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During the 1950s the site of Barlborough Colliery was cleared, but in 1955 there was an attempt by the NCB to re- open Southgate Colliery in Clowne.

In 1902 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co leased land from the Earl of Scarbrough, and in 1906 the Maltby Main Colliery Co was formed.

Miners' cottages overlook the buildings and railway lines associated with the colliery at Cwmtillery, which opened in 1850.

Six miles from Durham and twelve miles from Darlington, Ferryhill was only a hamlet until the development of Dean & Chapter Colliery.

Shirebrook is a small town on the border with Nottinghamshire which grew up with, and was dominated by, the growth of the Shirebrook and Langwith collieries.

Hurley began life as a small settlement in a clearing in the Forest of Arden, and it probably did not grow substantially until Dexter Colliery opened in 1927.

When Bonville's Court Colliery opened, the harbour was used for exporting coal; between 1912 and 1926 the colliery produced more than 35,000 tonnes of anthracite annually.

In 1902 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co leased land from the Earl of Scarbrough, and in 1906 the Maltby Main Colliery Co was formed.

The design for this park cleverly concealed a mineral railway line, which crossed the park from Bank Hall Colliery (owned by the Thursbys) to join the mineral tramway, which served Rowley Colliery.

The road to the left goes to Quebec and Cornsay Colliery.

Almost hidden in the centre background is one of the tugs belonging to Lambton Collieries and identified by its funnel colours of black with three red horizontal stripes.

Almost hidden in the centre background is one of the tugs belonging to Lambton Collieries, identifiable by its funnel colours of black with three red horizontal stripes.

Rawmarsh is a former colliery town north of Rotherham in South Yorkshire.

While not obvious from this photograph, Gresford is most famous for the tragic mining disaster of 1934 when 266 lives were lost following an explosion and fire at the Gresford Colliery.

The chimneys, towers and winding wheels of the now-closed Whitwell Colliery dominate this view of the village. To the left we can see the village school with its walled playground.

Two chums (right) march down Commercial Road, in the South Yorkshire colliery village of Skelmanthorpe.

Beyond the dredger 'Titan' are several tugs, one of which belongs to Lambton Collieries, whose coal staithes can also be seen in the background.

In 1960 Ryhope was still very much a pit village, with its own colliery. In 1967 Ryhope, along with Silksworth, East Herrington, South Hylton, and Castletown, was incorporated into Sunderland.

The winding gear and smoke-belching chimney of the colliery dominate the end of the council houses of West End Lane, New Rossington, at a time when coal was still king in South Yorkshire.

One is a former colliery village and the seat of the Surtees family; the other appears to be known for the number of Nonconformist chapels it contains.

Mountain Ash was then a thriving colliery, but the entire South Wales coal industry has been much reduced in subsequent years.

An idyllic scene: flowers in the foreground, the lake and the boat house against a setting of trees and shrubs — but the chimney of Bank Hall Colliery is a reminder that we are in Burnley.

In the early 19th century, the colliery at Brereton nearby was connected by rail to a wharf, which enabled coal to be transported along the Trent and Mersey canal.

Eckington is another north-east Derbyshire town which formerly depended on the collieries which surrounded it, but which now is finding a new focus as a commuter town for Chesterfield and Sheffield.