- A
checkweighman (occasionally
checkmeasurer or checkweigher) is a
person who is
responsible for
weighing coal or
another mined substance, and thereby...
-
Williams (3
February 1897 – 12
September 1972) was a
Welsh miner and
checkweighman who
became a
Labour Party Member of
Parliament (MP).
Williams was born...
- the age of 12. A
devout Methodist and lay preacher, he was
elected as
checkweighman at
Snibston No.2
colliery in 1885, then in 1887 was the
founding President...
- 1860, and he
began working at a
local coal mine. He was
elected as the
checkweighman in 1873, and
alongside this also
began working as a shopkeeper. In 1879...
-
became active in the
Northumberland Miners' ****ociation, and
served as a
checkweighman for
seven years, then
became a deputy.
During this time, he undertook...
-
classes and was part of
minimum wage agitation. In 1911,
Ablett became a
checkweighman at
Mardy Colliery in
Maerdy and
later that year was one of the founders...
- at the
Hemsworth Colliery when he was 12
years old,
later becoming a
checkweighman at
Frickley Colliery. He was also
active in the
Yorkshire Miners' ****ociation...
- 1850s, he
moved to
Roddymoor in
County Durham,
where he was
elected checkweighman at
Grahamsley Colliery. He
became an
active trade unionist, joining...
-
moved to Stonehouse,
South Lanarkshire,
around 1920, and
became the
checkweighman at
Canderigg Colliery. He
joined the
Socialist Labour Party and, inspired...
- for
accuracy prior to its
release in 1917. In 1909,
Doyle worked as a
checkweighman at the
Capitol mine east of
Lafayette where he
advocated for miners’...
