Helen1005 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Does anyone have any info about the closed ganister mines once owned by the Bramall family? I am very interested as the Bramall family are my ancestors,and I would love to know more about their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hi Helen1005 - there are several threads that mention gannister mining - if you look at this thread: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=872371 in post #5, a Forum member mentions a book on gannister mining in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen1005 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thank you,Hillsbro.I see that you lived in Dykes Hall Road-do you remember any members of the Bramall family living there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thank you,Hillsbro. I see that you lived in Dykes Hall Road-do you remember any members of the Bramall family living there?I can't actually remember any Bramalls but I think my parents might have mentioned the family. We lived near the bottom, at No 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen1005 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 My grandfather was born at 84 Dykes Hall Road.The info about the ganister mines is very interesting-my family owned some of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The history of gannister mining in the area must be in interesting subject (maybe I should buy the book!) and I remember my dad telling me a few things about the small gannister mines at Woodland View. His grandparents lived on Carlby Road, off Stannington Road, and - copying a post I made on another thread - One fine spring day in 1913 (according to a story passed down through the family) my great-grandmother Ann Cundey (1859-1927), who lived on Carlby Road, became only too aware of this. (i.e. the local mines) Doing her weekly wash, Ann decided to wheel the mangle and tub outside, as it was such a nice day. After an hour or so she went into the house for a cup of tea, and when she went out again the mangle was nowhere to be seen. It had fallen into a pit that opened up in her garden, a relic of the Anvil gannister mine. I was born nearby on Low Road, and I remember that as you went up what we called the "butcher's hill" (now Middle Lane) the dry-stone wall on the right-hand side consisted mostly of rough blocks of gannister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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