Old pics of Mining around Eyam

[cantclimbtom]

I read a while back, that account and pic of the reopening of the mine. Liking the humour that they were wound back up to make sure they'd heard about a death before being sent down

Greatly enjoyed reading it again. Thanks

 

[Les Riley]

Is that the same winch we used on Wellhope shaft at Alston with Andy Smith, I remember a yellow kibble

No, on that one we used a diesel winch, same headgear though. Different kibble too. We didn't have the air winch until you bought it for us for the water tunnel job.

 

[Eyam Explorer]

No, on that one we used a diesel winch, same headgear though. Different kibble too. We didn't have the air winch until you bought it for us for the water tunnel job.
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Jeez some memories there Les (Andy Smith & Bill Casson) would love to see some more pics if you have them

 

[Les Riley]

Jeez some memories there Les (Andy Smith & Bill Casson) would love to see some more pics if you have them

Sadly not. I have a few more random surface shots at Wellhope but no people on them. Nothing underground. U/G photography was tedious then and everybody hated being with a photographer 'cause the trip took ages!

 

[Eyam Explorer]

Glebe Mine - 1930s



Right to left,
Sam Twigg, Arthur Hollis, Jes Jerome, Ernest White, Bob Dale, Tommy Howard, Jonnie Froggat, Dan Davies, Jack Marples, Sam Turner, Ted Froggatt (Mine manager)

 

[Eyam Explorer]

Glebe Mine and plant

 

[Les Riley]

Mark, when were the tin sheds knocked down?
I can remember seeing them whilst out hiking in the late 1960's but don't remember when they went.

 

[Eyam Explorer]

 

[Alex]

I recall seeing and article somewhere on the capping of the shaft at Glebe mine. I thought it was in the PDMHS archives but I can't find anything. Any ideas?

 

[AR.]

Doug Nash wrote it, and it was published in Mining History but it's proving elusive with searches on the website... I'll have to trawl the indexes manually to find the reference.

 

[AR.]

Doug Nash wrote it, and it was published in Mining History but it's proving elusive with searches on the website... I'll have to trawl the indexes manually to find the reference.

Finally managed to locate it... https://pdmhs.co.uk/MiningHistory/Bulletin 11-2 - Loss to Eyam's Mining Heritage.pdf

 

[AR.]

Or were you thinking of when the site was cleared in advance of the new housing development and Pippin Swallet was rediscovered under the mine waste? If so, that was published in Descent.

 

[Eyam Explorer]

This was it when they were taking the hillock away

 

[Alex]

Or were you thinking of when the site was cleared in advance of the new housing development and Pippin Swallet was rediscovered under the mine waste? If so, that was published in Descent.

It was definitely something to do withthe new houses on the site. I seem to remember something with big concrete rings.

 

[Lauren Wilson]

This is one of the pics in Barbara Braithwaite's papers (William Braithwaite's daughter) - does anyone know who this chap Professor Symonds is? (Could she be mistaken and it was in fact Sissons?)

 

[AR.]

I'm not sure, but the photo of Walter Sissons at the start of this thread does have one common feature, namely the fag dangling from his bottom lip! One thought does occur to me, maybe contact the Derbyshire Pennine Club and see if they've got any photos of him in their archive for comparison?

 

[Lauren Wilson]

I'm not sure, but the photo of Walter Sissons at the start of this thread does have one common feature, namely the fag dangling from his bottom lip! One thought does occur to me, maybe contact the Derbyshire Pennine Club and see if they've got any photos of him in their archive for comparison?

Lol! I thought that too, but it seems everyone did in those days That's a good idea - thank you @AR. I'm going to post some of the other shots once I've scanned them - there are some great characters to see.

 

[Jim MacPherson]

Lol! I thought that too, but it seems everyone did in those days That's a good idea - thank you @AR. I'm going to post some of the other shots once I've scanned them - there are some great characters to see.

True enough, not forgetting Reg Smythe's Andy Capp, perhaps not very PC but often funny. No doubt dropping his dottle on the proddy mat (translations available if needed!).

Jim

 

[Lauren Wilson]

True enough, not forgetting Reg Smythe's Andy Capp, perhaps not very PC but often funny. No doubt dropping his dottle on the proddy mat (translations available if needed!).

Jim

I loved Andy Capp! And yep, I had to do a translate on that one. What about these two?! Are they actually holding candles to light those pipes? Or is that for something else?

 

[Lauren Wilson]

I have a mix of interior and exterior pics in an album called "Glebe Mine" (Braithwaite family) - can anyone tell me what I'm looking at please? @AR. @Eyam Explorer ?