ACKNOWLEDGEMENT With grateful thanks to George Bishop and his workmates in Burtonwood who gave the detailed information about these photographs.

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01. Nos.1,2&3 Pits before reorganisation. 1952 steam wining No.2 pit right side, engine house, left side, No.1 Pit, No.3 Pit.

02. Power house and winding engine switches.

03. Power house showing power to No.1 winder and compressors.

04. Mining supplies - stage loader on bold compound.

05. Two tier belt manriding system No.2 Pit.

06. Mining supplies (a) - stage loader on bold compound.

07. Fan house

08. New fan house.

09. New fan drift built so workings could be extended.

10. New Fan House

10.(colour).

11. W16 Return 1974. FSW bunker (moved in reverse, would fill in off peak.) Nov. '74

12. New Return. JACK DAVIES ATC contractor Nov.1975.

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13. T5 Return 1975. ATC contractor operating side-loading electric EIMCO.

14. JOHN HILL operating ASL cutter in Florida seam.

15. Twisted girders looking outbye from Wigan 4" loading point Bold No.1. New loader was built here. No.2 Tunnel.

16. Air-lock at No.1 Pit

17. Solid drivage drilled for shot firing.

18. No.1 Pit top , 1946.

19. Rushy Park switch gear mounted over belt. Identified by RP painted on outbye switch.

20. 42" belt conveyor. Manriding allowed in Rushy Park.

21. Rushy Park loader. (1)

22. Rushy Park loader. (2)

23. Rushy Park roadway. These were the best conditions in the pit - no weight.

24. Rushy Park roadway (B)

25. Rushy Park switch gear mounted over belt.

26. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker (held 100 tons). No.1 Pit used to store coal at peak periods.

27. ALBERT ALBRECHT (a Pole) Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

28. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

29. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

30. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

31. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

32. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker. Solid drivage ready for firing.

33. Various stages of the Wigan 4' bunker.

34. R. SINGLETON, Deputy (left) and GEORGE BISHOP, overman (right). Waiting for the Mines Inspector to arrive.

35. No.3 Pit Bank.

36. Damaged Dowty 3 leg roofmaster, self advancing supports fro 1 South No.2 Pit.

37. First hydraulic powered supports at No.2 Pit 1 West. Installed in one weekend.

38. Damaged Dowty roofmasters.

39. Bullnose Junction. No.1 & No.2 tunnel looking back to the pit bottom, No.1 Pit.

40. Washery looking from sidings.

41. DAVID OWEN, Safety Engineer in the Florida Seam.

42. Trencherbone Roadway, No.1 Pit.

43. K. PRICE, Overman in the Florida Seam.

44. K. PRICE, Overman in the Florida Seam.

45. DAVID OWEN alighting from manriding belts in Florida Seam. Top and bottom belts used for manriding.

46. K. PRICE, Overman in the Florida Seam.

47. JACKIE MARTIN operating Wigan 4" bunker, No.1 Pit.

48. Two tier manriding belts.

49. Gate-end Face Conveyor loading through the arched roadway. (Possibly T5 Trencherbone)

50. 2 and 3 leg Dowty Roofmaster supports.

51. Cross measure going through old workings. It became the Main Intake for East Side workings.

52. DAVID OWEN, Safety Engineer in Florida Seam.

53. Bold Power Station foreground left is the NCB Group Office, right the laboratory.

54. Electrical switch gear mounted on monorail over coal belts. Would be pulled in once a week instead of every day.

55. W6 Return Wigan 4'. New method of support used. Man called it 'Square Work'.

56. W6 Intake.

57. Drilling caunch No.2 Crombuke Seam. Driller on right ALBERT ALBREGHT (a Pole.).

58. Left to Right:- No.2 Winding House, Centre Power House, No.1 Pit headgear No.3 Pit Upcast.

59. This method of working is 'square work' 13' girders legged out with 6' upright steel.

60. Left to right J. SPARKES, overman, A. ALBREGHT, GEORGE BISHOP overman, R. SINGLETON, Deputy, LEO (an Italian), RUBIN POWNALL, kneeling. B GREGORY, BILLY BALE, JIMMY EGG, GEORGE CUNLIFFE, First Aider.

61. Duckbill dinting J57 Wigan 4' Seam.

62. End of the Trencherbone Seam. Face conditions 35 chock area showing panzer lift and machine fast.

63. End of the Trencherbone Seam. Face conditions 29 chock area showing panzer lift and machine fast.

 

64. End of the Trencherbone Seam. Roadhead looking inbye to face.

65. End of the Trencherbone Seam. Main gate rip showing loss of height from roadhead.