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Bickershaw colliery

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Bickershaw colliery then and now
Bickershaw colliery then and now
Photo: John Taylor
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Item #: 22490
A composite view showing the colliery before closure probably in the late eighties or very early nineties, and below it a second one taken after closure and the hastily organised demolition and clearance of the colliery site (courtesy of the "wicked witch from Grantham"!)

Comment by: Al.C. on 20th January 2013 at 15:41

We are still suffering for the debauchery of the Thatcher years!

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