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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 07/05/2012 20:23:07 Reply | Quote Hi, we bought Woodend Colliery near Burnley about 3 years ago and have transformed a derelict site abandoned in 1959 into useable land. part of what we have is now a camping and caravan site and we are slowly establishing a visitor centre, small but welcoming, or so we hope. As part of that we are putting together an exhibition of the artefacts found on the site relating back to its days as a colliery but we are finding it very difficult to get any information on this particular shaft. we know its depth and we have the abandonment plans but as to the layout and the men who worked here we have nothing. we know the shaft was sunk in 1910, the pit opened in 1912 and closed in 1959. some have sid that it was a manriding shaft others that coal was extracted, so very conflicting reports. if anyone has anything or any information that would help us we would be really grateful, we want to know the history of this pit and about the people whose lives must have depended on it. IP: 92.23.210.8 |
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Ty Gwyn Joined: 30/10/2009 Location: Lampeter View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 07/05/2012 23:30:10 Reply | Quote Surely if you have the abandonment plans of Woodend Colliery,it will show if connected to another Colliery,hence may have only been manriding in latter years ,but originally was a coal raising shaft. Where s the other shaft?one Upcast ,one Downcast, Or sometimes,an older Colliery shaft would be used as the Upcast,this again should be shown on the abandonment plans. IP: 81.158.58.44 |
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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 06:12:59 Reply | Quote hi, thanks for your reply, you obviously understand these plans which I don't. Woodend was connected to a few other collieries such as Fence, Bank Hall and Reedley, but i don't understand your terminology of "upcast" etc., so if you could enlighten me a bit more perhaps? It probably shows this on the plans but there is no mention of it so what am I looking for? sorry to seem such a thickie but I have no knowledge of mining whatsoever, ask me about beekeeping or jam making and I could probably give you a reasonable answer, but each to his own ! the problem as well is that there are only very vague mantions of woodend in mining books or so it seems and the I am not sure that the one listed on this website is in fact ours. but thanks again for your help and if you know any more please get in touch IP: 78.144.142.31 |
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Peteraf Joined: 29/04/2012 Location: West Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 08:56:09 Reply | Quote These people may be worth a try http://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/index.html IP: 86.156.110.6 |
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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 09:18:44 Reply | Quote Thanks Peter I will do it today and let you know how I get on Carole IP: 78.144.142.31 |
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Peteraf Joined: 29/04/2012 Location: West Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 09:39:27 Reply | Quote Do you have a website for the campsite etc? IP: 86.156.110.6 |
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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 10:23:24 Reply | Quote Hi peter We are just building the website, it is on the old colliery site and the capped off shaft can be seen, obviously, and we are gradually putting together the "museum" of memorabilia and artefacts for people to see. We are open for visitors and the post code is BB12 9DR if want to find us on Google although I think the pictures might be a bit out of date. IP: 92.23.147.121 |
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Ty Gwyn Joined: 30/10/2009 Location: Lampeter View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 11:07:16 Reply | Quote Hi Carole, Normally ,a Pit would have an Upcast and Downcast shafts for ventilation,and 2nd egress,but sometimes,they would sink one shaft,and use anothers Collieries shaft as either a Downcast/air forced down,or Upcast/air sucked up. The plan should show the shafts as a Circle on the plan,so if there is only one circle on your land,the other would be ,one of another Colliery. A better quality abandonment plan,may also show the direction of the ventilation,but usually that is only on ventilation plans,but shows the intake/Downcast of air in Blue and the return/Upcast in Red. Hope that makes it a bit clearer for you. IP: 81.158.18.194 |
Lister Joined: 07/10/2007 Location: Helsby, Cheshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 12:47:08 Reply | Quote The 1932 O.S map shows 2 shafts, could one be ventilation only since there ws only one headgear? Edit; Just had a closer look at the image, one say's 'Air Shaft'! (click image to open full size image in new window) .....Lister;~) -- 'Adventure is just bad planning' Roald Amundsen IP: 217.14.180.150 Edited: 08/05/2012 12:49:25 by Lister |
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Isabel Gott Joined: 01/06/2010 Location: Huddersfield View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 08/05/2012 14:37:21 Reply | Quote In British Mining No 58 The Coal Mines of East Lancs. This states Wood End was sunk between 1910 and 1912 and was used as a manriding shaft for the extended workings od Reedley Colliery. First used as a downcast for Reedley pit and later a fan drift was dricen to the shaft and it became an upcast. New bunkers and a gantry were built to the rear of the shaft in 1957. The inclination of the gantry suggests a drift was also sunk here. The general opinion is that no coal was raised here. Yet Jack Nadin remembers coal or dirt chutes located beside the road down to the Duck Pits. NCB Recorded it closing in 1959. -- RL |
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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 09/05/2012 07:50:24 Reply | Quote Thank you so much for that it does make things much clearer, this is a bit like a detective story with little bits being discovered daily and at last I feel i'm making a bit of progress! thanks again Carole IP: 92.23.178.142 |
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carolejohnson Joined: 28/07/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 09/05/2012 07:55:00 Reply | Quote Thankyou so much for the map, it give a really good indication of where the buildings were and we do seem to have got the reservoir right whcih is great because we didn't really know its true shape but we are not so far off. I am going to try to get a caopy of this map an dee if there is any clearer detail and will have a word with jack nadin as well and see if he can shed anymore light on things many thanks carole IP: 92.23.178.142 |
LeeW Joined: 28/07/2007 Location: Notts View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Woodend Colliery Burnley
Posted: 09/05/2012 13:05:55 Reply | Quote The shaft at Wood End was originally sunk to the Arley Seam and was used as a air shaft (see above) for Reedley Colliery. This was abandoned in 1957. However, Wood End Colliery then continued to work until it was abandoned (date of abandonment 28 Feb 1961, yet date of last working was April 1959). Modifications were made to the shaft where a new decking level was made at the Arley Yard Seam (approx 550ft above the Arley Seam). There was also a conveyor drift driven from the surface to the Arley Seam which was also the return (upcast) airway; and the shaft being the intake (downcast) airway. -- 'Ask no questions, get no lies' If it's not grown you need to know some geology IP: 95.131.110.104 |
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