery, Hollinwood. My father and grandfather were miners before me.
Albert Sheffield
'Shef' - Albert Sheffield, was on Ilkeston Mines Rescue Station from 11th October 1937 to 25th March 1972. 'Shef' became Assistant Superintendent at Ilkeston Mines Rescue and at his retirement was the longest serving Mines Rescue man in Britain.
 

Jack Anson 1921 - 2001.
A Story Almost Untold...Charlie Dodd lost his arm.

Golden Valley - Grandad Inwood

Gary Roe		 All my years I have lived in a mining area and my vocation was always going to be coal. The lure of King Coal wages was too good for a 15 year old lad whose forefathers had preceded him down the mines. I left school in 1971 at 15yrs old and started at the pit.
Les Calladine
Les Calladine started work at Ilkeston Mines Rescue Station on Monday 24th October 1938 on 3 months probation. He had free rent, coal and lighting together with £2.16/- a week, but he had to give his boss 10/- for shoes. On passing his probation period Les received an extra 15/- a week.
Albert Bonser served at Mansfield, Ilkeston and Chesterfield Stations.
George Brock
Former night watchman at Ilkeston rescue Station.
The Havills Ray Havill
Ray Havill was brought up on Ilkeston Mines Rescue Station where his father, Les, was a full time member of the Mines Rescue Team. Ray, in his turn, decided that the dangerous but fulfilling life was for him and he too became a full time member of the Ilkeston Mines Rescue Team.
Joseph Henshaw
A mine of local information
Alan Hutsby Worked at Ormonde Pit And Then at Ilkeston Miners Rescue.
1971 to 1978.
Ernest James had 3 months training at the Mines 'Rescue Station before passing for the position.
Joseph Cook from his humble beginnings in North Staffordshire amazingly Joseph Cook become the Prime Minister of Australia on 24th June 1913 at the age of 52.
Ernest Bevin
said, in an appeal from Whitehall: "We've reached a point at which there are not enough miners to produce the amount of coal needed to keep the war effort going.
Miners who have
contacted the site

Ian Morrison Ian worked at Hucknall No 2 colliery up until it closed in 1986. He is now heavily involved in the Nottinghamshire NUM Ex & Retired Miners Association
Shane Philips Collection of Pit Photographs
Wilf Robinson
Wilf was on Ilkeston Mines Rescue station with Philip, he also knew Reg Healey, Philip's brother, who was on Mansfield Mines Rescue. At one stage when Wilf was superintendent of the small rescue station at Brynmenyn, near Bridgend, both Terry and Brian were part time rescue men on the same station, then Wilf retired in 1984.

Eric Scattergood's father and uncle.
Eric Scattergood is Ian's uncle
 William Scattergood (Bill)
Donald Gordon Roberts (Don)
Eric Scattergood was brought up on Ilkeston Mines Rescue station. Both his father, William (Bill) Scattergood and his uncle Donald (Don) Gordon Robert were stationed there.
Pete Searson
 Pete Searson
Pete was a long standing and respected friend of Philips. They worked closely together on the Rescue Station and regularly kept in contact right up to Philips death.
Jez C Self
Photographs of Annesley

Charles Snarski
Ilkeston Mines Rescue

John Jeffrey Street
He worked his way through the ranks to eventually become the Superintendent at Mansfield Mines Rescue Station.

Ian Kelly some photo's
Stuart_Tomlins
 Stuart Tomlins
I myself have a passion for mining history that I’ve had since I was a child. I have a collection of hundreds of mining pictures. Here are some for you. They are all mine taken by myself.

Dearne Valley Colliery

Ian McDonnell


A Shift At The Pit, Dearne Valley Colliery
I need more information. This site started off as Philip's scrap book but it is now expanding. As is so often the case we did not get enough information from Philip while he was alive. I need more information, stories and pictures so that those interested can find out more about the mining industry in the UK, what it was like to be a miner what it was like to live in a mining family, or as in Philip's case a mines rescue family.