AB Clifford taught Mines Rescue to Arthur BIBEY, 1923 - 1999 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 01:40 (4205 days ago) @ Jefff

From the aforementioned website is this photo of the Cinderford Northern United Mines Rescue team of 1955 headed by AB Clifford, it also includes an Arthur Bibey. (update - for some reason the page no longer carries their names, Arthur is on far right of front row).
https://sites.google.com/site/minesrescuehistory/rescue-teams/no-1---adderley-green---1...

Twenty three years later an Arthur Bibey taught me the basic workshop skills of electrics & electronics at Ranks' Apprentice Training School. Facially I'm sure he is the same man as in the mines photo. In '78 I was special-ising in Mechanical engineering so didn't see as much of him as the Electrical lads did, a shame I now realise. I recall it seemed a little odd to us mere boys that despite appearing somewhat unfit with what seemed a smoker's cough, he was the official First Aider for that building (the old brewery, now the Mews, Mitcheldean). I knew from my paper-round days he lived in Cinderford but I knew nowt else about him. I wish I had known then that, despite his unlikely appearance, this cheerful & kindly gent had once been a good servant of Cinderford St Johns CC and, it seems, a mines hero too. On reflection I realise his slightly stooped stature and cough was very typical of the retired miners that were commonplace at RX and around Cinderford and the Forest in the 1980s.
I'm very sorry we were never able to chat over a pint about his times on our "hallowed" cricket field at lower Cinderford or the coal field immediately below it.

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It's a shame that Mr Bibey barely enjoyed his deserved retirement, although he probably took early retirement from Ranks, he sadly passed away far too young like so many ex-miners.

Burial enquiry
Cemetery Yew Tree Brake
Grave Ref C-K28 1131
Name BIBEY Arthur James
Age 65 years
Address 28 Market Street, Cinderford.
Date of Death 10th December, 1988
Date of Burial 16th December, 1988
Place of Death Cinderford
Officiating Minister Rev. A. Fraser

Cemetery Yew Tree Brake
Grave Ref C-A42 1375
Name BIBEY Ruby Irene
Age 66
Address 28 Market Street, Cinderford, Glos
Date of Death 24th July 1991
Date of Burial 31st July 1991
Place of Death Dilke Hospital, Cinderford
Officiating Minister Rev G Bowyer

http://apps.fdean.gov.uk/OnlineCemeteries_Live/

And from GlosBMD;

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
BIBEY Arthur James Donald BAKER Ruby Irene Forest of Dean Cinderford Woodside St Stephen 1950 4 154

From FreeBMD;

Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
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Births Mar 1923 (>99%)
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Bibey Arthur J D Hunt Monmouth 11a 39

Possible siblings & parents ?

Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Mar 1913 (>99%)
Bibey Hilda C Hunt Bridgend 11a 1854

Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
BIBEY Benjamin J D Hunt Monmouth 11a 48

Births Sep 1917 (>99%)
Bibey Olwyn C T Hunt Monmouth 11a 31

Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1912 (>99%)
Bibey William Hunt Bridgend 11a 1751
Hunt Laura S Bibey Bridgend 11a 1751

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RIP Mister Bibey.
Thanks to your good training and a few possibly "planned" accidental shocks off the Training School mains, rest assured I'm now a competent and above-all safety-minded Home & Car electrician.