These images are from the archive at the National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Gascoigne Wood
Football Teams from the Mining Villages
Communities developed around the coalfields — pictured are two football teams, which is just one example of the various social…
Film 1982 – Life North of Watford: Mining
A 26- minute Yorkshire TV documentary from 1982 with an optimistic look at the future of coal in the county,…
Duchess of Kent starting drilling at Wistow
Diversion of the East Coast Mainline at Selby Coalfield
This is a file of the diversion at the East Coast mainline at Selby Coalfield. It is currently held at…
Diversion of the East Coast Main Line around the Selby Coalfield
Four folders titled “Diversion of the East Coast Main Line around the Selby Coalfield: Contract liaison meetings with British Rail,…
Discovering the Selby Coalfield in 1972 – Ron Goosens and Bill Forrest
Goosens was a Regional Geologist with the National Coal Board. In 1972, he worked on completing a series of boreholes,…
Coalfinder Ron – Discovering the Selby Coalfield
See also “Key Dates in establishing the Selby Coalfield”
Barnsley to Selby: an interview with miners partners
Although the Selby ‘super-pit’ opened in 1983, full production was not achieved until after the strike of 1984-5. Many miners…
“Selby: the saving face of coal” Yorkshire TV film 1984
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/selby-saving-face-coal or go to the Yorkshire Film Archive and search for “Selby: the saving face of coal” This is an…
“Nostalgia on Tuesday, breaking records” Yorkshire Post article recounting the history of the coalfeld
This is from an article in the Yorkshire Post dated Tuesday 14th September 2018 See https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/nostalgia-on-tuesday-breaking-records-1-9333331 Attempts to find coal…