East Midlands Training Centre Bestwood Remembered.

Subscribe to my you tube channel for 220+ more coal mine tributes and counting. In the laboratory, chemical experiments directly relate to situations they're likely to encounter in real life like afterdamp', a deceptively bland term for a mixture of sometimes toxic gases that remain in a mine following an explosion. They're also taught carpentry, and learn about how mining equipment works by making models.
But where Bestwood Training Centre is most innovative is that it's built a model mine under the school buildings. Although conceived on a much smaller scale than the genuine article, it's nonetheless realistic enough for comprehensive instruction in propping-up, studying longwall technique or learning how to use a coal cutter.By the time they leave, they know enough about the job to give them a flying start, and save months of unproductive work." Bestwood Collieries deepest shaft, Top Hard, was nearly half a mile deep.Bestwood Colliery was soon to become the first mine in world to produce 1 million tons of coal in a 12 month period. Drainage had always been a problem at Bestwood, and it was often thought to be the dirtiest pit to work in of all those on the north side of the city. In 1967, it was decided to end mining at Bestwood: miners were offered either generous redundancy or reallocation to one of the nearby pits such as Linby or Gedling. The coalmine was one of the most successful mines in the Nottinghamshire coalfield and at its peak employed 2000 men. Thankfully a headstock and the power house still remain,well worth a visit.Park Road,Bestwood Village,Notts, NG8 8TQ. FREE PARKING.

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Where was this training center?