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XxLeannexX | What is a colliery timberman? |
My great grand father was that, what isit??? I searched the web and found nothing. |
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musicalj2
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The timberman was the person who constructed the supports for the roof of the mine shafts. Coal was cut away from around these sections. No timberman worked on his own - and miners traditionally worked in teams with their 'marrers' (Durham) or 'mates'. This was important because their lives often depended on the support of their mates - if roof timbers collapsed or a pocket of gas was found, they could pull one another out. (In fact, it was the undermanager's job to note barometric pressure when there was the danger of a gas leak. If the air pressure was high, it kept the gas stable in its pocket, but low pressure meant that it escaped into the mine shafts, and it could overcome people very quickly. They used canaries to tell if there was gas about underground; they literally 'fell off their perch' and died very quickly before the human nose could detect anything.)
The timberman's job was very important; if he got the supports wrong, disaster could follow. There was often flooding in mines, and the supports had to be strong enough to withstand the flow of water; they also had to withstand the shocks of explosions from other parts of the mines when explosives were used to start a new seam of coal. |
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proud walker
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I think it's someone who shores up the mine with timber to stop it caving in on the miners |
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Al Zymer
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In coal mining, wood was used to shore up the mines, otherwise they would collapse, and many lives would be lost, so a timber man would construct and maintain the supports; a very important job, without which, they could not work. |
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Mr Bad Boy
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The shafts in old coal mines were supported by wooden struts. He either prepared the wood above ground or went down into the mines and built the supports. Basically the wooden frame stopped the mines falling in. |
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firebobby
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Probably cut and fitted the pit props. |
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Jeff G
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a timber man was the person who cut and installed pit props |
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crazeygrazey
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A pit-propper who also made gallery entrances. A highly skilled job upon whom men's lives rested. |
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Jeff 01
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Put ..' colliery timbermen ',
in search not timberman.
OK try that. |
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CAROL W
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There are some great pit folksongs around with phrases like the one you mentioned. Rap it to bank and The Collier Lad spring to mind.
The timberman prob had something to do with pit props. The older miners preferred them to pneumatic ones as they would creak and groan before they broke thus giving warning of an imminent fall. My dad was a miner in the Durham Coalface til Maggie Thatcher closed the mines |
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Tammy N
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google it |
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