Kemball Pit, Fenton
Stafford Collieries and Iron Works pits in Fenton. On the left is Kemball pit. In the distance, Sutherland and Homer. In between are some of the iron works old furnace buildings. the photograph wqs taken ...
Kent's Lane Colliery, Silverdale
Kent's Lane Colliery was in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, it opened in 1830 to provide coal to the Silverdale ironworks and was managed by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company. After nationalisation ...
Kent's Lane Colliery, Silverdale
Coal wagons from Shelton, Longton and Wolverhampton, can be seen loaded up in the foreground of this postcard, with the names of various companies they supplied on the side.
Silverdale colliery was ...
Lawn Colliery, Fenton
These ruins are all that remained of site of the old Lawn Colliery. The photograph was taken from Glover's Farm to the west. Lawn Colliery started in the 1860s, producing domestic coal, but like most ...
Lea Hall Colliery
Two wagons are parked in front of the explosives store below the head frame.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk ...
Lea Hall Colliery canteen
This was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal was produced in 1960, and the colliery's ...
Lea Hall Colliery canteen
The dining area of the canteen.
Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board. The two shafts were started in 1954 and sunk to a depth of 1300ft (396m). The first coal ...
Leacroft Colliery, Cannock
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 ...
Leycett colliery, Madeley
Closed in 1957. The main shaft had the most romantic name of any pit in North Staffordshire "the Fair Lady". The term the Fair Lady Pit originated from the reported sighting, by more than one person, ...
Littleton Colliery First Aid and Rescue Teams
Members of Littleton Colliery First Aid and Rescue Teams dressed in suits and ties, with cups and trophies displayed on a table outside one of the colliery buildings. Standing behind the table, left to ...
Littleton Colliery Heading Team
The heading team standing by the cutting machine. The man leaning on the machine is Gary Kuzmic, next to him is Ern Walker, with John Williscroft in the middle. Jan Kalinski (Deputy), and Brian Allport ...
Littleton Colliery No. 3 Pit
Exterior view of Littleton Colliery No. 3 Pit, showing the headframe and general buildings, looking from stockyard. Alan Slade is towards the bottom of the steps leading up to the headframe.
Cannock ...
Littleton Colliery Pit Head Baths, Huntington
These pit head baths were built in 1941 and designed by W.A. Woodland. This photograph was taken shortly before they were demolished.
Littleton Colliery, Huntington
Gravel Lane and Littleton Colliery from Huntington Common.
Littleton Colliery, Huntington
Gravel Lane and Littleton Colliery from Huntington Common.
Loaded underground tram reaching the head of the drift at Apedale, Chesterton
Looking over Hanley Park towards Mossfield and Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the corner of Lawrence Street, looking south east towards the gates into Hanley Park on the corner of College Road and Cleveland Road. In the distance are the two spoil ...
Looking over the Potteries from Hartshill Bank
This was the view north east from the top of Hartshill Bank (at the bottom of Vicarage Road). The lower land in the foreground is the Fowlea Brook valley with the main railway line running across. Immediately ...