I was there from 1985 till it shut on the surface as an electrician,I first went down Linby in 1964 on a visit with the area manager a Mr Dunn and got caned for capping school the next day,somehow the head master had found out I had been on the visit.Shame it shut it was a good place to work.John...
When Nottinghamshire balloted ,police stopped a lot of the notts lads who where striking from getting to their pits,my own pit Moorgreen voted to strike,the NCB immediatly said any miner at Moorgreen over 50 could finish immediatley with a pension,end of majority for strike at Moorgreen.However N...
I was there from 1985 till it shut on the surface as an electrician,I first went down Linby in 1964 on a visit with the area manager a Mr Dunn and got caned for capping school the next day,somehow the head master had found out I had been on the visit.Shame it shut it was a good place to work.John...