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Castle Colliery Billinge
Castle Colliery Billinge
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 29385
Where was this ?

Comment by: Albert. on 27th May 2017 at 15:05

Ron. Another photograph of the colliery, under mining. Bottom of frame.3. Put on by Fred Foster.

Comment by: Chris Southworth on 28th May 2017 at 19:49

Castle Colliery was a small licensed drift mine opened and closed sometime in the 1980's. Very short lived, not too successful. It was on the left hand side of the road from Billinge to Windy Arbour.

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