Hawthorn Coke Works
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Yes you were there. A few of of those names were already gone by the time I started in 1981. When did you leave? If you knew Bill Twigg you probably knew my grandfather Geordie Hall blacksmiths mate. My father was B shift cokecar man. RIP Phil???? was that the young sparky killed on the guide?
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Dick Groves,Stan ,Priestman,Bert Lakin,Jim Smith,Harry Strugglin,Freddie Johnson,Billy Twigg,Mary Porkpie,Atomic Fewster,Tommy Morley.Matty Slack,Jacky Worthy and the great Alan Mallaby to name but a few.I think I left before you started.Profile must be wrong.
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Hmmmm. Some confusion here! Your profile has you born in 1984 and Hawthorn closed in 1986 maybe you have the wrong plant.
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I served my time here as an electrician.I worked with some of the finest men I will ever know.Many of them will be gone now.We laughed a lot and sometimes cried.RIP Phil.
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Where was this coke plant located? Hawthorn, California? Hawthorn, Illinois? Hawthorn, Wisconsin? Nobody seems to know!!
hudson501 2 years ago
@hudson501 Hawthorn was in the North East of England, United Kingdom.
COALMONK5 2 years ago
Thanks for the clarification. By the way, here in the "states" we just had a new set of coke ovens begin operation in Granite City, IL. It looks far different than what you see here in this video.
hudson501 2 years ago
@hudson501 Glad to hear there's still life in the American coking industry. England has very few plants left, Hawthorn was built in 1958 and closed in 1986 and had very little updated inbetween but still produced the best quality domestic and industrial coke of the day.
COALMONK5 2 years ago
Coalmonk5 It's interesting that you mention the Hawthorn plant shutting down in 1986. There was a coke works that opened up on Chicago's south side in that same year of '86. It shut down about seven years ago and has been idle since. Another set of Coke ovens also shut down in Indianapolis, IN in July, 2007. So, two steps back and one step forward regarding the coke industry here in the states!
hudson501 2 years ago
Backward steps all the way in U.K. I'm afraid. There hasn't been a new plant built since the late 60s. Only 1 private plant remains and maybe 5 or 6 plants connected to the steel industry, and 2 of these are due to close. Sad really.
COALMONK5 2 years ago