Showing the old machinery, huge lift shafts and many of the existing warning signs which kept miners safe from 1922 to 2003, this gallery gives a glimpse back at one of the area’s largest employers.
Adco Properties are currently redeveloping the site into a multi-use leisure facility but are keen to preserve the mining heritage – giving a large section to a mining museum and keeping as many original features as possible.
Have a look through the first of our two galleries in the series and see if it brings back some memories.
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5. Clipstone Headstocks.
Much of the colliery's machinery is still onsite, with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of machinery still underground. Photo: Brian Eyre
7. Stuart Mills
Owner Stuart Mills with a recent acquisition - an original vehicle which he hopes to restore. Photo: Brian Eyre
8. Warning
The original tracks are still in place today - can you remember when this was a hive of activity? Photo: Brian Eyre