I’d forgotten how many pits there were in North Staffordshire. After I left the NCB I became an apprentice electrician and worked on installing cabling systems at Wolstanton, for the Bindex system on the coal pre plant in the valley, where eventually the A500 or ‘D’ road was built. Wolstanton colliery is now the site of a huge retail park.
Great history, which can still be discovered in the Heritage Centre at Chatterley Whitfield.
I’d forgotten how many pits there were in North Staffordshire. After I left the NCB I became an apprentice electrician and worked on installing cabling systems at Wolstanton, for the Bindex system on the coal pre plant in the valley, where eventually the A500 or ‘D’ road was built. Wolstanton colliery is now the site of a huge retail park.
Remember doing my underground training at Whitfield in 1965 followed by the start of my technical training at Kemble.
this is awesome loved watching this so good.👌
We still get earth tremors from time to time when the old mine shafts collapse.