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This is following on from the main plant area of the colliery as we headed in to the main block.it was pretty big.there was offices,gymnasium,there was trainers and clothes just left here.then all the locker rooms were they got changed for there shifts.never seen so many lockers.the canteen was here,the pit shaft entrance too.it is well boarded up though.in the canteen it was Christmas time and the tinsel was still hanging up,and an expensive bottle of unopened wine in the kitchen.the thing that hit me was the board saying goodbye.the block was just as they got up and left.quite a sad sight really
The office block.did not spend long in this bits.the lights still worked,and an alarm noise was buzzing
A lovely old switchboard
The gymnasium.several bits of equipment left here,there a hot tub and shower rooms with the old style heads on.
A maintenance room.we come across several of these in the building.loads of stuff in them.
Shower block for the workers
Really pleased to find the spiral staircase in the corner of the boiler room.
One of the many changing rooms
The workers personal belongings lockers
The rescue room.for if there was an emergency down the pit.there was also a families room nearby too.
This was the last room from the entrance to the shaft.here they would get there lights and equipment from the stores.
The main interconnecting corridor which led to the massive changing area
Heading downstairs we hit then lol at the foyer and canteen before its time to leave.it raining hard now outside.
Goodbye kellingly workforce
So it was across the sludge back to our cars.it was well worth getting filthy to see this place.and it was nice for me too see a colliery too,as my grandad worked the mines as did my great grandad and great great grandad who lost his live down the mine at a young age.ny man was the char lady and always told me when the siren went off in the day you knew something had happened underground.and silence reigned over the place
The office block.did not spend long in this bits.the lights still worked,and an alarm noise was buzzing
A lovely old switchboard
The gymnasium.several bits of equipment left here,there a hot tub and shower rooms with the old style heads on.
A maintenance room.we come across several of these in the building.loads of stuff in them.
Shower block for the workers
Really pleased to find the spiral staircase in the corner of the boiler room.
One of the many changing rooms
The workers personal belongings lockers
The rescue room.for if there was an emergency down the pit.there was also a families room nearby too.
This was the last room from the entrance to the shaft.here they would get there lights and equipment from the stores.
The main interconnecting corridor which led to the massive changing area
Heading downstairs we hit then lol at the foyer and canteen before its time to leave.it raining hard now outside.
Goodbye kellingly workforce
So it was across the sludge back to our cars.it was well worth getting filthy to see this place.and it was nice for me too see a colliery too,as my grandad worked the mines as did my great grandad and great great grandad who lost his live down the mine at a young age.ny man was the char lady and always told me when the siren went off in the day you knew something had happened underground.and silence reigned over the place
