- 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...
- branch. In 1876,
Martin was
appointed as sub-
checkweighman at
Fairwell Colliery, then in 1882,
checkweighman at
Ireland Colliery. When the
Derbyshire Miners'...
-
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...
- 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’...
- the coal-face, and
within a few
months was
elected as an ****istant
checkweighman. He had no
ambition for work
beyond being a hewer, but he did want to...
-
school aged nine,
entered the mines, and
worked his way up to
become checkweighman at
Bannockburn Colliery in 1891, then
agent to the
Stirlingshire Miners'...
-
Trade union offices Preceded by
Arthur Horner Checkweighman at
Mardy Colliery 1919–1920 Succeeded by Bryn
Roberts Preceded by
William John
Agent for the...
- Dipton,
County Durham. He
became a coal miner, and was
later elected as
checkweighman, also
becoming active in the
Durham Miners' ****ociation (DMA). He was...
