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Originally Posted by Alan J.
The county name is Victoria but at Hauxley the local name was the Brockwell.
The North winnings was the face that ended about half a mile off the pier ends, the face under the Lord Mayors was North West 1 and the one near Moorhouse was West 3. This was the longest walk, to the tailgate end, in the pit at closure.
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Yes and the local name for the next down the sequence, the 'Marshall Green' seam, NCB letter 'U', was the "Hauxley Victoria", just to confuse matters. Was that seam worked to any extent? I suppose the next deeper workable seam beneath the Hauxley Victoria takes us to our old friend the Shillbottle seam, NCB letter. "Y"