1900 - 1994

Silverwood Mine

Hollings Lane

Thrybergh

THE ORIGINS OF SILVERWOOD MINERS

DINNINGTON MAIN COLLIERY

Location Dinnington South Yorkshire

Dinnington Colliery was sunk in 1902.
In 1918the colliery was owned by Dinnington Main Coal Co., Ltd., Sheepbridge Works, Chesterfield
 

1924

Edward Evitts age 35 living at 3 Eldon Rd Eastwood signed on as a Collier March 1924 Dinnington
Albert Woodthorpe age 31 living at 41 Henry St signed on as a Collier March 1924 Dinnington  [ see above ]
John H Moore age 24 living at 15 ?? Place signed on as a ? April 1924
Joseph Sweeney age 50 living at 9 Wentworth St signed on as a Collier May 1924  [ see above ]
Leonard Kemp age 27 living at 38 Saville St Dalton signed on as a Stoneworker July 1924
Fred V Lodge age 40 living at 10 Mabel St signed on as a Stoneworker July 1924 [ see above ]
S? Brazier age 23 living at 87 Selbourne St  signed on as a Collier in December 1924 [ see above ]
Austin Mcinzie age 38 living at 47 Clifton Ave signed on as a Stoneworker  in January 1925  [ see above ]
Thomas Donohughe age 45 living at 38 Bernard ? St Masbro signed on as a  Collier in November 1924

1925

William Lees age 26 living at 5 Eastwood Lane signed on as a Collier in April 1925  [ see above ]
William Ridgeway  age 24 living at 75 Clifton Ave signed on as a Collier in April 1925  [ see above ]
Samuel Rudge  age 36 living at 52 Charles St signed on as a Collier in March 1925  [ see above ]
George Harry Ensor age 35 living at 77 Ashwood Rd Parkgate signed on as a Collier in February 1925
Thomas Kaling ? age 26 living at 1 Taylor Row Holmes? lane signed on as a  Collier in March 1925
J  Lane age 30 living at 56  Midland Rd signed on as a  Collier in March 1925  [ see above ]
E  Mcormick age 30 living at 112  Psalter Lane signed on as a  Collier in March 1925  [ see above ]
Clifford Ensor age 30 living at 77 Ashwood Rd Parkgate signed on as a Collier in March 1925
Charles Kusling Richmond  age 37 living at 135 Brown St signed on as a Collier in February 1925  [ see above ]
Charles White age 33 living at 6  Chapel Walk signed on as a Stoneworker in February 1925  [ see above ]
Leonard Douglas age 26 living at 110 Holland St signed on as a  Collier in February 1925  [ see above ]
J Dowd  age 27 living at 47 Kelvin St Dalton signed on as a Collier in February 1925
Thomas Myers age 36 living at 7 Amen Corner Masbro signed on as a Collier in March 1925
Ernest Harris age 26 living at 169 Greasbro Rd signed on as a Collier in January 1925  [ see above ]
Oscar R Chapman age 33 living at 24 The Avenue Bramley signed on as a Collier  in January 1925
Fred Hayes age 30 living at 13 Llewellyn St ? signed on as a Collier   in January 1925  [ see above ]

Joseph Gillatt ?age 26 living at 12 Chemist Lane signed on as a Collier February 1925

1926

Frank Weatherhill  age 32 living at 55 Devonshire Place  signed on as a Collier in March 1926  [ see above ]
Wilfred Page age 19 living at 20 Hope Dr Thornhill signed on as a Ropeworker in November 1926
J? Shaw  age 24 living at 12 Kelvin St Dalton signed on as a Stoneworker in October 1926

1927

Ernest Duke  age 33 living at 4 Avondale Rd signed on as a Collier in October 1927  [ see above ]
J Collier  ? age24 living at    6 Brampton Ave Thurcroft signed on as a Stoneworker in October 1927
William Shaw age 30 living at 54 Osburton St Dalton signed on as a Stoneworker in October 1927
Harvey J Bailey  age 33 living at 155 Brown St signed on as a Collier in August 1927  [ see above ]
A Long age 22 living at 29 Clifton Ave Rotherham signed on as a Stoneworker in August 1927
Arthur Bailey age 24 living at 155 Brown St signed on as a Collier in August 1927  [ see above ]
Frank Beresford  age 19 living at 24 West Crescent Sunnyside signed on as a Haulageman in July 1927
William Joyce age 27 living at 17 Truro Place signed on as a Stoneworker in January 1927  [ see above ]
H Muscroft age 20 living at 18 Layes  ? Lane signed on as a Driver in February 1927  [ see above ]
William Jansey age 15 living at 11 Charles St signed on as a Driver in January 1927  [ see above ]

© John Doxey
 

Though Dinnington Main no longer exist the memory of the mine is still there in the form of the award winning Dinnington Colliery Brass Band. Click on the link below to visit their site

www.dinningtoncollieryband.co.uk

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