Colliery Collection (page 2)

At the end of Marley Hills High Row, a pit heap and pit workings. 11th September 1952

Woodhorn Colliery, Ashington. 2nd March 1951

Mr Joe Gormley (left) with George Rees, Vice President of South Wales Area National Union of Miners at the Lady Windsor Colliery, Ynysybwl, Wales 21st January 1975

Merthyr Vale, South Wales. 1962. At Merthyr Vale, where long lines of houses stretch out from the colliery, the valley of the Taff still retains some of its beauty. Picture taken 25th August 1962

The Hamstead Colliery Fire of 4th March 1908, killed 26 men in one day. When a fire broke out there were 31 miners in the pit, 6 escaped before poisonous fumes built up in the roadways

Seaham Harbour Colliery where work is being resumed after a stoppage in October. 20th January 1931

Up-to-date methods in coal mining are portrayed by this picture of a modern pit-head at Dudley. February 1939

Follonsby Colliery, White Mare Pool. Circa 1935

Coronation Pit in County Durham. 1st February 1939

Morrison Busty Colliery 24th February 1971

Youngsters from Denby Dale First School got a special glimpse of life down a coal mine today. With students from Bretton Hall College the children, including Andrew Harpin pictured right

Monktonhall was one of the Scottish super pits sunk in the 1950s intended to supply the new generation of Power stations. They were the most modern

Jim Dunsmuir, Coal miner at Barony Colliery, 24th February 1989. It is his birthday today, but the Barony miner has nothing to celebrate

Father Christmas arrives at Big Pit, Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales, 4th December 1986. Where he will be in his underground grotto every weekend until Christmas

Father Christmas meets Nitesh Patel 10 (left) and Hina Kian 9, 300 ft below ground at Big Pit, Blaenavon, Torfaen, South Wales, 4th December 1986

Prince Edward of Kent - The Duke and Duchess of Kent North East Royal Visits The Duchess of Kent visits Murton coal mine in County Durham 23 February 1978 - The Duchess going down to the coal face

Coal Queen Arlene puts a stop to swear-words at the coal face. The 1, 800 pitmen at a Yorkshire colliery were on their best behaviour yesterday-for they were hosts to a coal queen

Linton Colliery, Ashington with miners going down on the last shift before closure. September 1968

Pitman Wilf Barnes takes the last bag of coal from Burradon Colliery November 1975

The cramped conditions at Ellington Colliery, near the pits most productive face. Pressure had lowered the roof by nearly three feet, trapping equipment. October 1984

Mobile winders at North Delavel Colliery, September 1956

Giant winding wheels top the 200-foot high head gear at Bates Colliery, Blyth. 0

Ashington Colliery. Final shift comes to the surface, March 1988

Westoe Colliery silhouetted against the sky, October 1992

End of an era. Last shift comes to the surface at Ashington Colliery, March 1988

Harrington Colliery at Lowca on the Cumberland coast which was being threatened with closure

A man works a seam at Willington Colliery in about 1930

Sacriston Pit in February 1939. The scene of a flooding disaster 35 years earlier. 5th February 1939

Bates Pit, Blyth, threatened with closure, February 1986

Pithead gear at Craghead Colliery, October 1963

Waiting for the cage. Miners about to start their shift at Lambton Colliery. Circa 1920

Demolition of Wearmouth Colliery, October 1994

Shilbottle Colliery in March 1952. The new system of much larger mine cars is shown in operation, whilst one of the old smaller tubs moves along the gantry in the background

Jimmy Weatherby (left) and Alan Nelson unload equipment salvaged from Elemore Colliery, January 1974

Ellington Processing Plant which was threatening pits as it stockpiled coal. August 1993

Miner Jack Buxton, made redundant after 47 years on the closure of Burradon Colliery, November 1975

A miner at the entrance to Ellington Colliery with the Big E pit visible in the background

Pitmen Gerald Hargraves and John Smith mining the hard way at Wrytree Colliery in November 1980

Winding gear at the closed Byermoor Colliery site. February 1968

Miners (left to right) Eric Jones, Laurie Dixon, Ray Johnson and colleagues celebrate reaching Dawdons million tonne coal target just before the end of the financial year, March 1982

Lights go out in the Ellington Colliery lamp room as the pit closes in February 1994

Pitprops being hammered into position under the steel roof supports at Whitehill Colliery Owned by the Lothian Coal Company

Wearmouth Colliery silhouetted against the night sky

Miners at Easington Colliery, County Durham celebrating the production of their millionth tonne of coal for the quickest time in six years

Pit gear at Bomarsund Colliery, October 1965

Miner Wilfey Moralee who was the last man off the shift at Vane Tempest Colliery on its closure in October 1992

Coal train at Westoe Colliery South Shields, January 1972

The demolition of Wearmouth Colliery in October 1994

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