Leacroft Colliery, Cannock

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Date:1906

Description:A postcard view of Leacroft Colliery which opened in 1874. It merged with Mid-Cannock Colliery in 1954 which in turn closed in 1967. Its location is now (June 2020) under the Poplars landfill site, Cannock.

The postcard was published by the “Advertiser” Office, Cannock. It was franked at Stafford Station on 4 August 1906 and sent to an address in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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Image courtesy of: The Arthur Lloyd Collection

Donor ref:A Lloyd-242a (232/40945)

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