EAW015495 ENGLAND (1948). Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Title | [EAW015495] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. | 
| Reference | EAW015495 | 
| Date | 14-May-1948 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | BILLINGLEY | 
| Parish | BILLINGLEY | 
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 443544, 403720 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -1.3430478658522, 53.528088078857 | 
| National Grid Reference | SE435037 | 
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|  This excavator matches an excavator in EAW015490 | Class31 | Saturday 1st of November 2014 05:33:08 PM | 
|  Lettering far from clear but COULD be "C. WOODS" - equally might be something fairly different. |   ewnmcg | Tuesday 9th of September 2014 04:06:56 PM | 
|  Not as clear as the machine on the left but lettering could be "LAING". |   ewnmcg | Tuesday 9th of September 2014 04:04:47 PM | 
|  LAING - as a contractor? or manufacturer of the machinery? |   ewnmcg | Monday 8th of September 2014 10:49:56 PM | 
| Thinking that this sign relates to John Laing (or John Laing & Sons) - a major construction company. |   ewnmcg | Tuesday 9th of September 2014 04:02:11 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EAW015495] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015495.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EAW015496] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015496.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015488] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015488.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015497] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015497.jpg) 
 ![[EAW025615] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1949. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/025/EAW025615.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015498] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015498.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015487] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015487.jpg) 
 ![[EAW025611] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1949. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/025/EAW025611.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015499] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015499.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015500] Billingley, Open Cast Coal Quarry south of the village, 1948.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015500.jpg)