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Industrial Developments
Sinking New Hucknall Pit
New Hucknall Colliery Co.
Mining Community Build
New Hucknall Institute
Huthwaite Coal Pit Yard
NCB Pithead Workshops
Coal Mine Underground
Colliery Access Routes
Pit Railway Connection
Colliery Sports Teams
Centenary Celebrations
Coal Production Figures
NCB Employee Register
Huthwaite Collier Deaths
Final Salvage Gangs
1982 Pit Yard Demolition
1984 Down Memory Mine
Pit Wheels in Memorial
Pit Yard Redevelopment
Waste Landfill Recycling

Industrial Developments

New Hucknall Colliery

Pit Teams and Sports

A mid 1920s trophy winning New Hucknall Tug of War team

c1925 Tug of War1920s tugofwar? Bonsall - A. Marshall - W. Smith - A. Dickins - G. Berresford - A. Lincoln - S. Roberts - W. Tribe.
?.???? - R. Wildsmith - ?.???? - J. Pickaver - E.P. Normington.
1941 Muschamp Cup for ShootingDEW09New Hucknall Home Guard 1941Robert Bailey - Les Scott - Ernest Clarke - Hedley Pickover-Hardy - Bill Morley
Frank Remmington - Walter Thorpe - Arthur Caunt

Mr Les Scott shown in New Hucknall Home Guard platoon saved his photo as proud cup winner from the collieries executive founder William Muschamp Esquire. This clipping being sourced by Mrs E Wallace also includes her brother Hedley behind the pits manager Walter Thorpe.   Trained with others to serve as last line of defense in case of invasion.   Fortunately never a direct war target, but meeting necessary dual WWII roles.


08 May 09     by Gary Elliott       Updated 12 Jul 09