Durham Mining Museum. I see there were many Colliery's in Durham, more than 10 in Evenwood alone. http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/w030.htm This site is full of very useful information, including list of names of people that died from mining accidents. Could someone please answer a question regarding Ludworth Colliery? What is the occupation of a Colliery Banksman? Beverley

Beverley, there is a page on the Durham Mining site that tells you occupations but this is what it says about Banksman. Banksmen 1825: those who, at the bank or top of the pit, unhook and empty the laden corves into the carts or waggons, from a frame or stage. 1849: a man who draws the full tubs from the cages at the surface, when wound up by the engine, and replaces them with empty ones ; he also puts the full tubs to the weighing machine, and thence to the skreens, upon which he teems the coals. It is also his duty to keep an account of the quantity of coals and stones drawn each day. 1894: Person who controls the unloading and loading of the cage at the pit top, and signals the descent of the workmen Regards Daphne >-- Original Message -- >From: "Beverley Rittwage" <brittwage@rogers.com> >Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:13:57 -0500 >Subject: [ENG-DUR] DURHAM COLLIERY >To: ENG-DURHAM-L@rootsweb.com > > >Durham Mining Museum. >I see there were many Colliery's in Durham, more than 10 in Evenwood alone. > >http://www.dmm.org.uk/company/w030.htm This site is full of very useful information, >including list of names of people that died from mining accidents. Could >someone please answer a question regarding Ludworth Colliery? What is the >occupation of a Colliery Banksman? Beverley > > >==== ENG-DURHAM Mailing List ==== >Browse the ENG-DURHAM archives http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/eng-durham > __________________________________________________ Broadband from an unbeatable £15.99! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/home.html?code=SM-NL-11AM