The drift mouth also operates as a makeshift workshop. Gear can be loaded straight on/off tubs to be fettled in the daylight and fresh air. In the centre of the picture are some flatsheets for installation at junctions.#TheLastPit

Apparently production has stopped at #Zonguldak 's coal mines. There are now several thousand miners digging for survivors of the #earthquakeinturkey. Right men for the job.

Hapton Valley was the last nationally owned colliery in the East Lancashire area. It had worked continually from 1853 untill 1982 when it fell victim to the 1981 closure program along with Victoria colliery Stoke.

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When the strata dips unexpectedly a wet working like this one quickly floods. The tin sheets divert the water away from the barrowway, the orange hose attaches to a pump. With the incline against you pushing the full tubs out is extra strenuous. #TheLastPit

Set of points on the junction of 1 North and 15 West. Photo by Nic Broomhead. #TheLastPit

Tows Bank Colliery, Northumberland (nr Alston). Deutsche Welle TV, 1992 youtu.be/KIIyzPe4M8I via YouTube When this film was made 30 years ago there were still 4 pits working within 10 miles of Alston. It is well worth a watch, especially if you understand German! #AlstonMoor

Alston Coalfield. Talk given to Alston Moor Historical Society on the Al... youtu.be/lSKM6X01oko via YouTube An informative talk with plans and photographs given by Rossendale Collieries that puts the #LastPit in the perspective of the little known coalfield to which it belongs.

Heritage rail sector under threat from mine closure via RailAdvent railadvent.co.uk/2023/04/herita… A valid argument for the continuation of small scale coal mining in the UK.

The Last Pit. 6.30 am at Ayle Colliery, Northumberland Cumbria border. youtu.be/XnWTsihcf5M via YouTube This is the latest video on YouTube. It was filmed 2 years ago as part of a bigger project that was abandoned. Watch it and tell us what you think. #TheLastPit

Bait time at #TheLastPit. Photo by James Deavin. Usually there is plenty of banter, but everyone clams up when a camera comes out!

A tub approaching a crossroads at Ayle Colliery. #TheLastPit

Shovelling coal under the low. #TheLastPit

Follow the links to the video footage. Similar conditions to the Alston pits and other of the smaller licensed mines of the period.

Our coal The Last Pit is increasingly in demand for #steamengines and machinery. This pile is destined for Black Country Living Museum, in Dudley. British Coal, British heritage!

The Last Pit. Sump and fire at Ayle Colliery. youtu.be/24dUzIwkDUU Latest in the trilogy that began with 'Shifting stone' and then 'Hewing coal'. #TheLastPit #BANG! #Coalmining

Looks like Christmas but it's actually the first day of Spring. We'll have to keep digging coal! #TheLastPit

Visitors from Apedale Heritage put in a shift at #TheLastPit this week. R to L, Stephen Sedgewick, a regular visitor, Alex Dainty and Aidan Lee Croft, who came with a lamp and left with a shovel!

It's essential to keep the air flowing to where it is required in a coal mine, even if that means breaking into an old working. Here's a video showing that moment. A link to the full YouTube video to follow!

The Last Pit. Creating a new airway at Ayle Colliery. youtu.be/_gIJiTnwzxw?si… via YouTube