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checkweighman — /chek way meuhn/, n., pl. checkweighmen. a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner s weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined. Also called checkweigher /chek way euhr/. [1885 90; CHECK1 +… … Universalium
checkweighman — n. checkweigher, representative elected by coal miners to examine and verify the findings of the mine … English contemporary dictionary
checkweighman — noun see checkweigher * * * /chek way meuhn/, n., pl. checkweighmen. a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner s weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined. Also called checkweigher /chek way… … Useful english dictionary
Lewis Jones (writer) — Lewis Jones, writer, and political activist of the left, (1897 January 27, 1939) was born in Clydach Vale in industrialized South Wales.Davies (2008), pg427.] Although his novels are more studied by academics now than by general readers, Jones… … Wikipedia
D. J. Williams (politician) — David James Williams (3 February 1897 – 12 September 1972) was a British miner and checkweighman who became a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). Contents 1 Coal mining career 2 Political activity 3 Election … Wikipedia
Noah Ablett — (4 October 1883 – 31 October 1935) was a trade unionist and political theorist who is most noted for writing The Miners Next Step a Syndicalist treaty which Ablett described as scientific trade unionism.[1] Ablett was born in 1883 in Porth,… … Wikipedia
Mardy Colliery — was a coal mine located in the South Wales village of Maerdy (Welsh: Y Maerdy), in the Rhondda Valley, located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, and within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales. Opened in 1875, it closed in … Wikipedia
David Williams — may refer to: Contents 1 Musicians 2 Politicians 3 Sportspeople … Wikipedia
D. J. Williams — may refer to: D. J. Williams (linebacker) (born 1982), American football linebacker for the Denver Broncos D. J. Williams (tight end) (born 1988), American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers D. J. Williams, name used by Welsh writer… … Wikipedia
Wilfred Paling — (7 April 1883 17 April 1971) was a British Labour politician, who was born at Maarehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire. He was educated at Ripley Elementary School and worked in the mines as a boy. He later studied mining at University College and… … Wikipedia
