Manton Colliery Remembered Traditional Cache
Manton Colliery Remembered
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Manton is a former mining village and suburb of south-east Worksop, north Nottinghamshire. Manton Colliery was one of the few pits in the county to generally support the strike in 1984-5. David Peace's book GB84 often refers to Manton, but mistakenly puts it in South Yorkshire.
The book describes Manton as being in South Yorkshire as it was part of the South Yorkshire coalfield and supported the National Union of Mineworkers despite being in north Nottinghamshire. Hence, it supported the strike while other pits in north Nottinghamshire did not back the strike
As one may imagine Manton's main source of employment for 100 years or thereabouts was the Colliery sunk by The Wigan Coal Company in the late 1800s. The pit village was constructed soon afterwards to accommodate the families of miners who came from many parts of the country to secure employment. Initially there was much bickering and fighting between these "Mantoners" but in time, when the winning of coal became the main goal for all, friendships where forged between the men at work or over a well earned pint in the pub after work. Manton was initially separate from Worksop but was eventually joined to the town when the council estates where built in the 1950s and 1960s.
Manton Colliery was situated very close to the new warehouse on the A57. However, the headgear wheels have been moved to their current location to provide a memorial to the coal mine.
Stealth will be required as they are near a busy junction
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