It is a rare survivor but i think that the local council might have exerted
an influence there to ensure that a very visible piece of the towns mining
heritage was preserved. It is certainly an improvement on placing the sheave
wheels in concrete at the entrance to the industrial estate which inevitable
springs up on former colliery sites.
Martin Roe
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