First Aid Team, Mossfield Colliery, Longton

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Date:1965

Description:This group includes Tom Ibbs sitting on the front row, far left.

Mossfield Colliery was sunk in the 1850s, with up to four shafts, and closed in 1963. The colliery was located near Adderley Green near Longton with shafts over a quarter of a mile deep. The mine produced steam coal, coal for industry such as bottle oven and household coal. The main seam was the Cockshead Seam, up to 8 feet thickness of "clean coal". The colliery site is now part of an industrial estate.

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Source: Mr Peter Landon

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