Underground Drawings : Karl Jarratt – artist and miner
Karl Jarratt worked underground as a miner in the Selby coalfield at the Whitemoor mine. As cameras were forbidden for…
Bishopthorpe Community Orchard
Much of the land now occupied by housing used to be orchards. This is often reflected in the street…
East Coast Railways- Express and Main Line Route 1888
The maps (leaflets) below show the route taken between Edinburgh and London since 1888. The train that took this route…
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…
A Station Master’s Story – York Greenways video with Chris Cade
A ‘Station Master’ (Actor Chris Cade) tells the story of the closure of the old East Coast Main Line as…
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 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 – Keith Turton
To hear this interview click on the ‘play’ arrow below Keith Truton came from a mining family – “grandfather, father,…
Selby Bascule Bridge
Photo attached of the first railway bridge at Selby. It’s a bascule bridge and was built in 1840 when Selby…
Drove Road – An overview
What is a drove road? Drove roads are a method of driving livestock on foot from one location to another,…