Selby Superpit Blog
This blog, still under development, contains a wealth of information about the Selby Coalfield. Far too much to include here…
Gascoine Wood Aerial photograph
Selby Coalfield : Underground Machinery
These images of the machinery used to bore the underground tunnels and to cut into the coalface come from “Selby:…
Robbins Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)
We would love to know who these gentlemen are. If it’s you, or someone you recognize, let us know. We…
Dismantling the LNER at Naburn Bridge and Acaster Lane
Thee photgraphs were taken by Steve Waterman whose farm sits alongside the track. See also his account of life beside…
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…
East Coast Main Line 1980s Rail Traffic
This collection of excellent photgraphs was made by Lindsay Walters a member of Disused Railways of Yorkshire Facebook group .…
“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…
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)…
Portrait of the Yorkshire Ouse, Ivan E. Broadhead
Ivan Broadhead’s Portrait of the Yorkshire Ouse depicts the Ouse and its history through important historical periods, romance, legends and…