1966: Woodside No1 Drift (Derbyshire) sinking started 1948, and opened in 1950 by the NCB was closed 29th April 1966 after 13 years.

Originally it was called Shipley Drift as it was situated at Shipley between Ilkeston and Heanor.

Highest manpower was 387 in 1964-1965 and in the same year the highest output of 174,089 tons.

A Swedish Sandvik steel bank conveyor was installed in the drift (first of its kind in UK).

Adit position of the Drift 43/4444/420602, 261 ft (79.5m) above sea level and Sam’s shaft 433/4444/455712, 272 ft (83m) above sea level.

A major pumping scheme was installed at Woodside shafts near Ilkeston dealing with around 3,000 gallons of mine waters per minute from several old mines surrounding with connections through to Woodside. Some 993,633,000 gallons pumped in 1990. Hugh Gaitskell, Minister of Fuel and Power (Lab) made a visit to the mine.
Seams worked:

• Dunsil –1961
• 2nd Waterloo –1966
• Coombe and Top Hard –29/4/1966

Output and Manpower NCB: No5 Area EMD:

• 1949: 5,250 tons, 14 men
• 1950: 43,155 tons, 75 men
• 1951: 36,915 tons, 55 men
• 1952: 44,105 tons, 55 men
• 1953: 53,296 tons, 63 men
• 1954: 53,517 tons, 67 men
• 1955: 53,002 tons, 77 men
• 1956: 52,220 tons, 83 men
• 1957: 56,522 tons, 96 men
• 1958: 51,208 tons, 103 men
• 1959: 66,809 tons, 121 men
• 1960: 115,472 tons, 234 men
• 1961: 145,255 tons, 319 men
• 1962: 155,672 tons, 336 men
• 1963/64: 172,425 tons, 347 men
• 1964/65: 174,089 tons, 387 men
• 1965/66: 126,178 tons, 327 men
• 1966/67: 4,736 tons, 64 men. Drift mine ceased production April 1966.

Sub-Area Managers / Group Managers:

• P Cliff Parry (4149) Sub-Area Manager 1952-1957
•  Sam S Thornhill (3123) Group Manager 1957-1964
•  George Cook (5472) Group Manager 1964-1966, then under the authority of the Divisional Production Department until closed. 

Managers for Woodside Drift:

• Tommy Wright (3048) 1948-1950 (promoted to Sub-Area Manager)
• GH Milne (2764) 1950-1951 (transferred from Coppice)
• Arthur Dennis (4207) 1952-1954 also for Manners (closed)
• William Murday (4631) 1955-1957
•  David M Parkes (5431) Manager 1957-1960 (transferred to Coppice, previously a Mine Captain at Wankie Gold Mine, S Africa 1952, coming from a deputy at New Lount in Leicestershire)
•  Jack Hobley (2651) 1960-1963
•  John Dow (3090) Manager 1963-1966.

Assistant Managers:

• R Evans (3926) 1953-
•  Les Dransfield (3978) 1957-1958
•  Robert (Bob) Haworth (5086) 1958-.

Under Managers for Woodside Ddrift:

• William E Bridgett (3816) 1948-1950 transferred to No2 pit
•  R Speak (2nd)
•  J Smith (2nd) 1957-
•  Ken G Edwards (5826) 1964-1066.

Surveyors Included:

• HL Jackson (502).

Woodside Piper seam abandoned July 1966, worked towards 75 feet (23m) cover line to surface and old opencast workings.

• Manager John Dow (3090)
• Surveyor Ken E Nicholson (2202).

Tagg Hill Air shaft was located in the Woodside workings, position SK 443150, 346040.

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1966 - Coppice Closed After 91 Years

Coppice colliery (Derbyshire) sunk 1875-1876 by Alfred M Mundy was closed in August 1966 after 91 years. 
The colliery was taken over by EM Mundy, then purchased by Shipley Colliery Co and a third shaft was sunk in 1926. 
Shaft positions:

• SK44NW, No1 shaft 441185, 345101
• No2 shaft 443153, 345100
• No3 shaft 442028, 345122
• Old shaft 443214, 345155
• 10ft shaft 443226, 345135. 

Highest manpower was 1,632 in 1962, with the highest ever output in the same year of 900,930 tons. 
Underground water was pumped to the surface.
Situated at Shipley between Ilkeston and Heanor and North East of Smalley. Mapperley had merged with Coppice in 1965.

Seams worked

• Deep Hard 5’ 2” (1.57m) -7/3/1957
• Deep Soft or Main Soft  5’ 0” (1.52m) -1939
• Waterloo, Ell -29/5/1923
• Roof Soft coal 2’ 6” (0.76m) – 21/11/1939 and 3/2/1967, partial extraction of barrier between Coppice and Mapperley with a Joy continuous miner
• Brown Rake -20/5/1966
• Low Main -1934 stalls to 1940 when first conveyors installed, hand-filled panels to 1964, trepanner 1954, 2 shearers  but panels affected by water -26/8/1966,
• Three Quarter 26/12/1953, 22½” section, heading abandoned -1966
• Kilburn -29/9/1945
• Ashgate coal 2’ 4” (0.71m), clod 4’ 0” (1.22m) to 5’ 0” (1.52m)
• Mickley coal 2’ 3” (0.69m) –31/12/1965
• Piper 3’ 0” (0.91m) + 4” (0.10m) top coal left plus 3” Gees Apr 1952-15/7/1966, at first a trepanner face then hand-filled, with the first shearer being installed Feb 1962, worked out .

An experimental shearer with special low seam supports were tried in both Piper and Low Main. Longwall hand-filled advancing faces in Ashgate taking 80% with 100% of Mickley.

Manpower:  Shipley Colliery Co: from

• 1894: 819 Deep Soft, Deep Hard, 150 s/f
•  1895: 856 DS, DH, 153 s/f
•  1896: 831 DS, DH, 174 s/f
•  1897: 919 DS, DH, 194 s/f
•  1898: 925 DS, DH, 120 s/f
•  1899: 938 Waterloo, Deep Soft, Deep Hard, 129 s/f
•  1900: No1: 931 DS, DH, 127 s/f, No2: 153 Waterloo, 8 s/f
•  1901: 884 DS, DH, 145, 155 W, 12 s/f
•  1902: No1: 500 DS, DH, 101 s/f, No2: 452 W, 64 s/f, 316 W, 21 s/f
•  1903: No1: 559 DS, 94 s/f, 385 DH, 60 s/f, No2: 373 W, 22 s/f
•  1904: 941 DS, DH, 175 s/f, 316 W, 34 s/f
•  1905: 941 DS, DH, 239 s/f, 279 W, 34 s/f
•  1906: 948 DS, DH, 214 s/f, 367 W, 36 s/f
•  1907: 940 DS, DH, 234 s/f, 414 W, 34 s/f
•  1908: 957 DS, DH, 246 s/f, 410 W, 48 s/f
•  1909: 967 DS, DH, 209 s/f, 438 W, 55 s/f
•  1910: 980 DS, DH, 200 s/f, 410 W, 50 s/f
•  1911: 998 DS, DH, 183 s/f, 396 W, 48 s/f
•  1912: 959 DS, DH, 197 s/f, 363 W, 53 s/f
•  1913: 937 DS, DH, 293 s/f, 339 W, 57 s/f
•  1914: 908 DS, Ell, 232 s/f, 29 DH fin, 3 s/f, 352 W, 58 s/f
•  1915: 865 DS, Ell, 203 s/f, 326 W, 67 s/f
•  1916: 874 DS, E, 191 s/f, 363 W, 68 s/f
•  1917: 867 DS, E, 184 s/f, 241 W, 69 s/f
•  1918: 850 DS, E, 219 s/f, 214 W, 78 s/f
•  1919: 937 DS, E, 220 s/f, 381 W, 71 s/f
•  1920: 913 Deep Soft, Roof and Ell, 234 s/f, 417 W and ironstone, 70 s/f
•  1921: 918 DS, R, E, 217 s/f, 344 W, 72 s/f
•  1922: 942 DS, R, E, 219 s/f, 433 W, 70 s/f
•  1923: 1,105 Main Soft, R, E, 236 s/f, 425 W, 72 s/f
•  1924: 1,196 Main Soft, Roof, Deep Hard, 271 s/f, 386 W, 70 s/f
•  1925: 787 MS, R, DH, 228 s/f, 209 W, 72 s/f
•  1926: 804 MS, R, DH and Low Main, 310 s/f, 191 W, 74 s/f
•  1927: 952 MS, R, DH, LM, 198 s/f, 141 W, 64 s/f
•  1928: No1: 559 MS, R, DH, 163 s/f, No2: 153 W, 52 s/f, No3: 211 Kilburn, 50 s/f
•  1929: 874 MS, R, DH, 134 s/f, 110 Waterloo fin, 34 s/f, 621 K, 182 s/f
•  1930: No1: 611 MS, R, DH, 158 s/f, No3: 744 K, 162 s/f
•  1931: 693 MS, R, DH, 174 s/f, 932 K, 173 s/f
•  1932: 723 MS, R, DH, 138 s/f, 973 K, 190 s/f
•  1933: 817 MS, R, DH, 157 s/f, 982 K, 186 s/f
•  1934: 824 Low Main, Main Soft, Roof, Deep Hard, 166 s/f, 978 K, 199 s/f
•  1935: 524 LM, MS, R, DH fin, 119 s/f, 914 K, 227 s/f
•  1936: 598 LM, MS, R, 123 s/f, 865 K, 217 s/f
•  1937: 717 LM, MS, R, 159 s/f, 706 Kilburn and Mickley, 187 s/f
•  1938: 763 LM, MS, R, 180 s/f, 713 Ashgate, Kilburn and Mickley, 181 s/f
•  1939: 600 app LM, MS and Roof fin, 160 s/f, 710 A, K, M, 184 s/f
•  1940: 501 LM, 167 s/f, 757, A, K, M, 181 s/f
•  1941: 465 LM, 160 s/f, 747 A, K, M, 209 s/f
•  1942: 510 LM, 113 s/f, 663 A, K, M, 231 s/f
•  1943: 517 LM, 124 s/f, 675 A, K, M, 140 s/f
•  1944: 477 LM, 132 s/f, 612 A, K, M, 178 s/f
•  1945: 534 LM, 173 s/f, 587 A, K, M, 174 s/f , total 1,468
•  1946: app 1,400 men and boys working Ashgate, Kilburn and Mickley seams.

Output and Manpower NCB: No5 Area EMD: 1947: 581,275 tons, 1,379 men

• 1948: 595,165 tons, 1,396 men
• 1949: 637,947 tons, 1,466 men
• 1950: 718,219 tons, 1,459 men
• 1951: 737,745 tons, 1,476 men
• 1952: 777,239 tons, 1,485 men
• 1953: 818,780 tons, 1,508 men
• 1954: 866,672 tons, 1,507 men
• 1955: 852,561 tons, 1,496 men
• 1956: 804,786 tons, 1,498 men
• 1957: 773,111 tons, 1,481 men
• 1958: 714,418 tons, 1,447 men
• 1959: 606,334 tons, 1,411 men
• 1960: 677,216 tons, 1,366 men
• 1961: 721,433 tons, 1,512 men
• 1962: 900,930 tons, 1,632 men
• 1963/64: 869,879 tons, 1,501 men
• 1964/65: 790,340 tons, 1,422 men
• 1965/66: 558,155 tons, 1,195 men
• 1966/67: 95,770 tons, 326 men.   
  Production ceased August 1966.

Agents:

• Francis C Gillett ME Agent pre 1883-1886
• Robert H Harrison 1886-1893
• AD Mitton Agent 1893-
• RH Ferens Agent (1810) 1923-1925
• R Claytor Agent 1925-1928
• RG Eaton Agent (13) 1928-1940
• Jack L Westwood (1543) Agent (1543) 1941-1943
• Jim Smillie (2828) Agent 1943-
  

Agent and Sub Area Manager

• Eric W Potts (2131) 1948-1950 (previously Surveyor Bargoed South Wales 1922, went to Scotland as a repairer at Robroyston, First class cert 1927, Manager Lower Delph, South Staffordshire, aged 27, Manager Chislet, Kent, Manager St Helens, Cumberland, 1933, Agent and General Manager Chamber Colliery Co, Lancashire, Asst Agent Chislet, Kent 1937, Agent Hardwick Colliery then Shirebrook, Derbyshire 1941-1948) .
  

Sub-Area Managers / Group Managers:

• Eric W Potts (Surveyors cert 621) (2131) No1 Sub-Area Manager 1948-1950 (appointed Area Production Manager No5 Area Durham, 1953-1957 No3 Area, 1957-67 Area General Manager South Northumberland)
• Jack G Belfitt (2265) 1951-1952
• P Cliff  Parry (4149) Sub-Area Manager 1952-1955
• F Donald  Davies 1955-1957
• Sam S Thornhill (3123) No1 Group Manager, 1957-1964
• George Cook (5472) Group Manager 1964-1966, then the colliery was under the authority of the Divisional Production Department until closed.

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