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This pithead wheel was originally from Bettws Drift Mine at Ammanford. Part of... (more)

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This wheel, a relic of the Sharlston Colliery, now long closed marks the... (more)

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As a child growing up in Bolton, Fred Dibnah had been surrounded by pits such as... (more)

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Artwork on the Cardiff Bay Barrage. Link

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By Rookhope Burn.

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Much of Apedale Community Country Park is a reclaimed opencast coal mine.

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This part of Apedale Community Country Park is a reclaimed opencast coal mine.

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At Higham Bottoms. Taken from the public footpath.

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Mining has been important around Bo'ness and Kinneil for hundreds of years.... (more)

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A small public open space on which the beacon commemorating the Golden Jubilee... (more)

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I think the oldest is the one in the middle [with a pit wheel in the garden].

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This is Racecourse Colliery that is set in c1910 and re-uses an old shaft on... (more)

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Peckfield Colliery opened in 1876 and closed in 1981. 65 miners [men and boys]... (more)

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This reconstructed colliery is centred on an original mine shaft that is... (more)

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The scene in the garden behind the home of the late Fred Dibnah. The garden... (more)

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