- 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...
- Born in Blyth, Northumberland,
Taylor became a coal
miner and then a
checkweighman. He
became active in the
Labour Party,
serving on
Blyth Council from...
- 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...
- 1850s, he
moved to
Roddymoor in
County Durham,
where he was
elected checkweighman at
Grahamsley Colliery. He
became an
active trade unionist, joining...
- for the
Independent Labour Party. In 1907, he ****umed the
position of
checkweighman,
however he
suffered an eye
accident in 1908. In 1909 he
became the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Colliery, just over the
border in Derbyshire. He was
elected as the pit's
checkweighman, and also
became active in the
South Yorkshire Miners' ****ociation (SYMA)...
- Valley.
Grundy worked as a coal
miner before winning election as a
checkweighman. He
became active in the
Yorkshire Miners' ****ociation, and also in...
