These images are from the archive at the National Coal Mining Museum for England.
NCB Film – Dowdon Colliery
Film ID: NEFA 20975 This Film Can be seen on the YFA website http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/dawdon-colliery COLLIERY 1967 A film produced by Tyne…
NCB Film – Assembling the Anderton Shearer loader
Film ID: YFA 2529 THE ANDERTON SHEARER LOADER (1) 1954 Visitor Tabs Description(active tab) The National Coal Board (NCB) Film…
National Coal Board Training Film (YFA)
Find beliow some interesting films from the Yorkshire Film Archive about National Coal Board Training. Wistow Colliery Part 1 (1982)…
Mining Machinery at Selby Coalfield
Miners Strike Christmas Cards
These Christmas Cards were on sale in London in 1984 to raise funds for the miners on strike
Key Dates in the Establishing of the Selby Coalfield
See Also “Coalfinder Ron”
Iron and Brass Foundries in Selby
The information available on foundries in Selby is not always clear, but it appears that there were at least four.…
Interview with Trevor Chalkley – Selby Miner
Trevor Chalkley now works as a guide at Caphouse Colliery, the home of the National Coal Mining Museum for England…
Interview with Richard Fisher, Selby Miner
To hear this interview click on the ‘play’ arrow above Richard Fisher was a fourth generation miner in his family…
Interview with Eric Richardson – Selby Miner
To hear this interview click on the ‘play’ arrow above Eric Richardson follwed his father and grandfather into Dodsworth Pit,…
Interview with David Price – Selby Miner
David’s interview covers 40 years in the industry in the UK and abroad. To hear the interview click on…
Interview with Brian Jaques – Selby Coalfield Miner
Listen to an audio version of Brian’s interview about his life in the coal mining industry. In 1962 his…
Interview – Keith Turton
To hear this interview click on the ‘play’ arrow below Keith Truton came from a mining family – “grandfather, father,…
Gascoine Wood Aerial photograph
Gascoigne Wood Drift Site – WS Atkins Project Plan
A “coffee table” publication by WS Atkins, the main contractor for the Gascoigne Wood Drift mine site. Coal was transported…