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Contributor Mining Landscapes: "The colliery went into production around 1895 and closed in 1962. The surviving bath house was completed in 1949 and served a workforce of around 300."...

Contributor Mining Landscapes: "The pit opened in 1865 initially extracting iron and later coal and closed in 1964. The bath house was constructed in the early 1950s. After closure of the colliery it has seen much repurposing including as a smithy. I...

Contributor Mining Landscapes: "the bath house was constructed in 1938. The water tank and boilers are still in situ and building is used for agricultural storage."...

Converted to residential use....



Contributor Mining Landscapes: "The Colliery was in production from 1909 to 1969. The baths were erected in the mid-1950s. Only the tower remains today."...

Contributor Mining Landscapes: "The bath house with 36 showers and 18 cubicles, was erected in 1955 at a cost of around £78,000. When the mine closed the building was converted to a training centre accommodating 40 apprentices. Today the building ...

Update from contributor Robert Taylor: 'Many years ago I worked at Bold colliery which closed around 1984. I revisited the pit as although the vast majority of the site was demolished the pinhead baths, some offices, the canteen, union office, pay ha...

Update from contributor Peter Thompson: as of 2018 in use as artists' studios, workshops and gallery. The Old Bath House...

Update from contributor Peter Thompson: the pithead baths building survives in a yard....

Update from contributor Peter Thompson: 'The pithead baths of Havannah drift mine, opened 1950, survive as part of a polystyrene packaging factory [Springvale EPS Ltd]'...








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