General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Who were classed as 'face workers'? Was it only those who cut the coal, or where a wider group of activities included in the classification?

I remember watching the two men (only one of them at the controls) operate the Anderton Shearer Loader on the Trencherbone seam at Golborne. I guess it was more demanding that quite a few other roles would be, and operating that thing accurately amongst all the noise dust and vibration can't have been easy. Nevertheless, there must have been a huge range of adversity pertaining to the many varied roles which had to be performed.