Hi all
In Cannock & North Staffs the same term was used "Job & Knock"
and Friday was "POETS "day
Regards & All the best
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob.anne.orch" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MINING-HISTORY] Terminology
> Hi everyone,
> a term used at the Geevor Tin mine for this was "Task", and was still
in
> use in 1974.
>
> While here in NZ the term is "Job & knock" (at the BHP Waikato North Head
> Minesite).
>
> Regards, Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Gill" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, 15 March 2003 03:47
> Subject: Terminology
>
>
> > Hi Daz and Barry,
> >
> > I was in the Doncaster area, which was clearly more uncouth than
Barnsley
> > and, from what John Waudby says, particularly the South Notts area. I
> > wonder if, as lists of mining terms are drawn up, a 'couthness' index
will
> > emerge between the different coalfields.
> >
> > Hand filling had finished when I began work in 1969, but the phrase
under
> > discussion still survived, even amongst us diallers - who would never
> dream
> > of picking up a shovel. In civil engineering, the term was "job and
> > finish".
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> >
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