1994 - Page 28

Annesley Bentinck Mothballed

- Continued -

Manpower: Annesley Colliery Co:

• 1894: Top Hard 1,052, s/f 221 (1,273 men)
• 1895: 1,303 men
• 1900: 1,312 men
• 1903: 1,383 men
• 1905: 1,347 men
• 1911: 1,228 men
• 1913: 1,103 men
• 1915: Top Hard and Deep Soft 829, s/f 216 (1,045 men)
• 1920: 1,042 men
• 1923: Deep Soft and Deep Hard 846, s/f 240 (1,086 men)
• 1924: DS, DH 250,000 tons
• 1925: 796 men
• 1926: 875 men
• 1927: 858 men: 1928: 1,068 men
• 1929: 1,155 men
• 1930: 1,300 men
• 1933: 1,339 men
• 1935: 1,030 men
• 1940: 933 men
• 1945: 921 men. Colliery taken over by NH and B Collieries Ltd in 1946

Tonnage and Manpower NCB: No 4 Area:

• 1947: 272,753 tons, 902 men
• 1948: 283,745 tons, 903 men
• 1949: 304,665 tons, 876 men
• 1950: 336,033 tons, 867 men
• 1951: 364,096 tons, 854 men
• 1952: 366,046 tons, 888 men
• 1953: 382,387 tons, 909 men
• 1954: 387,017 tons, 890 men
• 1955: 441,730 tons, 892 men
• 1956: 467,459 tons, 896 men
• 1957: 512,137 tons, 907 men
• 1958: 492,467 tons, 903 men
• 1959: 499,833 tons, 895 men
• 1960: 513,813 tons, 875 men
• 1961: 455,231 tons, 875 men
• 1962: 478,058 tons, 881 men
• 1963: 425,388 tons, 890 men
• 1963/64: 417,680 tons, 897 men
• 1964/65: 450,080 tons, 881 men
• 1965/66: 488,060 tons, 869 men
• 1966/67: 460,706 tons, 853 men
• 1967/68: South Nottinghamshire Area: 463,004 tons, 865 men
• 1968/69: 550,681 tons, 884 men
• 1969/70: 599,650 tons, 915 men
• 1970/71: 620,609 tons, 927 men
• 1971/72: 488,840 tons, 941 men
• 1972/73: 596,746 tons, 922 men
• 1973/74: 445,342 tons, 897 men
• 1974/75: 600,021 tons, 904 men
• 1975/76: 602,031 tons, 915 men
• 1976/77: 511,513 tons, 904 men
• 1977/78: 571,861 tonnes, (562,828 tons), 925 men
• 1978/79: 588,556 tonnes, 957 men
• 1979/80: 517,498 tonnes, 950 men
• 1980/81: 414,016 tonnes, 899 men
• 1981/82: 439,375 tonnes, 895 men
• 1982/83: 694,349 tonnes, 1,032 men (loss £9.601m)
• 1983/84: 682,181 tonnes, 981 men (loss £23.297m)
• 1984/85: 559,345 tonnes, 953 men (loss £18.030m)
• 1985/86: 597,770 tonnes, 974 men (loss £11.465m)
• 1986/87: British Coal: 844,902 tonnes, 929 men (loss £11.047m)
• 1987/88: 951,561 tonnes, 887 men (profit £826,000)
• 1988/89: merge, new name, Annesley Bentinck 1,346,036 tonnes, 1,405 men max (profit £5.796m)
• 1989/90: 1,323,430 tonnes, app 1,380 men
• 1990/91: 1,557,000 tonnes, 1,062 men
• 1991/92: 1,360,000 tonnes, 989 men
• 1992/93: 1,676,000 tonnes max, app 950 men
• 1993/94: 1,486,900 tonnes, app 900 men. Coal face workers 186, development 35, Roads 84, Salvage 30, Others 536, Surface 192. Profit for the final year was £10.5m. Colliery closed 12th February 1994 but was put on ‘care and maintenance’ awaiting a potential buyer.

Colliery re-opened by Coal Investments 25th April 1995, took over by Midland Mining June 1996, and closed January 2000. The Coal Investments firm although run by Malcolm Edwards an ex NCB official in marketing underestimated the selling part of the exercise and the investment needed to continue and the project failed. However the colliery would be re-opened again.

Agents:

• Henry Lewis (service cert 57) from Leicester 1899
• Granville L Chambers Agent 1899-1925
• Capt Percy Muschamp Agent 1925-1936
• E Percy W Muschamp (980) Agent 1937-1944
• Henry Westmoreland (2062) Agent 1945-1946 for NH and B Collieries Ltd
• Tom O Wrightson (2952) Agent 1947-1949

Sub-Area Managers / Group Managers / Production Managers:

• Alf Maddox (2385) Sub-Area Manager 1950-1953 (transferred to No4 Teversal Sub-Area)
• George Inverarity (2666) Sub-Area Manager 1953-1955
• Jimmy A Wright (3926) No1 Group Manager 1956-1958 (promoted to Area Production Manager, later Deputy Director South Nottinghamshire)
• Ray Gregory (4354) No1 Group Manager 1958-1965 (transferred to No4 Teversal Group)
• John L Collinson (5737) Group Manager 1965- (transferred to Area Safety Engineer, later National Safety Engineer)

Managers for Annesley:

• Henry Lewis and Agent (Service cert 57) pre 1883-1899 (died)
• SB Gilroy (Service cert 76) 1899-1904
• GA Greener (1839) 1904-1906
• William Tate (58) 1906-1909
• WJ Wilkinson (1800) 1909-1920
• William Waplington (501) 1920-1924
• E Percy W Muschamp (980) 1925 for New Hucknall Colliery Co
• H Holt (1463) 1926-1932
• J Platt (307) 1932-1934
• HB Stevens (2322) 1934-1937
• Ossie T Storrs (2535) 1937-1941 (transferred from Holmewood, transferred to Welbeck, later Agent then Area Safety Engineer North Nottinghamshire Area)
• Jim M Murray (3072) 1942-1951
• Sam M Merry (1923) Manager 1952-1962 (transferred from Sutton)
• Les Cumberland (5563) Agent Manager 1963-1972 (transferred from Kirkby)
• George Alan Allsop (5177) 1973-1976 (Agent Manager, transferred to General Manager Newstead)
• A John Wardle (9360) 1976-1978 (transferred to Bentinck, later Production Manager and Director)
• Jack Hand (8171) General Manager 1978-1980 (transferred from New Hucknall, transferred to Hucknall)
• A Vic Brown (9749) 1980-1984 (transferred from New Hucknall, transferred to Moorgreen)
• Mick J Dames (9737) 1984-1986 (promoted from Deputy Manager, transferred to Sutton, later Area Safety Engineer)
• Owen L Gravestock (9970) 1986-1989 (promoted from Deputy Manager Mansfield, and continued for new Annesley Bentinck merger 1987)
• Howard Awbery (10648) (appointed for the combined mine, transferred from Cotgrave, transferred to the Vache Staff College)
• Eric Blackwell (10164) 1989-1996 (transferred from Warsop, later for Ollerton also for closure 1994)

Deputy Managers included:

• Albert Knight (7873) 1970-1974 (promoted to Manager Babbington)
• Keith Screen (8939) 1974-1975 (transferred to Hucknall, later Manager)
• A John Wardle (9360) 1975-1976 (promoted to Manager)
• John Payne (9325) 1977-1978 (promoted from Newstead, later Manager Linby)
• Mick J Dames (9737) 1979-1984 (promoted from Pye Hill, promoted to Manager)
• Colin Stocks (11030) 1984-1986 (transferred to Ollerton, later Manager Blidworth)
• Jim A Drysdale (7638) 1986-1987 (transferred to Hucknall)
• Peter Chadwick (9778) Oct 1986-1989 (promoted from Harworth)
• Roger L Trueman (10009) 1989-1990 (transferred to Clipstone)
• Terry J Knott (2nd) 1988 (transferred from Ollerton, left the industry following a scandal at Ollerton)
• Mark R Bradbury (11845) 1989-1993

Assistant Managers:

• William Lamb (....) 1986-1987 Deputy Manager Services (promoted from Undermanager Blidworth, transferred to Welbeck)
• Mark R Bradbury (11845) (promoted to Deputy Manager) 1989 (promoted from Silverhill)

Undermanagers for Annesley:

• Hezekiah Soar (605 service) pre 1887-1894
• John Poxon (2nd) 1895-1898
• HA Copeland (2nd) 1899-1921
• Thomas Maddock (2nd) 1920-1943 died aged 64 (he was set on at the pit as a 12 year old boy)
• EG Pass (2nd) 1943-1955
• Ernest Kempton (2nd) -3/9/1954 fatal accident
• Marshall Robson (2nd) 1956-
• A John Burgess (6153) (a Bevin boy from Winchester 1944-1945, firstly at Creswell training then pony ganging at Annesley, then stayed in the industry, DPT etc )1958- (transferred to Bentinck, as Undermanager then back to Annesley, later Deputy Manager Silverhill, Acting Manager Teversal 1969, Manager Sutton, then General Manager Harworth) d 2012
• John William Marshall (2nd) 1963-1965
• Albert Knight (7873) 1967-1970
• George Lound (2nd) 1967-1969
• A John Wardle (9360) 1970-1975 (promoted from Babbington, promoted to Deputy Manager)
• Mike W Stephenson (9999) 1976-1982
• TD Smith (10919) 1979-1985
• Mark Newcombe (10964) 1982
• Stuart Morris (11743) 1987-1989 (transferred to Ollerton)
• Harry Straw (10763) 1988-1989 (transferred to Linby)
• John H Van Ham (11160) 1988-1994 (transferred from Mansfield)
• Sean Burns (11354) 1989-1990 (promoted to Bilsthorpe, then Silverhill)
• Mark R Bradbury (11845) 1988 (transferred to Silverhill)
• Mike Saunders (11150) 1991-
• AC Rollason (11636) 1991-1994

Roof-Bolting Specialist: Paul W Grimshaw (10995)

Surveyors included:

• Company Surveyor, Harry Smith -1951
• Charlie H Shadbolt (2499) 1951-1953 (promoted from Shirebrook, transferred to Kirkby, later Group Surveyor, Subsidence Specialist, Deputy Area Surveyor No4, Subsidence Consultant ARICS and Dr)
• Charles J Whyte (2678) 1953-1955 (transferred from Cotes Park, transferred to Calverton, ARICS June 1955, promoted to HQ South Nottinghamshire, promoted to Area Chief Surveyor North Nottinghamshire 1974)
• Ken Gray (2905) 1955-1987 (promoted from Ollerton)
• George Simms (5618) Feb 1987-1988 (promoted from Deputy, continued for Annesley Bentinck on merger).