1895 was the date on this photo and who am I to argue?
(photo courtesy of Derick Pearson)
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Now the fan falls into disrepair as the mine is no longer working.
This was the ventilating fan at Lumpsey mine. It was installed in 1925 and made by the Waddle Fan Engineering Co. of Llanelly in South Wales. After working until 1964 it was left to decay until somebody stole it.” (photo courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum) Thanks once again to Simon Chapman for keeping me right on the fan at Lumpsey. joanj 1
Julie Riddiough has kindly sent us a set of photographs that she took from the top end of Brotton just last month, in the afternoon of 27th August. This is a view over the golf course to the remains of the Huntcliffe mine, Guibal fan house, beside the railway at the top of the cliff.
At Huntcliff again and this time the sidings above the main drift are being dismantled in 1906
As the caption says it’s Huntcliff mine 1906.
Preserved K1 Class, 62005, rounds the bend at Huntcliff, passing the remains of the old Guibal Fanhouse on a Trainspotter’s Special on the 10th May 2008
Another photograph relating to the dismantling of Huntcliffe Mines after the closure in 1906. This picture is of the dismantling of the tipping gantry. Grateful thanks to Simon Chapman for the information.
The photograph shows the last ”working” day of Huntcliffe Mines, 30th June 1906. The photograph was taken outside the workshops, alas now longer with us. All that remains is the Guibal Fanhouse beside the mineral railway line, towards the cliff edge at the bottom of Warsett Hill. The writing on the door of the wall behind ”Are we downhearted?” is from a song popular at that time, perhaps relevant to the situation! With Simon Chapman’s assistance we can identify some of those present. Back Row: ?? , Mr Stephens (later Cashier at Lumpsey Mine), Ralph Clough (engineer-later at Lumpsey Mine), ?? , ?? , ?? , ??. Middle Row: Jimmy Dower (partially cut off), ??, ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , William (Bill) Garbutt (baby – who later worked at Kilton Mine, one of the first men to drive a locomotive underground and later Miner’s Lodge Secretary), ?? , ?? , Mr Matson (possibly a Manager). Front Row: ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? , ?? . Paul Garbutt tells us: ”The baby in the photo, Bill Garbutt, was my grandfather and this is the only photo of him as a baby, he went on to work in the local mines and he was one of the main rescuers after the Kilton Mine explosion in May 1954. He never commented on the explosion and his subsequent actions in saving the injured miners, my father remembers that he came home that night and was a bit groggy and not his usual self ( the after effects of the gas explosion presumably ). The Evening Gazette reported on the disaster but my grandfather would not be interviewed, regarding the matter to be not worth discussing. My grandfather was an intensely private man and these few snippets of information are pretty much all we know about him, i just knew him once he was retired from work so never had the opportunity to find out about his employment history. He would never talk about himself much at all and especially not the Kilton Mine incident even though he helped save many of the miners, he was my hero regardless.” Similarly Alan Found tells us:”My grandfather worked at kilton mine he would have been there in 1954 he never talked about the explosion.” Thanks to Paul and Alan for these details, as well Simon Chapman for his assistance, any further any help would be much appreciated.
A shift of miners outside the clock office at Morrison’s Pit. Can anybody name them? |
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