It's amazing what you can find out if you ask the right people, today while at work i asked a few questions and found out some fascinating things about the area. I was concentrating on the immediate area around where I work and more specifically Cotes Park Colliery. I told my work colleagues what I was doing for #AudioMo and a wealth of great stories came my way. Stories about how the area has changed, features that have vanished and signs that still remain from days gone bye.
I was very lucky to be shown a map of the area from 1971 which is before my place of work was built. It showed the old Cotes Park mine shafts and locations that had been open casted. Infact, the area where our building is was once open cast mined the old mine shafts are only 200 or so metres away. I found out a rather harrowing stories about people who have perished at the mine and also saw pictures of the works from 1901.
Some day soon I plan to jump over the fence at work and go on the hunt for the old mine shafts, stay tuned for that in the near future :-)
More Resources:
Penny Town Ponds Info PDF
Deaths at Cotes Park Colliery - Page 1 of Linked PDF
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