Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Tibshelf Colliery Closed 1939

 In August 1939 Tibshelf Colliery 3 and 4 shafts were closed down after 69 years. Does anyone have stories to share about the miners who lost their employment there? Many Newton men worked there.

(This information from a recommended website http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/.../Bob.../Bk-3/B3-1939-B.html
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Tibshelf No3 and No4 Top pits (Derbyshire) Sunk in 1893/94 by Charles Seely who sold out to Babbington Coal Co on 1 Apr 1936, subsequently taken over by BA Collieries Ltd, who in turn were bought out by the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co in 1939, who closed and abandoned the pit on 18th August 1939, after 69 years, so that production at their more modern mines could improve and increase production. No3 shaft 876ft 6in (267m) deep, No4 shaft 895ft 8in (273m) to Blackshale. No1 and No2 pits or Bottom pit was closed in 1936 but pumping continued to protect the Top pit from being flooded.


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