Strikes and Flying Pickets

What is coal?

• A type of mineral

• A flammable rock

• A type of tree

• A type of gas

Coal is a/an...(Select 2)

• energy source

• type of metal

• fossil fuel
• material for building

Match the mining jobs to the description

• Open and close the trap door

• Breaker Boys

• Break and separate the coal

• Hurriers

• Pull tubs full of coal

• Trappers

• Push the coal tubs to the surface

• Thrusters

• Extract coal from the seams

• Coal Getters

What were the dangers of working down the mines? Select 4

• Gas explosions

• Coal falling in/collapsing

• Crushed arms and legs

• Beatings by the adult miners

• Getting hungry

​ (a)   ​ 'Pit Ponies' were used ​ (b)   in the mine but the ​ (c)   ​ Shire Horses were used ​ (d)  

• The smaller
• deeper
• larger
• on the surface.

Reorder the following ways coal was transported into chronological order:

• By hand

• Using 'Pit Ponies' and horses with carts

• Using the railways

• Trucks and lorries

Mining means...

• Cutting/extracting coal out of the ground

• Selling coal to companies

• Moving coal to different towns

• Burning coal for heat

Select all the statements that are TRUE about being a Trapper. ​

• They were aged around 5

• They sat in the dark for up to 12 hours a day

• They dragged coal out of the mine in large coal tubs

• They were often beaten

• They were often bored but they couldn't fall asleep

Match the following people to their statement:

• Inventor of the Davy Safety lamp

• Sir Humphry Davy

• Leader of the miner's strike

• Arthur Scargill

• Prime Minister during 'The Strike'

• George Stephenson

• Inventor of the steam engine

• Margaret Thatcher

Select 3 statements that are TRUE about the mine in Clowne.

• It was named Markham Colliery

• It was named Southgate Colliery

• It opened in 1877

• A railway was linked to it

• It closed after the strike