The last working colliery in the North. Mining anthracite coal from an eighteen inch seam with windy picks, shovels and AB cutters. Plans for guided tours.
It's essential to keep the air flowing to where it is required in a coal mine, even if that means breaking into an old working. Here's a video showing that moment.
A link to the full YouTube video to follow!
Visitors from @apedaleheritage put in a shift at #TheLastPit this week. R to L, Stephen Sedgewick, a regular visitor, Alex Dainty and Aidan Lee Croft, who came with a lamp and left with a shovel!
The Last Pit. Sump and fire at Ayle Colliery.
https://t.co/HXu8J3CyA9
Latest in the trilogy that began with 'Shifting stone' and then 'Hewing coal'. #TheLastPit#BANG! #Coalmining
Our coal @PitLast is increasingly in demand for #steamengines and machinery. This pile is destined for @BCLivingMuseum, in Dudley. British Coal, British heritage!
40yrs since the last coal mine in Gtr Manchester closed Ludworth Moor Colliery a series of drift mines in Mellor operated 20s to 1981 & then 2yrs as an open cast mine My blog has a clip of the last working day underground on 18 July 1981 https://t.co/QqYl1Mp77j @miningheritage
@MrStevenMoore@northumbriana@LaingArtGallery He was an inventor, eccentric, charlatan, depending on your pov. Used to walk around the streets of Newcastle with a tortoise shell on his head selling pamphlets.
The Last Pit. 6.30 am at Ayle Colliery, Northumberland Cumbria border. https://t.co/t6a8h8aCHl via @YouTube
This is the latest video on YouTube. It was filmed 2 years ago as part of a bigger project that was abandoned. Watch it and tell us what you think. #TheLastPit
Heritage rail sector under threat from mine closure via @railadvent https://t.co/TmlnS4Bc0q
A valid argument for the continuation of small scale coal mining in the UK.