Category: Former Colliery

Shireoaks Colliery Memorial The Shireoaks Colliery Memorial was dedicated on Monday 3rd May 2020, the colliery it’s self having been closed in 1990. Shireoaks colliery was known as

Its hard to believe that Orgreave was 35 years ago. While this event has a role in keeping the memory of the Mines and Mining. It would be

If you are looking of a good source of information about mines, and not just coal mines we would recommend a visit to the web site of the

If you live in or are visiting Wales (not the small village in South Yorkshire !) Then do give the National Coal Museum in Wales a visit, also

Have you ever wondered what it was like Mining Coal? Well I have a number of friends who worked in both the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire Coal Fields, they