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Astley Green & Frank Seddons Poems |
PLEASE
visit this site and read Frank's poems, I guarantee they will bring tears to
your eyes or a broad grin to your face, if you were a miner. Franks poems
are the most poignant poems about the communities we lived in and the pits
we worked at I have ever read. |
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The Museum of Cannock Chase
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Our
FRESH AIR BASE as we say in the mines rescue. If you want to spent an hour
in the past or walk the Hills of Hednesford. Just call and have a cuppa tea
and a cake at this very friendly venue |
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National Museum of Coal mining for England |
This is
a must whether you were a coal miner or not if you have never been down a
coal mine do the underground tour it's free as is entry to the museum. |
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National Museum of Coal mining for Wales
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Big Pit
is a real coal mine and one of Britain's leading mining museums. With
facilities to educate and entertain all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and
informative day out and free
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The Rhondda Heritage Park
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 In
July 1989 the Rhondda Heritage Park Visitor Centre opened to the public in
the stores building of the old Lewis Merthyr colliery. It provides a unique
setting for the temporary exhibition galleries, gift shop and restaurant.
When the Centre opened it was only introduced to provide a taste of things
to come for the local and regional communities, but as more than 50% of its
visitors came from outside Wales, the Visitor Centre became a permanent
feature at the Park.
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David Alexandra
(new) |
This
site is well worth a visit if you like good ballads |
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Black Dwarf Lightmoor |
Black
Dwarf Lightmoor is an amalgamation of two successful publishing imprints,
Lightmoor Press and Black Dwarf publications, both of which focused on
Transport and Industrial history titles, and Forest of Dean local history. |
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Black Country
Living Museum |
Discover a fascinating world when you visit this urban heritage park in the shadow of Dudley Castle at the heart of the
Black Country |
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Mike
Moore Books |
Specialist
books mining, speleology industrial history, caving walking, travel and the
outdoors
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Snail Beach Lead Mine |
Snailbeach was the biggest lead mine in
Shropshire and it is reputed to have yielded the greatest volume of lead per
acre of any mine in Europe. Underground mining ceased here in 1955 but it is
reputed to date from Roman times and the surface buildings are the most
complete set in the district and probably the country. Although the miners
mainly extracted lead ore (galena), smaller quantities of Barytes, Calcite,
Fluorspar, Silver and Zinc were also obtained. The mine is in the village of
Snailbeach near Minsterley, Shropshire (NGR SJ375822).
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David
Kitching Home Page |
A fascinating website full of Coalmining, Canals, Railways, Lime Kilns and
some very wonderful and impressive images of China's railways taken by David
during his visits to China over the past 16 years. The site has a diversity
of interests to suit everyone. You must visit to appreciate it's content.
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Apedale Heritage Centre & Coal Mine |
A great day out for all ages. This special attraction was
created at the site of Staffordshire's Apedale Mine. Along with the
underground experience, we have an interesting and informative Museum, a
welcoming cafe and gift shop. The centre is set in the unique landscape of
Apedale Country Park
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A Coal
Mining Dad |
A real
site about coal mining by a real coal miner Bill Riley |
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The
Rhondda |
This website is a socio-economic history of the Rhondda
Valleys
during the period 1800 to 1950, when Coal was King! |
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Yorkshire Main Colliery |
Although the site started as a history of Yorkshire Main Colliery where
myself and generations of my family before me have worked, it is now obvious
that it has become much more than a Yorkshire Main site. |
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Archie's Place |
Welcome
to the Miners Reunion Website No Politics just Pride |
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Bersham Colliery
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The obvious feature is the headgear with
wheel still in place. The red brick
engine house next to this is complete and houses the original electric winding
engine. Other buildings have now been
taken over as part of a small industrial estate. The headgear and engine house have been
surrounded by a security fence and placed on the ground within the compound are
large mining artefacts such as the Point of Ayr winding engine, chocks and a
panzer. The tip is still there but there
are threats to remove it. |
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Haig Colliery Coal Mining Museum |
On the
site of the former Haig Pit in
Whitehaven,
which closed in 1986, the winding engine house and headgear are being
restored to their former glory and is now open as the Haig Colliery Mining
Museum.
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Mines
Rescue Site |
This site began as a tribute to Philip Healey on the 18th September 2000.
He was part of the permanent core of Mines Rescue men at Ilkeston Rescue Station, Derbyshire, UK from 1954 to 1971. |
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Durham Mining Museum |
This
site covers mining in the Northern part of England i.e. County Durham
(DUR), Northumberland (NBL), Cumberland (CUL), Westmorland
(WES) and the Ironstone mines of North Yorkshire (NRY). For
information on mining in other areas of the country there may be a site
listed in our Links section. |
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National Mining Memorabilia Association |
For
everything collectable about mining |
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OVERSEAS LINKS |
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Mines of Sardinia |
IF
ONLY THIS WAS OUR POLICY. The constitution of the
Geologic and Mining Park of Sardinia, ensures that the experience,
acquaintances, techniques, practices, places, spaces, environments,
buildings - in short, all that the mine has represented for a substantial
part of Sardinia - does not get lost |
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Pro-Bergbau |
This is
an excellent site well worth a look. It covers the coal mining area of the
German Ruhr & Saar. Many historical pictures and a concise history of the
regions coalmining |
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