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

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The Last Pit
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@PitLast
The last working colliery in the North. Mining anthracite coal from an eighteen inch seam with windy picks, shovels and AB cutters. Plans for guided tours.













40yrs since the last coal mine in Gtr Manchester closed Ludworth Moor Colliery a series of drift mines in Mellor operated 20s to 1981 & then 2yrs as an open cast mine My blog has a clip of the last working day underground on 18 July 1981 tinyurl.com/yckuw7pw @miningheritage









