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COPYRIGHT
All photographs contained in this website are copyright © Alison Small and the contributer to this site.
Some of the photographs* within this section were given for 'Lingdale History' site only on the understanding that copies would not be given and should not be available from any other source.
It would be courteous to email and ask for permission for articles to be used or copied.
Mining in Lingdale
Durham mining museum have a very good web site, holding some records for Lingdale mine and other mines in the surrounding area.
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Remembrance day honours tragic miners
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TRIBUTES were paid on Sunday to men killed in a mining tragedy, at a remembrance day in their honour.
Eight men died after a gas explosion in an ironstone mine, in Lingdale on August 24th, 1953.
Audrey Jefferson was 21 when she was told that her father, John Butcher, had been serverly injured. She was living in Portsmouth with her husband, Brian, who was serving with the Royal Navy.
"We listened to the news on the radio all through the night to try and find out what was happening," she said. "The next day I received a telegram to say that he had died from his burns. He was only 48."
Mrs Jefferson, who is now 71 and living in Lingdale, said: "It was a village in mourning."
"The men weren't killed immediately, but over a few days, eight of them died and seven of them were from Lingdale"
The others who died were William Grayson 16, Anthony Carter 19, Jack Ward 28, Charles Bottomly 26, Jack Davison 52, Jack Breckon 65 and his son Thomas 34. Seven other men were injured.
Coun Steve Kay, who represents the Lockwood ward said "The disaster will never be forgotten in Lingdale, which is still a very tight knit community. Lingdale people understand that their village owes it's very existence to the miners."
Mr Butcher's grandson, Mike Jefferson organised Sunday's event, when the men were remembered at services in the two Lingdale churches.
An evening of remembrance was also held at the Lingdale Tavern, where the Lingdale Brass Band performed. A plaque in the pub honours the victims.
Picture shows Audrey Jefferson with a picture of her father John Butcher, and a lamp to commemorate those who died
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Kilton Ironstone Mine
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Taken from the 'Evening Gazette'
Monday 3 May 1954
Rescuers overcome in bid to save others
One Dead, 31 Gassed in Cleveland Mine,
‘Fourteen taken to hospital’
One man was killed and 31 others were overcome by gas following an explosion at Kilton Ironstone mine, near Brotton today. The dead man is, Raymond Johnson age 40, loader man of 34 Gladstone Street, Loftus, whose body was brought to the surface about five hours after the explosion took place. Of the 31 overcome by gas were several of the rescue men. Fourteen men were taken to hospitals in Redcar, Brotton and Guisborough, and the others treated on the spot. Helping the local mine rescue team were teams from Crook (two) Houghton le Spring and Benwell Tower, near Newcastle. Ambulances were sent from Redcar and Carlin Howe.
‘Fire brigades help’
Middlesbrough Fire brigade and neighbouring fire authorities were asked to send resuscitation apparatus to the mine. It is believed that the explosion which displaced arches and roof supports occurred just before a three-man loader team started operations. The force of the blast blew Stanley Burton age 38 of 34 St Helens Walk, Liverton Mines and Iwan Dumoncie 29 of 28 Tyne Street, East Loftus off their feet and threw them some distance. Burton suffering from cuts and abrasions was taken to the Guisborough Admiral Chaloner Hospital, but the other man was allowed to go home. The third man was Johnson. Two deputies, Robert Johnson 44, of 6 Boosbeck Road, Skelton green and William Garbutt 48, of Foster Street, Brotton were overcome by gas when attempting to rescue the three men, but were later allowed to go home. As the deputies and the two loader men were brought out the Kilton mine rescue team found Johnson but were unable to move him.
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Choking & Gasping
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'Picture shows William Henry Antony Knaggs better know as Tony on the far right, who turned up for the 2 x 10 shift, only to assist a colleague gassed in the incident'
The Crook rescue teams went into the mine and shortly after a message came out asking for more stretchers as a number of other men had been overcome by the effect of gas. As the first of the miners were being brought out from the affected district Dr W Stevenson of Skelton was going into the mine. Choking as gasping the effected men were taken to the ambulance station, but after a number of them had received oxygen treatment on the surface, an emergency call came out for every available piece of oxygen equipment and all spare cylinders were rushed into the mine. It is believed that the gas had penetrated into the return airway, with one or two stoppings being blown down by the explosion, which meant that miners coming out of the district, instead of meeting fresh air, were meeting gas. A steady stream of miners was coming to the pit head as Dr M Rooney of Skelton followed Dr Stevenson into the mine. Amongst the first stretcher cases was Robert Garland, of Brotton one of the mine’s rescue team who had made a gallant effort to reach Johnson. Another member of the mine rescue team, Owen Laffey of North Skelton was also affected by gas, but able to walk out. Another stretcher case was Mr Dobson of Houghton, a member of the Houghton rescue team.
‘Managers overcome’
Amongst those taken to hospital were Mr A Turnbull, mine manager and MR G Pearson. Lingdale Mine manager, who were treated for the effects of gas. Mr Turnbull was detained in the Stead Memorial Hospital, Redcar. Other men treated at the surface ambulance station , 14 of them being sent to hospital were; George Hitchen, over man of the Barris, Staithes; John Thomas Curnow, 15, Dixon Street, Lingdale; Dennis M Codling 30, Dixon Street, Lingdale; David Parkinson, 25, Queens Road, Loftus; Andrew Marsay, Thornlee Bungalow, Old Liverton; William Peggs, 6 Dixon Street, Carlin How; W Prusieck, 48, Richard Street, North Skelton; William Taberner, 27, William Street, North Skelton; George Bean, Deputy, 18a Wilson Street, Lingdale; Tom Harrison, 1 Tyreman Street, Lingdale; Leslie Milburn, Fenton Street, Boosbeck.
Thomas Taberner, 32a High Street, Brotton; W Sediatyic, 34 Cockburn Street, Lingdale; Owen Laffey, North Skelton; Lawrence Weeks, Wand Hill gardens, Boosbeck; Mr Dobson, Houghton; Robert Garland, Brotton; John Chamberlain, Wand Hill, Boosbeck; John James Smith, Lingdale; Robert Ironside, The Barris, Staithes; Ernest Libby, Scarth Street, Lingdale; Conrad Radouski, 28, Wand Hill, Boosbeck; W Pryzgockl, 1 Stevenson Street, Carlin How; T Brown, 4 Coronation Road, Loftus; P Welham, Thornlee Bungalow, Old Liverton.
The seven men who were taken to Brotton Hospital were allowed to go home after treatment. One of the men said that he was walking in by and would be approximately half a mile away from the working face when the last came, and he was blown off his feet. Acting over man Robert Johnson age 44, who with 48 year old William Garbutt of 27 Foster Street, Brotton was the first rescuer to go down the Pit after the explosion , told the ‘Evening Gazette’ at his home 6, Boosbeck Road, Skelton today:
‘When we got down the shaft we found the place in a terrible mess. The dust and debris made it impossible to see anything very clearly. Bill Garbutt and I were the first down and were the first up again. We got about 200 to 300 yards in and got all the men out except one, and the something – I don’t know what it was, but I think it was the after-effects of the explosion, overcame us’
Mr Johnson said he did not remember coming out of the pit, and that he could still, sitting in his home feel the effects. The Kilton mine is a neighbour to the Lingdale Ironstone mine, where an ignition of gas took place last August. After the Lingdale disaster, safety lamps and a ban on smoking were introduced at Kilton and at other ironstone mines in the Cleveland Area. The mine is owned by Dorman Long and Company. |
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Officials go down
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Rescue teams
Shortly after the had come to the surface, Mr J. R. Tomlinson, mines agent and Mr G. Miller, manager of Lumpsey mine again descended into the mine. Members of the Crook and Houghton Le Spring teams were preparing to re-enter the affected district with a view of determining what the position was a little later. Officials, rescue team members and workmen who had assisted were supplied with tea and sandwiches at the mine surface. Only men for repair work were allowed to go in for the afternoon shift. One of the men in the affected area was Mr Harry Chapman, of School House, Kiltonthorpe, who was walking in-by with Codling. One of the men taken to hospital when the explosion occurred.
‘There was a blast of air and dust’ Mr Chapman said ‘ we were nearly three quarters of a mile from the explosion, but were temporarily blinded’. They decided to carry on in-by to see if they could be of assistance but Mr Hitchen, the over man sent them back out. They then went to see if the Brick stoppings were all right, and found that one had been blown down. When they smelled gas coming out Mr Chapman added. They got their coats and it was then that Chapman saw Taberner helping Parkinson out. He went to their assistance and they were coming out of the district when the met the rescue team going in. ‘We put Parkinson down’ Mr Chapman added’ and the rescue team was giving him oxygen when one of their members came running back for the oxygen and said another man was down. It was Codling who had stayed behind to try and erect a fence rail in part of the district with a ‘no road’ sign to serve as a warning for anyone who might be going in’. He then helped to bring Codling and Parkinson to the surface
Pictures and information kindly contributed by John Knaggs of Lingdale
David Parkinson mentioned, lost an eye in the blast and was totally blind for 6 weeks. (information kindly contributed by his son, David Parkinson)
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Miners (Lingdale) 1942
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left to right
Front Row:
Smith, H.Brady, W.Burton, J.Winspear, T.Thompson
Middle Row:
P.Mcdermot, G.Larder, M.Ash, H.Hill, A.Bird, D.Blenkey, K.Whittaker, E.Price, K.Brown.
Back Row:
W.Tetley, R.Todd, A.Russell, T.Knight, G.Wilkinson
photograph kindly contributed by H.Brady.
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Lingdale Mining bridge
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Erected about 1896, the bridge from the mine to the shale heap.
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Explosion at Lingdale mine
Two Dead, 13 Injured
Two men were killed and 13 others were injured, eight critically, by an explosion at an ironstone mine at Lingdale, in the Cleveland district of North Yorkshire, to-day.
Mr. J. R. Tomlinson, the mine’s agent, stated that an hour and a half after the morning shift had begun "there was an ignition of gas in the south-west Dips district" and 5 men were badly burned. They were working about a mile and a half from the pithead when the explosion occurred and were 600ft. underground.
The injured men were admitted to local hospitals and a number were stated this evening to be critically or very ill. Tom Breckon, aged 34, a filler, of Coral Street, Lingdale, died from burns in Middlesbrough General Hospital, and Anthony Carter, aged 19, a driver, of Charlotte Street, New Skelton, died at Hemlington Hospital, Middlesbrough.
Along with several other Cleveland mines, that at Lingdale, which has been working continuously since 1940, is not regarded as a "gas" mine and in some parts of it men work with the ordinary carbide lamp, which has an open flame.
Taken from the Times, Aug 25th 1953.
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Two more deaths from mine explosion
Two More Deaths From Mine Explosion
The death roll from the ironstone mine explosion at Lingdale, Cleveland, rose to five to-day when three more miners died in Middlesbrough hospitals. They were William Grayson, aged 16, John Butcher, aged 48, and Jack Breckon, aged 65, whose son Tom, aged 34, died at Middlesbrough last night from injuries received in the explosion. Of nine other injured men three were reported critically ill and two very ill this afternoon.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Fuel and Power said to-day that inspectors were making an investigation into the accident.
Taken from the Times, Aug 26th 1953.
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Lingdale Ironstone Mine about 1950's 1960's
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Photograph kindly contributed by Bill Wesson.
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Lingdale Ironstone Mine about 1950's 1960's
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Photograph kindly contributed by Bill Wesson.
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Bridge from Mine to Shale Heap
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This view of is of the Stonecatcher looking past where the car sales garage is now down toward Greens Builders compound, taken about 1950's
Photograph kindly contributed by Bill Wesson and information from Derick Pearson.
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Dennis Pearson and George Hollinworth
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Photograph of Dennis (Denny) Pearson and George (Dux) Hollinworth, when they broke the stone output record in the 50's for all the pits in the area.
Photograph kindly contributed by Derick Pearson.
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The Last Shift
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This was the Last shift off at Lingdale when the pit closed. Many Local lads on it.
If you know any names please contact me.
Thank you, Alison
Photograph kindly contributed by Derick Pearson.
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Ironstone Miners Last Shift
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Picture of Lingdale mine last shift.
Man in front Frank Holmes is the brother in law, of Bill Danby. unfortunately he does not know the others. any information welcome.
We think it may be taken from the Northern Echo.
Picture kindly donated by Bill Danby.
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Mining Fatality
Ronald Bill (Ron), Deputy, age 37 years, of 35 Dixon St, Lingdale.
Whilst checking props one too short managed to save the life of one man before the roof fell on him. Taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital, lived for 5 days, died 21st March 1960 2 years before pit closure.
Information kindly sent by Heather Dawson.
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Pit Ponies
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This photograph was taken on 28th August 1959, the man leading the first pony is Albert Dobson from Carney St, Boosbeck, the man in the centre of the photograph is Gus Coote,the other one is Clarry Ditchburn from Moorsholm.
Photograph kindly contributed by Linda and Colin Coote, information sent by Joyce Dobson.
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Pit Men
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Back row:
Mr Sunley, ? , George Reap, Mr Alf Smith.
Front row:
Mr Fawcett, Mr Coote, Mr Bannister, ?
any information about the two unknown men would be most welcome. Alison
Photograph kindly contributed by Linda and Colin Coote.
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A Tribute to Miners Everywhere
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Dedicated to the Lingdale Mines Disaster
A POEM by C.M. Thompson
PRICE SIXPENCE
The profits on this Recitation will be given to the Lingdale Mines Disaster Relief Fund
Copyright.
Do you give a thought to the miners,
As you sit by your cosy fire?
For whether they get coal or ironstone
Their efforts never tire.
They are the backbone of England
This army of unseen men,
As they toil midst the grime and danger
Before coming to earth again.
They rise from their beds at the dawning
When most people still lie asleep,
After breakfast and a cheery good morning,
They've a rendezvous to keep.
No shining motor car to take them
Or first class carriage express,
No perfect cut lounge suit or top hat,
No elegant kind of dress,
But heavily nailed boots and safety hats,
With little lamps fixed on top,
And coats and trousers covered in dust
They tramp to the mines non-stop.
On arrival at the pit head,
This happy, whistling throng
Enter the cages that will take them,
With a smile, a joke or a song.
Then down in the darkness and danger
They toil with might and main,
For mothers and wives and children
An honest living to gain.
So as you walk on God's fair earth
Enjoying the beauty and pure fresh air,
Will you spare a thought for the miners
Far below 'mid the dangers there.
And pray God will keep them safe
To return at the end of the day
To loved ones anxiously waiting
To welcome them home always.
By C.M. Thompson
September 7th, 1953.
Kindly contributed by Susan Griffiths.
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Inside of Lingdale Mine *
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Inside of Lingdale Mine
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson
If you require any more information about these photographs please contact me.
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Inside of Lingdale Mine 2 *
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Inside of Lingdale Mine
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson.
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Inside of Lingdale Mine 3 *
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Inside of Lingdale Mine
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson.
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Inside of Lingdale Mine 4 *
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Inside of Lingdale Mine
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson.
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Lumpsey Mine
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John Robert Robinson from Carlin How he was the Head Horse Keeper, know by his family as "Bob" but later found out that he was called "Coddy" by workmates.
Information kindly contributed by Kevin Hullah.
Photograph kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson.
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Lingdale Mine 5
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Inside of Lingdale Mine with Abe and Bob Carver
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson & Anne Breeze (nee Knight).
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Lingdale Miners
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Lingdale Miners
any names most welcome
Kindly contributed by Mike Jefferson.
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Lingdale Mine 1947 *
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Edwin Scarth at Lingdale Mine during the Snow of 1947
Kindly contributed by N.V. Scarth.
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Lingdale Miners *
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some names; Engineer - Edwin Scarth, Under Manager - Mr. J. Bell, Mr Simons.
Kindly contributed by N.V. Scarth |
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Lingdale Mine *
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A. Vivers and Edwin Scarth
Kindly contributed by N.V. Scarth.
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Lingdale Mine Skyline
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taken form Mrs Scarth's Allotment.
Shale heap, Claphow Bridge, Kiln, Engine house and Chimney.
two photographs joined together to get full skyline.
Kindly contributed by Joy Scarth.
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Billy Grayson
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Billy Grayson, aged just 16 years old, he was the youngest pit worker who died in the Lingdale mine disaster in 1953.
Kindly contributed by Joyce Butler (nee Grayson) Billys Aunt.
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Death Agony of Lingdale Ore Mine
Last Shift 600ft down by Tom Leonard
The signals clanged at the pit –head, after Mr Alec Holmes had secured the cage gates. Down we plunged, 630ft to the bottom of Lingdale Mine shaft, where the mine’s last main shift winning iron ore was at work.
My companion and guide was Mr Albert Hurn, under manager. As the cage slowly came to rest at the shaft bottom we were in a world of contrasting light and darkness.
Bright electric lights showed up the long line of full tubs waiting to be hauled to the surface. On either side, long tunnels stretched as far as the eye could see.
Mr Hurn told me it was nearly 45 years since he started in the industry and this was the third pit at which he had worked, to close.
Miles of Roadway
This mine at Lingdale, which closed yesterday, had some 17,000 yards of roadway in use and miles more opened up and then abandoned.
The shaft was sunk about 1871. The manager Mr. John Sparkes told me mining started about 1877. Some 9,000,000 tons of ore have since found their way to the furnaces. The huge shale heaps near the mine bear witness to may more tons of mineral extract.
Along the tunnel 9ft high and 12ft wide, we tramped for over a mile under the hills to the south-west district. Our helmet lamps cast dancing shadows on the timber supports. Apart form our footsteps; the only sound was the hissing wire rope traveling over pulleys, as tubs were being hauled from the working surface to the shaft bottom.
There is a profound silence in parts of a mine. As Mr Hurn pointed out old workings, and change in strata, I thought of the generations of men who had tramped this way before us, leaving a cold dawn surface.
Bright lights gleamed ahead. Mr Hurn said “Step in here” We sought some refuge in a manhole carved in the side, as a train of full tubs rumbled past. The lights were at eh haulage landing, into which full tubs ran from the seam to be coupled together on their way out. Empty tubs were distributed in the opposite direction.
Old Friends
Mr E. Wood of 8 Rosedale Gardens, Lingdale, better known as ‘Hilly’ to gymkhana enthusiasts throughout Cleveland was busy at work as we moved in further.
As the overman, Mr. Fred Marshall of 23 High Street, Boosbeck joined us for the tour, a diesel locomotive rumbled along the siding, driven by Mr. Eddie Turner, of 9 High Street, Boosbeck, a well known Cleveland snooker player. Mr Marshall in his 44th year in the mines is moving back to Skelton mine.
“The three J’s” said Mr Hurn as we met three Lingdale men. Mr. Jack Armstrong of 14 Davison Street, Mr. Joe Hood of 65 High Street and Mr. Jim Pierson of 2 Dale Terrace.
“I started in this road in 1926”, Mr Armstrong told me. He has since worked at North Skelton mine. Mr Hood has worked underground for 48 years and Mr Pierson 30 years. All three will be among the 12 men starting the task on Monday of dismantling the underground workings, to retrieve machinery and as much gear as possible.
Thunderous
In the confined space, a compressor sounded like thunder. Air at pressure of 80lb to the square inch was forced along the pipes to operate the mechanical loaders at he face of the seam.
Then into a fantastic world as we reached the face. A mechanical loader made conversation impossible as we squeezed past tubs. Above the din I heard Mr. Jimmy Brown of 2 Eskdale Terrace, Lingdale standing on a platform to operate the machine yell “Dole on Monday”.
Heaps of ore were scoped up and loaded into the yawning cavity containing the seam. I saw Mr Ben Muxlow of 30 Oakdale Road, Guisborough, a deputy knocking into position a huge timber support for the roof.
Two Lingdale men, Mr Frank Peary of 7 Catherine Street and Mr, Jimmy Stewart of 14 Moorcock Road were busy on heaps of ore blown out by explosives. The men wore singlets, trousers, boots and socks. I scrambled on a mound of ore as the mechanical loader roared along pushing a full tub.
Warning blast
Retracing our steps, we walked down to another place, pressing against supports as a locomotive driven by Mr, Norman Hewison of Lingdale, roared through after a warning blast on the whistle.
Leaning against a support as we talked, Mr George Hollinworth of 40 Wilson Street, Lingdale, said “It’s a sad day for Cleveland” Mr Billy Vaughan of 42 Wand Hill, Boosbeck was busy hand-filling the iron ore. Mr Geoffrey Smith, deputy of Wand Hill Boosbeck stopped for a chat. Other loader men, Mr John Hewitt of 85 Margrove Park, and Mr Vince Tamari of 49 Ruby Street, Saltburn together with Mr Frank Holmes of 16 High Street, Lingdale, a deputy, came out of the face to exchange greeting.
Nearby I met one of the youngest workers in that part of the mine, 18 year old Ron Wall of 23 Scarth Street, Lingdale a Loco driver.
In the next place, keeping up an old Cleveland tradition of relatives working together were brothers Mr Eric Vincent of 27 North Terrace, Lingdale and Mr Bill Vincent of 79 Park Street, Skelton.
With them in the loader team was Mr. Tommy Dale of 12 Venables Road, East Guisborough. “Here’s a souvenir” said Bill Vincent. He presented me with a piece of ore just blasted from the seam where work was soon to stop for good.
The Tramp Back
After two hours walking it was time to return to the surface. As we tramped back to the shaft bottom, Mr. Hurn said “You are now walking adjacent to the road going down to Lockwood Beck”. We had walked underground until we had approached Castleton Lane End and Lockwood Beck junction.
There was a rush of fresh air as we walked out, still carefully watching the rushing, hissing rope. We met Mr Frank Shorten of Margrove Park working on the bank.
At the shaft bottom I talked with some Lingdale men Mr Charlie Slater, Mr. Ted Porritt, Mr. Joe Fleming and Mr George Neal, as we leaned against full tubs waiting to be hoisted up the shaft.
“We’re the wrong side of 50 to get any other job” said Mr Slater, as we talked of the years they had spent in the mines. In Mr Hurn’s cabin near the shaft bottom we spent a few minutes as the clock on the wall ticked out the last hours of the mine. That cabin, built when the pit opened, holds the secrets of the tragedy, the humour and all that makes up pit life.
The Last Pay Packet
Finally, back into the cage Mr. Ron Smith and Mr. Leonard Atkinson, both of Lingdale secured the gates, then back up the shaft.
Shortly afterwards the miners came streaming out of the pit head, into the cold grey afternoon and lined up at the office for their pay and insurance cards.
The melancholy business of tearing down the pit-head will come when all the material underground had been brought to the surface.
The Cleveland Ironstone mining industry has played a leading role in making Middlesbrough a great Iron and Steel producing centre. I had seen the sad end of a long chapter in the history of those mines.
Taken from the Evening Gazette
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Stevens Family
My husbands great grandfather John Stevens who was born in Devon in 1840 moved North in the 1870's with his wife and children, He was killed in Lingdale ironstone Mine on 18.1.1881, leaving a wife and 5 young children (the older ones stayed in Devon) they lived at 1, Dale Terrace, (1881 census)
His widow, Annie moved to 15, Dale Terrace (1891 census) as noted on your road list.
His son John Stevens continued to live at this address after his mother's death (1901 census)
was also killed in Lingdale mine on 19.11.1907 leaving a wife and 4 young children.
information kindly contributed by Jane Jackson
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Lingdale Pit Head *
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Drawings copyright by Stuart McMillan
Stuart is interested if any details are missing for example any out buildings.
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Kilton Pit *
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Artists impression, copyright Stuart McMillan
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Longacres *
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Artist impression, copyright Stuart McMillan |
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Lumpsey, Brotton *
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Artist impression, copyright Stuart McMillan
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North Skelton *
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Artist impression, copyright Stuart McMillan
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Park Pit *
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Artist impression, copyright Stuart McMillan
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Now & Then Ironstone Mines
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Lingdale is remembered by many because of its large shale tip which straddled the road to Skelton. In 1940 the owners installed large calcining kilns to reduce the weight of stone being transported away from the site. The kilns were originally on the island of Raasay in Scotland, and were dismantled for the move to Cleveland. One of the kilns can be seen, together with the winding gear for the mine.
Lingdale mine was operated between 1877 and 1952 by Pease Partners and then by Dorman Long until its closure in 1962. There were two accidents in the mine in 1950's. In 1952 two men died whilst the following year 8 men lost their lives in a single gas explosion - following these accidents Lingdale was a mine where safety helmets were worn, although gas was not a general hazard in Cleveland ore field until the 1950's when greater mechanisation increased extraction from the main seam, causing increased release of gases. When Lingdale mine closed 150 men lost their jobs.
The view shows how Lingdale has changed dramatically in recent years, the kilns winding gear and the shale tip are now all gone. Several of the buildings, including the workshops have survived and are used for light engineering. The deputies houses are still standing on the North East corner of the site. Both here and at Loftus the deputies houses stood separate from the workers housing in contrast to the arrangement at Eston and elsewhere.
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A Century in Stone
The Eston and California Story.
A Film By Craig Hornby.
Please click on the link
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Stanghow Mine
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Lingdale Mine
Lingdale Ironstone Mine
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David Taylor's Journals
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David Taylor's daughter Connie has allowed me to transcribe these journals for the web site.
They cover and describe mining in detail in East Cleveland and West Yorkshire from 1906 - 1958 and many other occupations.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
There are 7 books in all.
Alison.
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Lingdale Pit Head
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Kindly contributed by June Booth & Alan Ward
Any names would be very welcome
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Lingdale Pit Head 2
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Taken at Lingdale Pit Head
Kindly contributed by Alan Ward
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Lingdale Kilns
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Lingdale kilns at the mine site, used for making bricks.
Photograph & information
kindly contributed by Paula Miller (nee Rix).
June 2008
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