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Parsonage Colliery, Leigh

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pit tallies
pit tallies
Photo: roy cunningham
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Item #: 16883
a couple of fotos of pit tallies from the pits i worked at.worked being the operative word!!!! after receiving an e-mail from an ex miner i worked with. telling me about the tunnellers documentary. 5 men to use a holman drilling machine. you had to manage on your own being a contractor. anyway my parsonage tally takes pride of place in my picture. and if you look closely you will see it's damaged and battered. the fitters and lekkys out there will remember. during the period i worked ungerground. the metric system came into being. and as we had not been issued with metric spanners at the time, you used to have to use shimmimgs. i.e. washers or a screwdriver blade.in this case pit tally to take up the slack in the spanner!!! especially on the panzer bolts..... but with a good 4lb hammer you could cut them off quicker than undo them. i remember 5 good blows if they was solid. if anyone has a parkside and agecroft tally they dont want? they would help to complete my tally collection.
cheers roy
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Comment by: Stey on 27th January 2011 at 00:03

Roy I'd have sworn 782 was my number at Parsonage. I thought you were going to say the damage to the Tally was when Eric Smith shot you an' it saved yer life lol.
Do you still send him a Xmas card.
I always thought a good chisel was better than a spanner especially on the sprocket bolts.
Now I think about it, maybe mine was 772

Comment by: roy on 27th January 2011 at 12:55

hi ste. 782 was definately me mate. somebody must av got it though after i left pit in 1980.wonder what append to tiny tears? i am over in u.k. next week. down south tho. but i am trying to get time get up to "pie land" while over there, need to get some pies and babbys yeds take back with me. my e-mail is up on one of the comments on parkside.if you e-mail some details i will give thee a bell.

Comment by: mark schofield on 9th April 2011 at 21:23

my dad eric schofield used to work as parsonage, spent all his time there, he loved it.

Comment by: E Trevor Davies on 20th September 2012 at 16:53

Does anyone remember my Dad Frank Davies,Traffic Foreman ?

Comment by: Martha on 15th November 2012 at 15:52

I am designing a memory wall in leigh - in memory of the parsonage + bickershaw collieries. what are the sixe dimensions of pit tallies?

Comment by: Tim Dunne on 7th January 2017 at 15:31

I worked at Parsonage from 1960 to 1970. My tally number was 402. I was Harry cornfields clerk.

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