50 years since the end of Cleveland Ironstone Mining

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christwigg
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the closure of the last ironstone mine in Cleveland at North Skelton on 17th January 1964.

Theres a short film made at the time here :-

http://www.northeastfilmarchive.com/videos/12758/end-era

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Morlock
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11 years ago

Very nice, thanks.

LeeW
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11 years ago

Agreed, very nice. Cheers

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Jimbo
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11 years ago

Was it a CMHS day of mourning? ;)

Nice film Chris, you are a real font of knowledge these days, do you have anymore clips for us to drool over! :thumbup:

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remoteneeded
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11 years ago

What an excellent film. Thanks.

Tamarmole
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11 years ago

Amazing film with a lovely period feel.

The narrative in particular reminded me of those delightful Firmin/Postgate animatations.

RJV
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11 years ago

Wonder if there's a decent copy of that kicking about somewhere, the one I have is equally low-resolution.

pingu
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11 years ago

Excellent to watch. Brings back memories of when I was taken on a visit into the ironstone mines of Irthlingborough and Finedon as a kid :thumbup: . Thank you.

christwigg
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11 years ago

"Jimbo" wrote:

Nice film Chris, you are a real font of knowledge these days, do you have anymore clips for us to drool over! :thumbup:

Oh go on then, this one hasn't been in general circulation until today, anniversary present and all that.

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Tamarmole
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11 years ago

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Another corking bit of footage - thanks very much.

Pinzgauer
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11 years ago

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Thanks for those clips Chris. VERY good indeed. Curious about the holders/boxes/pouches that the men had for putting the trusty Oldham battery into. Showed them walking to work with the empty thingies already on. What were they made of? Looked a bit like a stiffened felt type material. Sifted through my collection of ancient Oldham literature and can't see any reference to them. Made at the pit maybe?? Both clips show them in use.

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Tamarmole
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11 years ago

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"Pinzgauer" wrote:
Thanks for those clips Chris. VERY good indeed. Curious about the holders/boxes/pouches that the men had for putting the trusty Oldham battery into. Showed them walking to work with the empty thingies already on. What were they made of? Looked a bit like a stiffened felt type material. Sifted through my collection of ancient Oldham literature and can't see any reference to them. Made at the pit maybe?? Both clips show them in use.

I was wondering about that - were they using nife cells rather than lead acids and the pouches were an extra line of defence against the skin melting jollop contained within??????

simonrail
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11 years ago

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The pouches were worn on a waist belt and made of thick rubber, smooth on the inside and very rough patterned on the outside. A leather strap over the top kept the battery in place. At the end in 1964 lead acid batteries were used but during the 1950s some Nife cell caplamps were in use at Lumpsey and Kilton Mines.

Years after Lumpsey had closed I found several of the rubber pouches at a derelict Lumpsey Mine and they are now in the Mining Museum at Skinningrove.

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staffordshirechina
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11 years ago

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They are made of peeled layers of conveyor belting. They were quite common in the coal industry too. Anything that saves two seconds in the daily rush through the lamproom......

Like bit pouches, spanner carriers and many other useful accessories they were a part time task of lampmen and others to make.

Det. bags and powder cans were also made of belting but on a more commercial scale at area workshops.