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24-06-2014, 7:21 AM #21AnnesleyredGuest
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24-06-2014, 7:48 AM #22Brian SGuest
Board was at that time the term for a Gate of access to a Stall.
A stall was the coal face between the boards. Much shorter Coal Faces than later with pillars of Coal left between them.
Hence the terminology " Board and Stall" or "Pillar and Stall"
Some years ago in Derbyshire opencast work uncovered some of these old workings.
The term Stall was still used by many in later years when the "Longwall" system came into use and coal was still being produced by undercutting and hand filling.
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14-07-2014, 7:26 PM #23AnnesleyredGuest
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15-07-2014, 11:15 AM #24
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A very useful site I have discovered is "www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/disasters". It is a database of coalmining accidents and deaths in the UK (pre 1950) which you can search by surname and/or colliery, with thousands of records. Very interesting.
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