Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, Read about our fair use policy and why we are doing this, COAL - Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board, and of related bodies, Division within COAL - Photograph and Film Collections, COAL 80 - National Coal Board and predecessors: Photographs. About Dodworth Colliery Band Dodworth Band carries out a variety of concert engagements throughout the year and in recent years it has been privileged to be asked to play in Central Hall, Westminster as well as supporting local events such as Dodworth's Service of Remembrance. This was the only route for coal to leave the pit once the Woodhead route was gone. 17-06-1977. by roger5450 2 CS003204. Looks like a grand spot for a wander and always good to see some documentation of the less glamorous and rarely recorded sites like these. Originally closed in 1966. Yup, well Worsborough/Dodworth area, right at the side of the M1. by roger5450 4 FC002190. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. Dodworth Colliery Band is known for his work on Home on Sunday (1979) and Last of the Summer Wine (1973). In 1984, the Yorkshire area had a total of 56 collieries. Last deep mine in the UK. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. 56086, heads away from Dodworth colliery with a loaded MGR service which will run initially to Wath Yard via Stairfoot. Industrial Units. Now a business park. Dodworth seemed deserted this afternoon. Cotgrave Colliery, No6 Area, Notts Division. 1897 at Dodworth Colliery. FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 0/10. I worked for a bit with a lad, Graham Powis, who had worked down there as an apprentice and who'd been sent in an inspection party of some old workings - very very scary and cramped apparently - not much above 3ft 6 ish. If you don't have an account please register. And the two fingered Kat Kat goes to Daz. I can't believe it got solved so quick. Dodworth Colliery site. You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. Dodworth Colliery M.W. Industrial Units. "Pit closures, year by year". Old Collieries On Western Edge of The Notts Coalfield. Gridref: SE 31154 05654   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10, Bolt reported destroyed 04/1989. In 1984, 15 of the collieries were in the Wakefield district, 11 in the Rotherham district, 10 in the Barnsley district, 9 in the Doncaster district, 6 in the Selby district, 3 … Long gone, but area is very nicely tidied up. Pit head still stands.