Category Coal Mining

19th Century Working Lives, Amblecote, Brierley Hill, Coal Mining, Crime & Punishment, Skidmore

Killed in a Coal Pit

My great great grandfather's brother, John Skidmore, was just 13 years old when he was killed with four others in a coal mining accident at Clattershall Colliery, located between Stourbridge and Brierley Hill in the Black Country. How did the accident happen? Was anybody held accountable?

19th Century Working Lives, Coal Mining, Crime & Punishment, Dudley, Jeavons

An Explosive Event

The story of Francis Jeavons, a coal miner in Dudley in the 19th century and his involvement in an act of intimidation during a miners' strike in 1864.

19th Century Working Lives, Coal Mining, Crime & Punishment, Dudley

The Miners’ Strike of 1864

The timeline of a long and bitter strike in Dudley and South Staffordshire in 1864. A reduction in wages resulted in a fight between miners and colliery owners with strong resistance against attempts to break the strike or against those who returned or tried to return to work.