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Ladyshore Colliery, originally named Back o' th Barn, was situated on the Irwell Valley fault on the Manchester Coalfield in Little Lever, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. Founded by Thomas Fletcher Senior, the colliery opened in the 1830s and mined several types of coal. It became infamous as a result of the owners' stand against the use of safety lamps in the mines. Women and children worked in the mines, under poor conditions. Closed in 1949, it was the last colliery to remain in use by the canal. Only the colliery office (now a house) and the stables have survived. == Terminology used == Coal mining had its own terminology, whilst some terms were common in all areas, some were used only in the Lancashire Coalfield. Following are some terms used in Ladyshore Colliery, taken from ''Weep Mother Weep''. *Balance – a slope with a pulley at the top where empty tubs pulled full tubs up the slope *Balancer – the person, usually a boy, who operated the balance *Colliery – the site at the surface that includes all the buildings, railways and headgears *Coupler – a boy who worked on the haulage system coupling tubs together *Mine – the name given in Lancashire to a coal seam *Pit – the shaft from the surface down to the workings *Tenter – a person who looked after something e.g., furnace tenter, door tenter or pony tenter 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ladyshore Colliery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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