You may also be interested in "brizzle born and bred" coal mining set on flick'r. There are several photos of Harry Stoke Drift in there.
Link to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/sets/72157615255628901/
Kelvin
Kelvin
--- On Sat, 13/6/09, Keith Ramsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Keith Ramsey <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Harry Stoke/Frog Lane Colliery.
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Saturday, 13 June, 2009, 6:01 PM
> Harry Stoke was on the site of the current MOD complex at Abbeywood. The
> mine was mainly in the area now occupied by the MOD with part on the HP
> land, but I don't believe there are any remains.
I suspected that the site had probably been built on, but I thought it was worth checking.
Over the years I've spoken to various people at UWE who remember some that some remains were still visible when the Polytechnic was first built, but they were all very vague about exactly what could be seen and where it was.
Keith Ramsey
Bristol Business School,
University of the West of England
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