Newly installed information board at Brinsley Headstocks site near #Eastwood #Nottinghamshire Unfortunately some of the information relating to local coal mining history is incorrect. Perhaps a victim of heritage & arts being side-lined by austerity measures! 1/5
The incorrect information relates initially to dates Arthur Lawrence worked at Brinsley pit. The board states 1853-1867 but Ron Storer's book, 'Brinsley Colliery & Lawrence Connection' (1985) suggests 1875-1912. Also the image is not Brinsley pit, the headstocks don't match! 2/5
The preserved wooden headstocks date from a major reorganisation of their pits by Barber Walker & Co in 1872. The pit closed for production purposes in 1950 but remained for pumping & ventilation purposes until 1970. In 1991 they were reinstalled at Brinsley from Lound Hall. 3/5
The preserved wooden headstocks date from a major reorganisation of their pits by Barber Walker & Co in 1872. The pit closed for production purposes in 1950 but remained for pumping & ventilation purposes until 1970. In 1991 they were reinstalled at Brinsley from Lound Hall. 3/5
The preserved wooden headstocks date from a major reorganisation of their pits by Barber Walker & Co in 1872. The pit closed for production purposes in 1950 but remained for pumping & ventilation purposes until 1970. In 1991 they were reinstalled at Brinsley from Lound Hall. 3/5
The preserved wooden headstocks date from a major reorganisation of their pits by Barber Walker & Co in 1872. The pit closed for production purposes in 1950 but remained for pumping & ventilation purposes until 1970. In 1991 they were reinstalled at Brinsley from Lound Hall. 3/5
Tree carving next to Brinsley Headstocks depicting 700 years of coal mining in the #Eastwood district. The last local pits, Moorgreen & the Pye Hill complex, both #NCB South #Nottinghamshire Area, closed in 1985 due to exhaustion of viable coal reserves. 4/5
Nearby to Brinsley Headstocks is Vine Cottage, the former railway crossing house, & setting for DH Lawrence's short coal mining story, 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. The story is based on a fatality at the pit of James Lawrence, uncle to the author, in 1880. 5/5
Nearby to Brinsley Headstocks is Vine Cottage, the former railway crossing house, & setting for DH Lawrence's short coal mining story, 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. The story is based on a fatality at the pit of James Lawrence, uncle to the author, in 1880. 5/5
Nearby to Brinsley Headstocks is Vine Cottage, the former railway crossing house, & setting for DH Lawrence's short coal mining story, 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. The story is based on a fatality at the pit of James Lawrence, uncle to the author, in 1880. 5/5
Nearby to Brinsley Headstocks is Vine Cottage, the former railway crossing house, & setting for DH Lawrence's short coal mining story, 'Odour of Chrysanthemums'. The story is based on a fatality at the pit of James Lawrence, uncle to the author, in 1880. 5/5
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