Coal Mines in Leeds

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 2:31 pm

Excellent items on Gipton Pit and the colliery railway, can be found in this small booklet, to be found in Oakwood Library.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 4:13 pm

Brunel wrote: Excellent items on Gipton Pit and the colliery railway, can be found in this small booklet, to be found in Oakwood Library. Is it a reference book?? Will go and have a look if so. Don't want to go and it's out? - Have you taken it out??

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 6:28 pm

The Parksider wrote: Brunel wrote: Excellent items on Gipton Pit and the colliery railway, can be found in this small booklet, to be found in Oakwood Library. Is it a reference book?? Will go and have a look if so. Don't want to go and it's out? - Have you taken it out?? Steady now, can feel the rush of air over here - your blood pressure will be worse than mine if you keep this up

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 7:57 pm

I will be returning it on Mon.You will find it along with many other booklets by the Oakwood Historical Soc. in the local history section.

kenneth · Post by **kenneth** » Sat 15 Aug, 2009 11:55 pm

Many years ago there used to be a mock up of a coal mine in Leeds City Museum in the days when the Museum was located on Park Row when the HBos bank building is now

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 16 Aug, 2009 11:54 am

kenneth wrote: Many years ago there used to be a mock up of a coal mine in Leeds City Museum in the days when the Museum was located on Park Row when the HBos bank building is now You might find this of interest or even amusing -http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... ighLight=1

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Sun 16 Aug, 2009 12:15 pm

This should prove useful to all the "bookworms"http://librarycatalogue.leedslearning.netIf you search for Oakwood Historical Society.Shows 11 copies of the above book available.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sun 16 Aug, 2009 4:02 pm

Brunel wrote: This should prove useful to all the "bookworms"http://librarycatalogue.leedslearning.netIf you search for Oakwood Historical Society.Shows 11 copies of the above book available. Thank you kind sir.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sun 16 Aug, 2009 4:03 pm

chameleon wrote: [Steady now, can feel the rush of air over here - your blood pressure will be worse than mine if you keep this up Enthusiasm is the elixir of life.You would not want me to be Victor Meldrew now would you?

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Sun 16 Aug, 2009 4:08 pm

kenneth wrote: Many years ago there used to be a mock up of a coal mine in Leeds City Museum in the days when the Museum was located on Park Row when the HBos bank building is now Yes, I went in with my mum, must have been about 4 years old then.One day the city may recognise it's mining/quarrying heritage again?For anyone interested who looks at the old mones/quarries Leeds had a number of "Calliard" quarries, which is a tightly packed type of sandstone.One of those words long forgotten and explanation courtesy of Mike Gill. Mike also kindly explains how coal may have been present in Moortown area due to a fault, or may be from a coal bed that wasn't the same as mined in south Leeds. Either way he has records of Moortwn Colliery producing coal.....