Coal seam names - and Stigmaria?

The origins and history of placenames, nicknames, local slang, etc.
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The flockton seam was a reasonable size to work on, albeit wet and cold. We worked in conditions that needed plenty of warm clothes. The beeston seam was about 7 feet thick. We had modern hydrolic chocks but the shearer would often leave cuts the size of a high garden wall falling into the chocks, like a house side coming at you. In stark contrast to working in the flockton seam where we were cold and wet, we worked in shorts and vests in the beeston seam as it was hot.
Is it me or has Leeds gone mad

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