Coal Mines in Leeds

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 23 Apr, 2009 11:21 pm

Brandy wrote: chameleon wrote: Brandy wrote: speaking of which they have closed the bridge http://snipurl.com/ghiq6for repairs.It gets pretty busy at rush hour now so its well worth avoiding if your passing through! Had a quick look before they started Brandyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/chameleon2008/346 ... ecretleeds you've been getting your 'out's'. of late chameleon lolPhotographing bridges,climbing down capped mineshaft's lol whatever next? Don't ask. Well actually, they are digging a big hole in Wellington Street to mend a collapsed sewer (foul )

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Thu 23 Apr, 2009 11:30 pm

Yes i read something about that in the YEP.Have you got any photo's yet?I wonder if its owt to do with the illusive tunnel under Leeds city centre? lol

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 23 Apr, 2009 11:37 pm

Brandy wrote: Yes i read something about that in the YEP.Have you got any photo's yet?I wonder if its owt to do with the illusive tunnel under Leeds city centre? lol Smelt it the other day - a lot of activity in the basement at Metro from the Drain men - wonder if they've lost a bus!Usual paranoia about H&S, great screens and fences everywhere, but working on it. Don't know if it's a modern(ish) pipe or something older and interesting - maybe Cardiarms has some inside info?

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Mon 27 Apr, 2009 9:31 pm

chameleon wrote: Brandy wrote: Yes i read something about that in the YEP.Have you got any photo's yet?I wonder if its owt to do with the illusive tunnel under Leeds city centre? lol Smelt it the other day - a lot of activity in the basement at Metro from the Drain men - wonder if they've lost a bus!Usual paranoia about H&S, great screens and fences everywhere, but working on it. Don't know if it's a modern(ish) pipe or something older and interesting - maybe Cardiarms has some inside info? Talking to one of the workmen the other day, the collapsed sewer is actually a tunnel that goes from Kirkstall Abbey to Temple Newsam...possibly...

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 16 Jun, 2009 10:59 pm

isambard01 wrote: There was a coal mine at Farsley (west Leeds) but it was closed in the early 1900s. However, Coal Hill is still there as a reminder - presumably a slag heap (?). My neighbour's son is a pot-holer and he recently said that he went down some shafts that are still there - but were very "difficult" . . . Hi Mr. Kingdom-Brunel.Have you an exact location for the shafts????

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 16 Jun, 2009 11:07 pm

edgey2001 wrote: The colliery you refer to Edlong was Victoria Colliery, Some details can be found here: http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL To all interested.I have in mi 'ot little hand "Coal mining in Morley" by Jim Thorp.Superb NMRS publication. Great piccies of Morley Main, Howley Park.A London illustrated news featuring an explosion at Morley MainMorley folks picking the heaps during the strikeIncs plenty of East Ardsley....But Oh for a book on Leeds!!

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 16 Jun, 2009 11:18 pm

The Parksider wrote: edgey2001 wrote: The colliery you refer to Edlong was Victoria Colliery, Some details can be found here: http://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?reso ... SPLAY=FULL To all interested.I have in mi 'ot little hand "Coal mining in Morley" by Jim Thorp.Superb NMRS publication. Great piccies of Morley Main, Howley Park.A London illustrated news featuring an explosion at Morley MainMorley folks picking the heaps during the strikeIncs plenty of East Ardsley....But Oh for a book on Leeds!! Now, now my friend, sit down and take a pill or three - you're making the entire net shake (but if you find one I want a look !)

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Tue 16 Jun, 2009 11:28 pm

chameleon wrote: [Now, now my friend, sit down and take a pill or three - you're making the entire net shake (but if you find one I want a look !) Say the word you can borrow it.....

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Wed 17 Jun, 2009 12:58 am

The Parksider wrote: I have in mi 'ot little hand "Coal mining in Morley" by Jim Thorp.Superb NMRS publication Tis a rather grand publication or as they say in these parts "pure qualitee ...... " [cue another plug for the NMRS - for copies see http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... eadID=1793 ] The Parksider wrote: But Oh for a book on Leeds!! Parkie, have you seen "Remebering how it was - Mining in the Leeds Area" by Granville Williams published by Leeds City Council in 1993 (my copy does not have a ISBN number but is referenced on the rear leaf 16/003/297/00 )Its a glossy A4 landscape publication with a very general history of mining in Leeds but is really a social history intersperced with interviewed account of mining of former colliers principally employed at Ledston Luck colliery (as well as Allerton Bywater, Bowers Row, Fryston, Mount Pleasant, Water Haigh, Rothwell and Peckfield). There is also quite a bit of detail about Ledston Luck and Allerton Bywater Collieries

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 17 Jun, 2009 10:03 am

grumpytramp wrote: Parkie, have you seen "Remebering how it was - Mining in the Leeds Area" by Granville Williams published by Leeds City Council in 1993 (my copy does not have a ISBN number but is referenced on the rear leaf 16/003/297/00 )Its a glossy A4 landscape publication with a very general history of mining in Leeds but is really a social history intersperced with interviewed account of mining of former colliers principally employed at Ledston Luck colliery (as well as Allerton Bywater, Bowers Row, Fryston, Mount Pleasant, Water Haigh, Rothwell and Peckfield). There is also quite a bit of detail about Ledston Luck and Allerton Bywater Collieries I will check that out at the Local History Library - thanks VERY much for that. However when you mention the mines covered they are all outside of Leeds in the traditional Yorkshire coalfield I grew up with!But thanks again - today I'll go see if I can find Calverley Colliery!