This is the last known colliery that these miners worked at, they may have worked elsewhere but space is limited at present
COLLIERY: - CANNOCK & RUGELEY COLLIERY COMPANY LTD incorporating CANNOCK WOOD, WIMBLEBURY & VALLEY COLLIERIES
Location: - HAZEL SLADE, WIMBLEBURY & HEDNESFORD
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MINER'S NAME |
job |
COLLIERIES |
YEAR |
TOWN/ VILLAGE |
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| CANNOCK WOOD COLLIERY | Cannock Wood | ||||
| A | |||||
| B | |||||
| H | |||||
| Fred Hughes | |||||
| P | |||||
| E C Peake | Cannock & Rugeley Co | 1880 | |||
| W | |||||
| Peter White (Reverend) | Miner (Bevin Boy) | Cannock Wood | U/G | 1944 - 1950 | Bognor Regis deceased |
| VALLEY COLLIERY (Pool Pits) | |||||
| A | |||||
| Len Angel | Overman training pit | Valley - Littleton | UG | 1964 | |
| S Attwood | Deputy | Valley | ug | ||
| UG | |||||
| C Archer | Fitter | Valley | UG | ||
| B | |||||
| Danny Baldwin | Instructor Training pit | UG | 1964 | ||
| A Banks | Onsetter | sf | |||
| T Bennett | Bricklayer | Valley | |||
| J Blakemore | Welder | Valley | SF | ||
| H Bradbury | Electrician | Valley | |||
| ?????? Brindley | Instructor Training pit | UG | |||
| C | |||||
| D Cook | Fitter | ||||
| Barry Cottrell | Electrician | Valley - Mechanisation Team | UG | ||
| Oliver Cottrell | Training Officer | ||||
| D | |||||
| Redvers Buller Davis | Overman | Valley | UG | ||
| S Davis | Fitter | Valley | UG | ||
| Horace (oggy) Dean | face worker & Lamproom | Valley - Chase 8s | UG | 1950 | deceased |
| E | |||||
| F | |||||
| G | |||||
| Ted Gough | Instructor Training pit | UG | 1964 | ||
| H | |||||
| E Hamplet | Deputy | Valley | UG | ||
| William Harper | Miner | Valley | UG | ||
| Tom Harper | Miner | Valley - WC5s- C/Wood | UG | ||
| Jonah Harrison | Miner | Valley | UG | ||
| S Hyden | Electrician | Valley | UG | ||
| J | |||||
| Denis Jones | Valley | UG | |||
| Thomas Jones | Valley | UG | |||
| K | |||||
| L | |||||
| Terry Lyons | Boiler fitter | SF | 1964 | deceased | |
| M | |||||
| N | |||||
| Bill Nicol | Overman | Valley | UG | deceased | |
| O | |||||
| P | |||||
| Q | |||||
| R | |||||
| S | |||||
| Jack Sayers | Training Instructor | Valley | ug | ||
| Jack Sunley | Training pit manager | Valley - Staffordshire House | UG | ||
| Harry Sutton | Blacksmith | Valley- Cannock & Rugeley Yard | SF | 1991 - 1918 | |
| T | |||||
| U | |||||
| V | |||||
| W | |||||
| Bob Wayne | Instructor Training pit | UG | 1964 | ||
| WIMBLEBURY COLLIERY | |||||
| Tom Harper (Snr) | |||||
| Tom Harper (Jnr) | |||||
| Jim Harper | |||||
| Bill Harper | |||||
| Alan Harper | |||||
| Joe Harper | |||||
| David Peacock | mining engineer | ditto | 1884 | ||
| Ed Terry | Managing Director | Wimblebury & Cannock Ltd | 1879 | ||
Littleton, East Cannock, Cannock Chase Company, Fairlady, Leacroft, Mid Cannock, Hilton Main, Hawkins, Wyrley 3s, Harrisons, Grove, Walsall Wood
my grandad of the same name came from TIPTON to work at Wimblebury.Also his sons TOM, BILL, JIM,ALAN,& JOE plus myself pits worked in valley 5s c,wood