The Drift - exhibition - Leeds Industrial Museum.

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rikj
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11 years ago

Only just spotted this is on, runs till March 30th.

Photographer Ian Beesley spent several years photographing work at Hay Royds colliery, a small coal mine (recently closed) in Yorkshire.

"The Drift" is an exhibition of the photographs at Armley Mills, the Leeds Industrial Museum. A couple of us will be trying to get there before it finishes, so if anyone local, or otherwise fancies going, give us a shout. The museum is worth a visit in itself.

Details:

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/armleymills/The-Drift.aspx

Ian Beesley's site:

http://www.ianbeesley.com/portfolios/the-drift/

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Morrisey
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11 years ago

Cheers Rik. I'm working in the Leeds area next week.

4737carlin
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11 years ago

These are great, i seen a exhibition of his at the CUC in Liverpool a few years back, which included some of these images, well worth seeing. :thumbup:

Roger L
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11 years ago

Thanks for that Rik, will try to get there.

I did some photos there when they were pulling it down. I also picked over 50 underground plans and geology plans.

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Darran Cowd
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11 years ago

The book that goes with the exhibition is very good too! (but I would say that since NCMME published it and also funded the project and exhibition 😉 )

Ty Gwyn
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11 years ago

Maybe i`m mixing the name of this Colliery up with another,but the later history of this Colliery as in the write up seem`s a rather bit inaccurate,hope the book has the facts right.

Darran Cowd
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11 years ago

The book should be correct, one of our long standing trustees is David Flack...it'll be red faces all round otherwise 😞

I'm a bit flummoxed about the flooding issue though myself the way the blurb is worded - I don't recall it being the overarching issue, however there were old waterlogged workings in the immediate vicinity, Victoria pit I think (don't quote me on the name until I've had a rummage in the planchests at work, unless Roger should be reading this and can say), we were passed some very old timber sleepers that the Hayroyds guys had found in that area not long before everything went pear shaped.

Roger L
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11 years ago

Hi Darren
I think the Victoria pit is in the lepton area away from this in theory.
The old mine plans show flooded areas but these are well away from the entrance to Hay Royds. As the mine is linked to many of the mines going over to the Barnsley area I don't think water would have come into this. David Flack could confirm this.
Last time I was there D Flack was on site and we were talking about one of his relations who is now in Australia that I used to work with at the Hepworth Iron Co. that was.

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Roger L
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11 years ago

On the 3rd of May there is a Geology exhibition at the 'Mining Museum' There will be my stand there covering the local mining round Huddersfield.
If anybody would like to see the underground 'Victoria Mine' or Hay Royd Colliery plans I could arrange to bring them. I will also have other underground plans with me.
If anybody else would like to see various plans let me know and I will see what I have.

feel free to PM me

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Ty Gwyn
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11 years ago

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What i found misleading about the write up was,it was implying it was the workers buyout who were in place when the Colliery finally closed due to flooding.
When in-fact it had been bought by another company,and it was also mentioned there was a big fall on one of the main`s.