Pleasley North Shaft headframe

The North Shaft headframe at Pleasley Colliery. This was originally the downcast shaft where fresh air entered the mine, hence the headframe is an open lattice structure.

The shaft is now filled and capped, with a concrete plinth on the top. It is rather incongruous to see folks sitting in garden chairs enjoying a cup of coffee where once this was a busy, noisy place with tubs full of coal being wound to the surface.

Pleasley Colliery is situated just inside the Derbyshire border, about 5.5 km from the centre of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. It is now a mining museum which is steadily being developed.

www.pleasleypittrust.org.uk