Myself, Alan Shaw, Steve Henson and Ted Zdanowicz machined the double pulleys at Markhams. They were too big for the vertical borer to machine in the bore so we put them on a horizontal borer for that operation. We made 4 pulley wheels plus two spares which I believe were never used. One pulley was bolted to the shaft while the other sat on a bearing on the same shaft. A problem they had was "banging" of the free pulley. Because the two pulleys were so close in diameter, there was very little movement of the free pulley, so when it moved it went with a jerk and bang which transmitted down to the cages. To stop this, Alan Shaw and myself went on site with a routing motor to machine the pulleys to the exact same size and this did indeed stop the banging. This was a new type of pulley with inserts in the pulleys instead of a steel "trod" and reduced rope wear. It also increased the life of the pulleys dramatically. We also put inserts on wood lagged friction winders, These were so successful at Cotgrave colliery, they went from replacing the wood lags every 6 months, to lasting from the time of conversion to when the colliery closed.
Another great video, they should make this a small mining museum, i use a wheelchair so its great to see this sort of thing, the head stocks should rain in place and be done up and a memorial plaque placed at the site for all the miners, its something to be proud of that they are the 3rd tallest in the world, and the worlds a big place, if you knock them down their gone for ever with a lot of mining heritage.
That headgear is ruffle half the size of Hem Heath ( Trentham) shaft was 1062metre deep with 4 cages two to 612m and a ground mounted Koepie winder to 1062m each cage had 4 decks and could carry about 100men per wind
I remember visiting Hem Heath in the 60’s when they claimed to hold a record. Four cages at the bottom of the shaft at the same time. Apparently one broke away and hit the other coming up and tripped the cappell. All Koepie systems had a balance rope attached to the bottom of each cage ( or skip ) so you can imagine the state of the pit bottom when this happened.
I visited this place last night , there is no chance getting in there now the fence has been changed and is now electric! its covered in cctv and motion detection speakers .that peak to you saying you are being recored by cctv VERY LOUD AT 3 AM 😂 for the local residents to hear over the road
Jam Jam I'm late but I think that by digging under the fence and worming you way to an entrance point at night I think you should be able to make it inside undetected but correct me if I'm wrong
Russ Cusworth yes I did on the first week of the strike getting £2 a day. We couldn’t understand how men were getting into the mine as they were telling us “yes mate I’m not going in, just let me into the canteen for a drink before I go home” it took us a while to twig that there was a subway from the canteen/baths under the road to the shaft side.
Good news Ben Marks,I was coal miner in North France during 8 years only,we have some collieries as museum.. But most of miners are gone due to coal dust...!
+DCT123 like your badge we're fighting to keep the headstock's bluss ma dad traveled 500 miles to work in that bit .so the miners strike .its now the turn of the next generation to fight fr the headstock's.
i thought it was very good to see inside which of cause i have had never been in to see before. it was great cant wait to see more exploring and filming thought i would suggest after watching the great abc footage was brill to and back to what i said would be great if you could get in and film in the general hospital
Cheers russ yeah general hospital has been on my to do list for ages locals are a bit trigger happy to ring the police if they see anyone hanging round
Talk about coal mines they need land mines to keep the chav vandals away from places like this. They are priceless parts of our national heritage and seeing them like this is a disgrace.
Seemingly impossible now, they've rigged up electric fences and CCTV covers the damn place. Best bet would be to dig under the fence, but good luck with that. Since it's so far in the open.
Myself, Alan Shaw, Steve Henson and Ted Zdanowicz machined the double pulleys at Markhams. They were too big for the vertical borer to machine in the bore so we put them on a horizontal borer for that operation. We made 4 pulley wheels plus two spares which I believe were never used. One pulley was bolted to the shaft while the other sat on a bearing on the same shaft. A problem they had was "banging" of the free pulley. Because the two pulleys were so close in diameter, there was very little movement of the free pulley, so when it moved it went with a jerk and bang which transmitted down to the cages. To stop this, Alan Shaw and myself went on site with a routing motor to machine the pulleys to the exact same size and this did indeed stop the banging. This was a new type of pulley with inserts in the pulleys instead of a steel "trod" and reduced rope wear. It also increased the life of the pulleys dramatically. We also put inserts on wood lagged friction winders, These were so successful at Cotgrave colliery, they went from replacing the wood lags every 6 months, to lasting from the time of conversion to when the colliery closed.
Another great video, they should make this a small mining museum, i use a wheelchair so its great to see this sort of thing, the head stocks should rain in place and be done up and a memorial plaque placed at the site for all the miners, its something to be proud of that they are the 3rd tallest in the world, and the worlds a big place, if you knock them down their gone for ever with a lot of mining heritage.
Thanks for posting great video
I was there yesterday, great to show my children.
Hi is there anything left of the pit today
Thanks for your comments, yeah its such a shame to see them just abandoned and in this state, hopefully they will have the sence to preserve them.
That headgear is ruffle half the size of Hem Heath ( Trentham) shaft was 1062metre deep with 4 cages two to 612m and a ground mounted Koepie winder to 1062m each cage had 4 decks and could carry about 100men per wind
I remember visiting Hem Heath in the 60’s when they claimed to hold a record. Four cages at the bottom of the shaft at the same time. Apparently one broke away and hit the other coming up and tripped the cappell. All Koepie systems had a balance rope attached to the bottom of each cage ( or skip ) so you can imagine the state of the pit bottom when this happened.
I visited this place last night , there is no chance getting in there now the fence has been changed and is now electric! its covered in cctv and motion detection speakers .that peak to you saying you are being recored by cctv VERY LOUD AT 3 AM 😂 for the local residents to hear over the road
Jam Jam I'm late but I think that by digging under the fence and worming you way to an entrance point at night I think you should be able to make it inside undetected but correct me if I'm wrong
Picketed this pit in 1984, scabs
Russ Cusworth yes I did on the first week of the strike getting £2 a day.
We couldn’t understand how men were getting into the mine as they were telling us “yes mate I’m not going in, just let me into the canteen for a drink before I go home” it took us a while to twig that there was a subway from the canteen/baths under the road to the shaft side.
At the end of the day they were still Miners
I were there yesterday. one of the wheels on the man riding shaft was tuning in the wind. It was very creepy
Hi Ben Marks,I hope they will preserve the colliery..
Daniel from France
+Marir Daniel So do I and things are looking good for the headstocks! Merci beaucoup! Ben
Good news Ben Marks,I was coal miner in North France during 8 years only,we have some collieries as museum..
But most of miners are gone due to coal dust...!
How on earth did you manage to get inside?
Very nice video. visiting here tomorrow.
+DCT123 did you get to visit the colliery, or whats left
+DCT123 did you get to visit the colliery, or whats left
+Fyodor48 Hi. Yes went last month. Got so close the security warning went off! Great sight these Headstocks.
+DCT123 like your badge we're fighting to keep the headstock's bluss ma dad traveled 500 miles to work in that bit .so the miners strike .its now the turn of the next generation to fight fr the headstock's.
i thought it was very good to see inside which of cause i have had never been in to see before. it was great cant wait to see more exploring and filming thought i would suggest after watching the great abc footage was brill to and back to what i said would be great if you could get in and film in the general hospital
Cheers russ yeah general hospital has been on my to do list for ages locals are a bit trigger happy to ring the police if they see anyone hanging round
Talk about coal mines they need land mines to keep the chav vandals away from places like this. They are priceless parts of our national heritage and seeing them like this is a disgrace.
Painted them in the sixties!
@alanmusson8710 time for a 2nd coat m8!
You need more light in the shaft part to see more
id be looking for mining items not jumping off the head stocks
My grandad worked at that pit jimmy Woodhouse was his name
Mark Woodhouse I hope he enjoyed working there
Mark Woodhouse my grandad worked there as well
can ya never go in there again. . . thats a very Old Mine and my grand father died working there
Sorry to hear this
I spoke to a chap today whilst walking round there hoping to get it saved
SNAP TIME, SNAP TIME SNAP TIME
how did you get inside?
Seemingly impossible now, they've rigged up electric fences and CCTV covers the damn place. Best bet would be to dig under the fence, but good luck with that. Since it's so far in the open.
Just pay 5 quid n have a tour now lol