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In Its Heyday Page 1
c.1937 View on Outgang Lane with the new baths on the right, which were opened that year.
c.1945 The new Brick Works with Laughton Church in background
Pit Corner in the 1960s
PC Dick Cannings on the left
1965 In the distance is Outgang Lane and the White City
The Headgear
View of headgear from the tip after 1970
Pit Ponies at Dinnington. Can anyone name them?
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c.1966 Dinnington Colliery from the tip (note White City and gasometer in the background)
The Colliery Yard
The skyline in the 1970s
Views of the Pit Tip
Dinnington Colliery in the 1970s
The new winding gear which was installed in 1977
1a Dinnington Main _ late 1970s (taken by Keith Abbott)
1b Dinnington Main _ late 1970s (taken by Keith Abbott)
1c Dinnington Main _ late 1970s (taken by Keith Abbott)
1d View of Dinnington Main from Pit Tip _ late 1970s (taken by Keith Abbott)
1e Dinnington Main _ late 1970s . View towards Laughton over the White City .(taken by Keith Abbott)
c.1980 Dinnington Colliery from the West
c.1985 Dinnington Colliery from Outgang Lane
c1985 Pit Baths, Canteen and New Wages Office
The Colliery Offices c1985
c 1985
Late 1980s. This is the new coal preparation plant. Ford Corner is in the bottom right.
The pit yard taken from the top of No. 1 headgear.
No. 2 headgear with new washer plant in background
The Pit Offices
Dinnington Colliery viewed from the grassed over slag tip
NUM Badge Dinnington 1984-1985
The Lamp Room c1991