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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,…
Mines in the Barnsley Area post 1947 Nationalisation
The Northern Mine Research Society website has a very useful map and list of post 1947 nationalisation mines in the…
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 Russ Kear – Selby Miner
To hear the interview click on the ‘play’ arrow above Russ was a fourth generation miner. He started working at…
Interview – Ian Steel, Mining Engineer
To hear this interview click on the ‘play’ arrow above Ian’s father had been injured and was set against Ian…
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,…
River Ouse – An Overview
The River Ouse is a tidal river (up to Naburn Locks) which flows through the city of York and the…
Locomotives around York (documentary film awaiting permission for YFA)
This is a film available at the Yorkshire Film Archive depicts a day at the National Railway Museum, and was…
Depot at Derwent Valley Light Railway (DVLR)
This building is mentioned in an interview with Steve Masterman. Cattle would be driven to Copmanthorpe station (Naburn station, though…
Sailing on the Ouse – Railway Institute Sailing Club in the 1960s
Two films of sailing taking place from the York Railway Institute Sailing Club – previously part of the British Transport…
Interview with Steve Oxley – Selby miner
To her this interview click on ‘play’ arrow above Interview with Steve Oxley, grandson of a miner, now working…
NCB Research Papers – Operational Research Executive
The National Coal Mining Museum for England holds a number of papers generated around 1975 considering how the new complex…
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…