EAW047388 ENGLAND (1952). North Gawber Colliery, Mapplewell, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Title | [EAW047388] North Gawber Colliery, Mapplewell, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW047388 |
| Date | 10-October-1952 |
| Link | |
| Place name | MAPPLEWELL |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 433134, 409709 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.4994618615939, 53.582683103956 |
| National Grid Reference | SE331097 |
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 ncbnik |
Sunday 28th of May 2023 12:41:15 PM |
| Drift mine shaft training area for preposed sinking North Gawber Colliery Drift shaft. This drift shaft was constructed at a later date, It was sank by the side of the old Spring Garden's road way ( silly row and leading to the pit top pony stables ). the shaft ran under the blacker rd and Mapplewell junior school towards the paddock rd staincross. |
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Thursday 17th of July 2014 08:04:32 AM |
| Coal wagons loaded ready to take to Darton and transfer to main line railway |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 06:01:32 PM |
| Loco sheds |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 06:00:21 PM |
| Slurry ponds stand where old coke works building used to be. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:59:55 PM |
| Red shale was removed from old spoil stack to use in the construction trade |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:59:04 PM |
| Colliery pumping station, later converted into a home. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:57:27 PM |
| Bridge over river Dearn near to sewage works |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:56:32 PM |
| Swallow Hill rd |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:54:43 PM |
| Concrete road way constructed for opencast mining operations. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:54:01 PM |
| Pit pony field, North Gawber Colliery show ponies were always in this field.
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:53:06 PM |
| Hill End Lane |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 05:51:51 PM |
| Next to chimney deep shaft pumping station |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:29:28 AM |
| Pit top pony stables |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:28:26 AM |
| Old railway track through colliery to timber yard |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:27:59 AM |
| Timber yard |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:26:49 AM |
| Pit canteen |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:26:21 AM |
| Main Shaft |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:25:47 AM |
| Small shaft and underground extractor vents |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:25:14 AM |
| Colliery timber yard |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:24:06 AM |
| Part of pit yard used by British Shot Putter Arthur Chippy row |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:23:37 AM |
| Old 1800 first North Gawber Colliery shaft. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:21:32 AM |
| Area spoilt by toxic waste from colliery |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:20:19 AM |
| People living there at that time, from l-r Lomax family, Dan Harley George Harley Dennis Tanner, Dunston family ( later the Lindley family, Norton family, Swithenbank family |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:18:54 AM |
| Arthur Glover 1940's and 50's Barnsley football player live here. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:14:18 AM |
| My granddads pig stys |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:13:22 AM |
| Mr Mathewman's house |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:12:50 AM |
| Mr Oxley's farm |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:12:21 AM |
| Swallow Hill rd |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:11:48 AM |
| Carr Green lane |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:11:23 AM |
| Old Carr Green area called Cokesler End, this in relation to the old Coke Works. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:10:50 AM |
| Mr Birkinshaw's farm |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:08:53 AM |
| Before this new slurry pond was constructed a concrete water tunnel was built to carry colliery water to the river Dearn.
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:08:03 AM |
| River Dearn |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:06:15 AM |
| Opencast over burden tips from 1940's open cast mining Carr Green. |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:03:09 AM |
| Potty Croft |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 09:01:36 AM |
| Swallow Hill |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 08:59:38 AM |
| Site of old North Gawber Coke Works |
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Wednesday 16th of July 2014 08:59:02 AM |
User Comment Contributions
 In this picture, North Gawber Colliery,Carr Green Lane leading to Swallow hill. Below the colliery railway lines was Mr John Haigh's pig and poultry small holding, his son in law Mr Arthur Glover had pig and poultry there too. Arthur Glover was a 1940's and 50's Barnsley football player. The field below that was called the Potty Croft where the North Gawber Colliery football team played,Eric Brooks another Barnsley player played there, manager Juddy Lindley. The game of Nippsie was also played on the Potty Croft. |
 hayden |
Tuesday 15th of July 2014 07:03:13 AM |
