8s was a small friendly colliery I worked there in 1958 and started underground in 1959 aged 16 the deputy on the district was Jack Harrison a lovely man who taught us first aid I was a member of the colliery junior first aid competition team My first job underground was’pony driving’ the name of my pit pony was Rattler I still remember him with fondness on my way to the pit I used to collect meadow grass to feed him also used to take carrots for him Happy memories of days long past Thank you for your video

hi the fenced off area was the downcast shaft .the wall with graffiti on was part of the canteen / baths the raised area.somewhere around that area is the upcast shaft cap its concrete .the footing where the headgear building .that block by the raised bit could have been what’s left of the anchor (concrete) that secured the headgear front leg frame to the floor.

Crazy how much stuff is still there.

I have been over there numerous times and you can still see both shafts that are fenced off and capped. The reason they are fenced off is due to subsidence.

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darrensutton.the fenced off area is downcast shaft .the filling sunk in 1986 to about 15 feet .due to it settling into workings the n.c.b refilled it but I don’t think they concrete capped it .the upcast further back more or less in a straight line .was filled and capped with concrete which is still visible .

If anyone has any information on the area, please feel free to message or comment below. Our next videos will be documenting the Littleton colliery, I cannot give a timeline on this yet, as we are hoping to find some archived footage so that we can bring the history to life.

metal bar = rail track bricks made at Hednesford brick works