EAW047382 ENGLAND (1952). North Gawber Colliery, Mapplewell, 1952. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

At one time, 1800's old cottages were in this area where the old colliery tip stands. The Hamlet of Carr Green had an old slaughter house there to cater for local produced animals. All us youngsters would be told stories of how life used to be in the old days before the first world war. At the time these aerial photographs were taken all the houses in Carr Green and Monkey Park had only gas and cold water, flush toilets had only just been installed. No TV's in those days for us living there, we were told stories, this is why i can remember those days of yesteryear.

Alan Amby lived here.

Sometime late 40's or early 50's there was an explosion on this area of the colliery waste tip.

Old stream water dyke from Colliery.

Old oak trees left in the slurry pond died and fell over. During the demolition of the colliery dragline cranes were used to clear the dried slurry. Sid Raggett was operating one of the dragline cranes when his dragline snagged on an old oak tree and almost pulled the crane into the slurry pond. Before this slurry pond was constructed a concrete cullvate to pipe the stream water towards the river Dearn was built to run under the slurry pond. At a later date the stream was diverted towards the dyke running from Monkey Park towards Carr Green and Swallow Hill, bottom of Hill End Lane.

Footpath that passed through Pye Av towards Darton Hall Senior school used by Monkey Park and Carr Green young kids.

Footpath to Swallow Hill.

Pit top pony holding area.

Spark Lane level crossing

Carr Green lane level crossing, in those days an old loco called Watson was in use. This loco was bought and shipped to a museum in Devon or Somerset.

During the early 1950's an assimilated drift shaft narrow gage railway system was constructed on this red shale slag heap for training.

Pumping house for colliery waste water.

My granddad Mr John Haigh's field, also used as a pit pony field during the colliery's annual holidays

Pummer Colliery

Road way to Pummer Colliery

Road way to Pummer Colliery

Pummer Colliery area

Old area of North Gawber Coke Works turned into a slurry pond

Old oak tree that i watched die slowly over the years through toxic waste from old Coke works site

Loco sheds

Shunting line sidings, several times the odd wagon slipped down into the Wentworth rd.

Colliery chimney and deep shaft pumping station

Timber yard

Pit canteen

Pit top pony stables

Winding house

Small shaft used for underground air extraction

Main shaft.

Old unfilled in coal shaft.

Weigh bridge for colliery workers coal allowance, in those days most were delivered by horse and cart.

Mr John Haigh's small holding pig stys

Carr Green lane

Mr Oxley's farm

Potty Croft goalposts for Monkey Park football team

Aerial flight path for colliery waste to pit muck stack

Spark Lane