North Shaft at Easington Colliery - coal was brought to the surface here in 11 ton skips.. 04/03/90
Easington Colliery, England
Showing the branch into Vane Tempest that joined the Newcastle - Middlsbrough line at Halldene, near Seaham Hall. 1989
Cynheidre Colliery was a coal mine located in the Gwendraeth valley, in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Opened in 1954, it closed in 1989. Cynheidre was developed by the National Coal Board as one of the West Wales super pits alongside Abernant Colliery in the River Amman valley, a postWorld War II
Taken during the miners’ strike, this picture of the Handy family came to signify the era. But what happened to them? As the last deep mine in Britain closes, Richard Benson finds out
Nice and modern looking in 1947 for the newly nationalised pit.
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Many parts of the UK have suffered from the decline of heavy industry, but the Welsh valleys are a grim emblem of the despair that lack of work can create, writes Mark Easton for The Editors, a pro…
I first saw Barnsley Main Colliery in (I think) 1994 when I visited Oakwell, the home of Barnsley Football Club for a Division 1 game against my team Bolton Wanderers. It was a wretched, soaking we…
An Elswick Colliery is recorded around 1330, this one ceased production in 1942, the winding rope is still in place
Manchester Collieries 'Carbon' Magazine December 1932. A poor halftone view but better than nowt, roughly looking north west, A666 crossing the lower edge, Bolton Manchester railway and Robin Hood screens and sidings off the top right corner. Newtown Colliery, Pendlebury was sunk around 1875 by Clifton & Kersley Coal Co. Manchester Collieries wanted to close the pit in 1943 due to losses. The Ministry of Fuel and Power agreed on partial closure, underwriting any losses. The colliery closed in March 1961, 476 men losing their jobs.
Killoch Colliery, Cumnock
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : A 1967 photograph of the Colliery Engine Inn Shields Road Walkergate. A large semi-circular building is on the opposite corner to the Colliery Engine Inn.Hotels and Restaurants Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 016439
LMS Jinty 0-6-0 No.47289 at NCB Williamthorpe Colliery near Chesterfield,Derbyshire in April 1967.Withdrawn on 31st December 1967 and scrapped at Buttigiegs Newport on 28th February 1968. Photographer Unknown
The Wiki History Clipstone Colliery is a coal mine situated near the village of the same name on the edge of an area of Nottinghamshire known as...
