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1994 - Page 9

Ollerton Was Closed 1994, After 69 Years

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Ollerton Bus To Worksop

Butty contract stalls now numbered thus: (note the distance shown in yards / metres are the length of the face for the particular Stall numbers.


1926: Stalls

    • South Stalls: 1s, 2s, 4s, 6s, 3s, 10s, 204s, 203s, 202s, 201s (400 to 300 yards) (365 to 275m) long
    • North West Stalls: 106s, 100s (180 yards) (165m)
    • South East Stalls: 220s, 216s, 214s (200 to 220 yards) (183 to 200m).
    • Stables for up to 40 ponies were built off 400s road.

1926: 7 hour shifts

  • 9 Jan 1,211 tons
  • 16 Jan 1,166 tons
  • 23 Jan 1,120 tons
  • 30 Jan 1,182 tons
  • 6 Feb 1,080 tons
  • 13 Feb 1,252 tons
  • 20 Feb 1,174 tons
  • 27 Feb 1,081 tons
  • 6 Mar 909 tons
  • 13 Mar 689 tons
  • 20 Mar 764 tons
  • 27 Mar 676 tons
  • 3 Apr 561 tons, holidays 3,4,5 Apr
  • 10 Apr 851 tons
  • 17 Apr 693 tons
  • 24 Apr 931 tons
  • 1 May 475 tons

First General Strike in Britain 2 to 12 May, when TUC (Trades Unions Council) called it off but then the miners stayed out and so began the National strike of miners from 2 May to 26 Nov during the strike 2 May to 1 June there was an average of 60 men working underground and 80 on the surface.

  • 13 May 45 tons
  • 5 June 173 tons
  • 12 June 604 tons
  • 19 June 645 tons
  • 26 June 694 tons
  • 3 July 540 tons
  • 10 July 813 tons
  • 17 July 930 tons
  • 24 July 903 tons
  • 31 July 659 tons, holidays 1, 3 Aug
  • 7 Aug 1,065 tons
  • 14 Aug 1,454 tons
  • 21 Aug 1,442 tons
  • 28 Aug 1,457 tons
  • 4 Sep 1,839 tons
  • 11 Sep 2,056 tons
  • 18 Sep 1,925 tons
  • 25 Sep 2,291 tons
  • 2 Oct 2,655 tons
  • 9 Oct 2,803 tons
  • 16 Oct 2,946 tons
  • 23 Oct 2,827 tons
  • 30 Oct 30 3,192 tons
  • 6 Nov 4,277 tons
  • 13 Nov 4,603 tons
  • 20 Nov 4,747 tons
  • 27 Nov 4,700 tons
  • 4 Dec 4,513 tons
  • 1 Dec 4,165 tons
  • 18 Dec 3,169 tons
  • 25 Dec 1,690 tons, holidays 25, 26, 27 and 28 Dec
  • 31 Dec 1926 - men on books 697 which were 217 coal face (CF), 246 elsewhere (EGB) below ground, 234 on surface (s/f). 637 men set on.

Output for year 1926 was 83,510 tons. 10.0 acres of coal worked at 5.6 feet thick, 8,005 tons per foot acre. 2.9 miles of roadway open.

1927: Stalls

  • North West Stalls: 50s, 90s, 94s, 92s, 93s, 94s, 95s, 96s, 97s, 98s, 101s, 107s, 103s, 104s, 105s, 106s, 107s, and 108s (700 yards) (640m)
  • South East stalls: 206s, 216s, 214s, 213s, 212s, 210s, and 209s (400 yards) (365m)
  • South stalls: 201s, 202s, 203s, 204s, 205s, 8s, 7s, 6s, 5s, 4s, and 2s (510 yards) (465m)
  • West stalls: 50s (50 yards) (45m).
  • Brick arching in No1 pit bottom, Nat Rothwell. J Green had a contract for the Back empties road.

1927: Weekly Output Records:

  • 18 June 4,969 tons
  • 23 July 5,327 tons
  • 3 Sep 5,844 tons
  • 10 Sep 6,158 tons
  • 8 Oct 6,190 tons
  • 15 Oct 6,393 tons
  • 18 Nov 6,502 tons.

At 31 Dec coal face 333, stone men 6, egb 446, total 785, 219 surface, days worked 259.

During the year shortage of wagons occurred 3 times, and shortage of steam once.

Installed well pump 300 gpm at 206 feet head.

Office block opened

Womens’ Institute opened.

Whinney Lane School opened at a cost of £21,521; 712 pupils temporary school at Wellow Church Hall and New Ollerton Mission Hall.

There was a delay by Southwell RDC re making roads and sewers and water supply.

Only one man at the pit over 60 years of age, average age was just over 30.

1,399 men on books. Days worked 259.

Output For Year

1927 was 239,777 tons. 1,063 men set on.

1928: Stalls

  • South Stalls: 205s, 201s 204s, 200s, 203s, 7s, 6s, and 5s (550 yards) (485m)
  • South East and East Stalls: 221s, 240s, 230s, 223s, 224s, 225s, 222s, 220s, 217s, 218s, 214s, 216s, 213s, 212s, 211s, 215s, 210s, 208s, 207s, 206s, 209s (800 yards) (730m)
  • North West Stalls: 90s, 92s, 93s, 94s 95s, 96s, 97s, 98s, 99s, 100s, 101s, 111s, 109s,102s, 110s, 103s, 104s, 105s, 106s, 107s, 118s, 108s (1000 yards) (915m)
  • West Stalls: 26s, 25s, 24s, 50s, and 30s (50 yards) (45m). Faults on 30s district
    Bad work on 222s pillar left nest of faults at 205s
     Slips on 201s
    202s stripping fault
    218s, 221s forming East side of shaft pillar.

1928: Holidays And Weekly Output Records:

  • 14 Jan 6,581 tons
  • 10 Jan 6,815 tons
  • 28 Jan 7,016 tons
  • 4 Feb 7,209 tons
  • 31 Mar 7,310 tons
  • 12 May 7,861 tons
  • 19 May 8,116 tons
  • 28 July 8,412 tons
  • 18 Aug 8,783 tons
  • 25 Aug 9,217 tons
  • 1 Sep 9,318 tons
  • 8 Sep 10,304 tons
  • 15 Sep10,321 tons
  • 22 Sep 11,196 tons
  • 29 Sep 11,307 tons, Sep Quota 37,111 tons
  • 24 Nov, Nov Quota 50,000 tons
  • 8 Dec 12,268 tons
  • 15 Dec 12,809 tons.
    Total for year 421,330 tons, 5.75 miles open.
    Holidays 8 Feb 4 Mar 6,7,8,9,10,11 Apr 28, 30 Apr Easter
    May 27,28,29 Whitsuntide, June 23,30
    Aug 6 Bank holiday
    Dec 25, 26, 27 Christmas. 1,712 men on books, 1,429 underground, 283 on surface. 1,068 men set on.
  • Output for year 1928 was 421,330 tons. 64.5 acres of coal worked, ave 4.5 feet thick, 6,535 tons per acre, 1,452 tons per foot acre. 5.25 miles of roadway open. 

1929: Stalls

  • South Stalls: 9s, 205s, 202s, 221s, 201s, 200s, 215s, 216s, 218s, 219s, 203s, 5s, 4s, 3s (170 to 420 yards) (155 to 385m).
  • South East Stalls: 670s, 669s, 668s, 667s, 666s, 665s, 664s, 649s, 648s, 651s, 620s, 600s, 601s, 602s
  • East Stalls: 426s, 425s, 424s, 423s, 422s, 421s, 420s, 410s, 400s, 405s, 404s, 208s, 403s, 401s (1,480 yards) (1,355m).
  • North West Stalls: 90s. 97s, 99s, 96s, 93s, 92s, 100s, 107s, 108s, 102s, 103s, 109s, 110s, 104s, 105s, 107s (1,000 yards) (915m).
  • Dunsil headings, fault threw seam opposite to Top Hard, 34s and 31s, 2’ 7” coal (0.79m) (70 yards) (65m) in, finished Sep 1929 and Jan 1930.
  • West Stalls: 50s, 51s, 91s, 31s, 35s, 30s (80 yards) (73m) and 70 yards (64m).
  • Faults on 106s, 107s, 110s and 104s
  • Stripping large fault at 90s and 92s
  • Stripping fault at 35s, 31s, 26s, 50s and 51s
  • Faults on 24s
  • Stripping fault at 5s and 3s
  • 20s fault and stripping large fault
  • 202s stripping large fault
  • 9s stopped
  • Stall numbers changed: 214s to 425s, 216s to 424s, 215s to 423s and 213s to 422s.

1929: Holidays And Weekly Tonnage:

  • Jan 12,670, 12,252, 12,260, 13,490
  • Feb 12,439, 12,655, 11,931, 12,568, Mar 12,097, 11,794, 12,037, 12,090, 5,640, Quota 55,000 tons
  • Holidays Mar 31, Apr 1 Easter, Quota 55,000 tons,
  • Apr 9,582, 13,072, 13,895, 9,351, 12,406, 12,047, 12,667,
  • May 13,072, 13,895, 9,351, May 20 Whitsuntide, 12,406,
  • June Quota 57,250 tons, 14,058, 13,771, 14,241, 14,687
  • July 14,939, 12,299, 12,257, 10,864,
  • Aug 4 Bank holiday, Quota 62,500 tons, Aug 9,406, 14,740, 14,794, 14,318, 13,636
  • Sep 12,216, 11,577, 12,736, 13,577, 28 short of men Quota 61,551 tons
  • Oct 13,127 tons, 11,632, 12,073, 9,202, Oct 10,11,12,15,16,17,18, 19 shortage of wagons 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 11,644, 12,857, 11,316, 12,505, 12,573
  • Nov 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 waggons 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, Quota 62,500 tons
  • Dec 13,219, 14,030, 11,063, 8226 tons, days off 14, 17, 19, 20, 21 Quota 62,500 tons, 23 waggons
    25, 26 Christmas, 27, 28, 30, 31 men.

Output For Year 1929 was 643,775 tons. 1,838 men on books, 1,521 u/g, 317 on s/f, 993 men set on. 94.1 acres of coal worked, ave 4.52 feet thick, 6,840 tons per acre, 1,516 tons per foot acre. 6.5 miles of roadways open.

1930: Stalls

  • South Stalls: 210s, 203s, 202s, 201s, 200s, 215s, 216s, 217s, 218s, 4s, 5s, 3s (200 yards) (182m).
  • South East Stalls: 672s, 671s, 670s, 669s, 668s, 667s, 666s, 665s, 664s, 653s, 652s, 649s, 651s, 650s, 648s, 622s, 621s, 620s, 600s, 607s - (400 yards) (365m)
  • East Stalls: 602s, 425s, 424s, 423s, 422s, 426s, 419s, 418s, 410s, 409s, 407s, 400s, 407s, 406s, 405s, 404s, 403s, 404s, 402s (950 yards) (870m).
  • North West Stalls: 94s, 93s, 92s, 96s, 95s, 97s, 99s, 100s, 112s, 102s, 101s, 110s, 108s, 107s, 103s, 109s, 104s, and 105s (1,000 yards) (915m).
  • North development: 151s, 150s (50 yards) (45m).
  • West Stalls: 50s, 51s, 35s, and 31s (60 yards) (55m).
  • South West development: 20s (1s and 2s) (40 yards) (36m).
  • Slips on 201s, 202s, 210s, 220s and 221s stopped
  • 210s stripping fault
  • 671s and 672s forming shaft pillar edge
  • 99s and 94s stripping large faults
  • 3s and 4s stripping large fault also 51s 31s, 30s and 35s and 50s and 51s stopped
  • Bad work (inferior coal) pillar left by 409s, 418s, 410s, 420s and 426s
  • Bad work and pillars at 665s, 653s, 652s, 651s, 650s 2’ 0” (0.6m) fault on 404s and 403s
  • 402s stripping fault opened out 1s and 20s by heading through large fault.

1930: Days Not Worked:

  • Jan 1, 2 men off, 7, 11 men, 15,18 men,
  • Feb 1, 3,6,8 full up, 10, 15 men, 16, 19 screens, 24,25 waggons
  • Mar 2, 6, 27, 28 full up with stock, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 orders, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 orders, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 orders
  • Apr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 orders, 14, 15, 16 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, Easter holiday, Apr 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30 men and falls
  • May 1, 5, 7, 8 men, 9, 10 orders, 6, 7 screens, 17 orders, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15, 16 North side suspended, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 orders, 28, 29, 3, 31 North side suspended
  • June 7, 9 Whitsuntide holiday
  • Aug 4, 4 Bank holiday, 6 men
  • Sep 15 men and falls, 19 East district off broken haulage rope, 22 falls, 30 screens
  • Nov 3 No1 winder throttle valve problem
  • Dec 10, 12 waggons, 17 waggons and fog, 24 men, 25, 26, 27 Christmas holiday, 29 falls. Days worked 276.