The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
March 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.
Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.
This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026
A feel-good story if you need it.
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/09/f...
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/09/f...
From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
bylinetimes.com
April 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
A feel-good story if you need it.
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/09/f...
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/09/f...
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)
September 27, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)
September 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)
📌 ICYMI — From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
bylinetimes.com
April 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
📌 ICYMI — From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
📌 ICYMI — From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
bylinetimes.com
April 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
📌 ICYMI — From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
Generations - Congleton Town v Atherton Collieries
February 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Generations - Congleton Town v Atherton Collieries
27 September 1825. Britain’s 1st public railway service to use steam locomotives began with the official opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The line connected coal mining collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington in County Durham.
September 27, 2026 at 8:02 AM
27 September 1825. Britain’s 1st public railway service to use steam locomotives began with the official opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The line connected coal mining collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington in County Durham.
He’ll be reopening collieries next.
July 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM
He’ll be reopening collieries next.
From coal mines to clean energy ⚡🌱
Across the UK, former collieries are becoming hubs for solar, wind, and geothermal power, quietly driving the energy transition.
We’re already turning our past into a cleaner future. So why aren’t we talking about it more? 🤔
Across the UK, former collieries are becoming hubs for solar, wind, and geothermal power, quietly driving the energy transition.
We’re already turning our past into a cleaner future. So why aren’t we talking about it more? 🤔
From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses
Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?
bylinetimes.com
April 10, 2026 at 8:17 AM
From coal mines to clean energy ⚡🌱
Across the UK, former collieries are becoming hubs for solar, wind, and geothermal power, quietly driving the energy transition.
We’re already turning our past into a cleaner future. So why aren’t we talking about it more? 🤔
Across the UK, former collieries are becoming hubs for solar, wind, and geothermal power, quietly driving the energy transition.
We’re already turning our past into a cleaner future. So why aren’t we talking about it more? 🤔
B&W shot of The Pit Wheel from Wath Main Colliery.
February 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
B&W shot of The Pit Wheel from Wath Main Colliery.
Morning ⛅️
Where in the North East can you find a Roman road between two collieries, a medieval priory, a bastle house and a POW camp?
Well I’ve got my walking boots out to go have a mooch!
Where in the North East can you find a Roman road between two collieries, a medieval priory, a bastle house and a POW camp?
Well I’ve got my walking boots out to go have a mooch!
February 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Morning ⛅️
Where in the North East can you find a Roman road between two collieries, a medieval priory, a bastle house and a POW camp?
Well I’ve got my walking boots out to go have a mooch!
Where in the North East can you find a Roman road between two collieries, a medieval priory, a bastle house and a POW camp?
Well I’ve got my walking boots out to go have a mooch!
It had to happen but the price paid by working people as the collieries were closed was enormous.
June 28, 2024 at 8:41 PM
It had to happen but the price paid by working people as the collieries were closed was enormous.
Master Hugh, No.4 engine of Brayton Collieries, built by Barclay & co at an unknown date and rebuilt in 1904 by Andrew Barclay & co
January 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Master Hugh, No.4 engine of Brayton Collieries, built by Barclay & co at an unknown date and rebuilt in 1904 by Andrew Barclay & co
October 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
..collieries..
I can remember when this was all collierys and industry #mistyeyedpost
June 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
..collieries..
Atherton Collieries suffer defeat after conceding in stoppage time
Atherton Collieries suffer defeat after conceding in stoppage time
Atherton Collieries went down 2-1 at home to Vauxhall Motors on Tuesday night after a blank weekend without action.
dlvr.it
September 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Atherton Collieries suffer defeat after conceding in stoppage time
Guilty as charged. My next article:
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Guilty as charged. My next article:
Meanwhile, it's the first of 3 cup finals for LUFC Women in the push for promotion 💥
Home fixture, but this time at Pontefract Collieries FC.
www.marchingouttogether.co.uk/leeds-utd-wo...
#LUFC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
Home fixture, but this time at Pontefract Collieries FC.
www.marchingouttogether.co.uk/leeds-utd-wo...
#LUFC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
April 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Meanwhile, it's the first of 3 cup finals for LUFC Women in the push for promotion 💥
Home fixture, but this time at Pontefract Collieries FC.
www.marchingouttogether.co.uk/leeds-utd-wo...
#LUFC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
Home fixture, but this time at Pontefract Collieries FC.
www.marchingouttogether.co.uk/leeds-utd-wo...
#LUFC 🏳️🌈⚽️🏳️⚧️
Seaham become a regional industrial powerhouse because of three things: Its harbour, its collieries and... its bottle works!
April 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Seaham become a regional industrial powerhouse because of three things: Its harbour, its collieries and... its bottle works!
Clitheroe v Atherton Collieries
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Clitheroe v Atherton Collieries
How did Britain's post-industrial towns become hubs of badly paid work and disenchanted politics?
They were not forgotten or 'left behind', but actively remade.
My report for
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social
two-towns.common-wealth.org
They were not forgotten or 'left behind', but actively remade.
My report for
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social
two-towns.common-wealth.org
November 22, 2024 at 12:43 PM
How did Britain's post-industrial towns become hubs of badly paid work and disenchanted politics?
They were not forgotten or 'left behind', but actively remade.
My report for
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social
two-towns.common-wealth.org
They were not forgotten or 'left behind', but actively remade.
My report for
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social
two-towns.common-wealth.org
North Ferriby 1 Pontefract Collieries 1. Probably a fair result in the end #UTV #Vivalosverdiblancos 🟢⚪️
November 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
North Ferriby 1 Pontefract Collieries 1. Probably a fair result in the end #UTV #Vivalosverdiblancos 🟢⚪️
When cleaning the Risca North Colliery records, we came across a register that recorded the pit ponies and drivers on each shift. While often referred to as ponies, the majority of animals used in collieries were horses (being over 14 hands high).
May 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
When cleaning the Risca North Colliery records, we came across a register that recorded the pit ponies and drivers on each shift. While often referred to as ponies, the majority of animals used in collieries were horses (being over 14 hands high).
FACT OF THE DAY. 27 September 1825. Britain’s 1st public railway service to use steam locomotives began with the official opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The line connected coal mining collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington in County Durham.
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 27 September 1825. Britain’s 1st public railway service to use steam locomotives began with the official opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The line connected coal mining collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington in County Durham.