Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
03-02-2014, 05:16 PM
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Re: Broomhill Gas
Further to the above, I have just learned that the timber laddy's name is Ray Henshall.
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
02-02-2014, 10:20 AM
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Re: Broomhill Gas
Thanks for that Alan. I joined the RAF in March 1959 so it had to be later, but you add things I had no knowledge of.
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
01-02-2014, 10:06 PM
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Broomhill Colliery Gas
:eek: Shortly after I joined the RAF Broomhill miners were rudely reminded that their carbide lamps were not entirely safe. A man entering the South side on a Sunday night shift ignited a small...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
05-07-2013, 06:43 PM
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Re: Fire
Thanks Coquet. When I first went underground at Broomhill I 'Travelled the Waste'. That is, with a deputy, I took airflow measurements in all working areas. This also at the shaft bottom area,...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
05-07-2013, 01:11 PM
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Fire - Broomhill Colliery
COQUET - Broomhill Colliery had a fire district near the shaft bottom. Does anyone know if that was caused by pressure on coal columns after mining, other pressure such as beneath the pit heap, or...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
13-06-2013, 07:18 PM
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Togston Barns Bridge
Hi Hollydog. My memory may have been altered by old age but I think it was of brick construction, the same as Broomhill bridge. If I am correct then any settling would not change the strength of the...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
13-06-2013, 02:04 PM
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Re Togston Barns
Just been on good old Google Earth following Morph up-loading overlays. I followed the road from Broomhill to Togston Barns. Although a lot has changed over the years because of opencast mining,they...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
14-01-2013, 04:57 PM
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Re Albert seam-Broomhill colliery
Maybe they were 'stealing' coal but the Albert was still drawing coal when I left in 1959.(Unlikely that they were doing anything untoward as there were surveyors putting in detailed plans. When the...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
14-01-2013, 03:53 PM
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Re Moorehouse Drift
Remember that Moorhouse was the entry to both the Prince and Albert seams. If my memories are correct the Prince landing was almost at the bottom of the drift steps, turning left. The Albert was a...
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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row
13-01-2013, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 56
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Broomhill Colliery
My first job was at the Broomhill Colliery. Born and raised in Six Cottages, now gone and rebuilt as semis and bungalows. Six Cottages ran down the south wall of the Co-op store. My family were...
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