{"id":924,"date":"2023-07-04T10:26:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=924"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:12:09","slug":"mining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/?page_id=924","title":{"rendered":"History of Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">HISTORY OF MINING IN GARFORTH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-1995\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1995 ml-slider ms-theme-precognition nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Mining\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1995\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1995\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1996 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/FlyLine_20161027_800-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-1996\" title=\"FlyLine_20161027_800\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\">Aberford Railway - The Fly Line<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4080 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-4080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Villas_180320_TextR-2-1-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-4080\" title=\"Sisters-Villas_180320_TextR-2-1\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1997 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EngineeringShop_Mine-Shaft_700-500x195.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-1997\" title=\"EngineeringShop_Mine-Shaft_700\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Site of The Trench Pit- Stocks Blocks- The last pit building demolished in 2016- Capped Mine Shaft in foewground<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4078 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-4078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Isabella_20161027_800-1-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-4078\" title=\"Isabella_20161027_800-1\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4082 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-4082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-4082\" title=\"Trench-Pit\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Trench Pit<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1998 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-1998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_-1-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-1998\" title=\"Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_-1\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Sisters Pit<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-4077 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-4077\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit20161027_800-2-700x274.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"700\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1995 slide-4077\" title=\"Trench-Pit20161027_800-2\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Trench Pit on Ninelands Lane viewed from the Cemetery<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#isabellaelizabeth\">Isabella Pit -Elizabeth Pit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#flyline\">Fly Line<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#sisterspit\">Sisters Pit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#sistersvillas\">Sisters Villas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#trenchpit\">Trench Pit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#lastdemolished\">Last building demolished<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ninelandsslides\">Ninelands Lane Slides circa 1960s<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#endofera\">End of Coal Mining Era<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Coal mining has been known in the area for many years , in fact the earliest recording was in the 1262  when William and Alice de Baruby took a 20year lease on land in Shippen. (Shippen Marsh and Cattilhead which lie beside of the Leeds to Garforth Railway line Between Barrowby hall and the Golf Course. In these early times coal was only cropped at the surface using picks and spades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the 14th century workings involved Bell Pits \u2013 shallow holes wider at the bottom than at ground level. The population of Garforth at this time was record as 49 so the output must have been quite small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">By the end of the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century the Gascoigne name became associated with mining, Sir John Gascoigne owned workings at Oxclose, Barnbow, Lazencroft and Whinmoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The presence of these coal working influenced the development of roads and later railways. The opening of the Aire Calder Canal in 1700 fostered the development of collieries in the area and the real trade from the coalfields began. Two toll roads were developed. Wakefield to Aberford in 1742 and Leeds to Selby in 1740.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the years between 1830 and 1840 when the population was 782 the first pit shafts were sunk by the <strong>Gascoigne<\/strong> family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In the hundred years from 1831 -1931, the village of Garforth changed from a farming community to a more industrial one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 1865 a strike too place but Garforth Miners did not strike due to the respect they had for their employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 1893 a decision to cut miners wages caused another strike but some Garforth miners chose to work which caused local ill-feeling. A mob of 5000 Yorkshire colliers came to Garforth and caused a large amount of damaged to local property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The following few years were reasonably prosperous when output reached 440,000 tons per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">A comprehensive account of mining is available the following Parlington website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/parlington.co.uk\/structures-mines-1.html\">The Gascoigne Mines<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:195px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"isabellaelizabeth\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Isabella &amp; Elizabeth Pits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\" style=\"grid-template-columns:52% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Isabella_20161027_800-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1180 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Isabella_20161027_800-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Isabella_20161027_800-1-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Isabella_20161027_800-1-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">The Isabella was opened in 1833 and was named after Sir Robert Oliver Gascoigne&#8217;s eldest daughter. It was located on the Flyline (now Ash Lane) and approximately on the site of Proctors (2023). It was worked out in 1925, three years after the Sisters Pit. The pumps were stopped and the mine flooded. The estimation of reserves in the 1830s that  this pit would last for 92 years proved correct within one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Elizabeth<\/strong> pit was sunk a few years later a little further down the Flyline<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/giants.embarks.windmills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Location Isabella <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\">What3Words Location Elizabeth<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:189px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"flyline\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Aberford Railway &#8211; The Fly Line<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4099\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1.png 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4100\" style=\"width:375px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-2-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Richard Oliver Gascoigne built the Fly Line in 1830s to carry coal from Garforth to Aberford originally using horses. At least they were used for the return journey as the train would free wheel down to Aberford. Passengers were later introduced riding on The High Flyer until 1881. The free wheeling continued after the introduction of steam in 1870. Via this line Aberford residents had the means to get to Leeds on the Leeds\/Selby Line. The line closed in1924. The Lady in the Centre is Mabel Hebden.<em>(this information provided by Brian Siberry &#8211; she was his grandmother)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">A detailed description of the Fly Line is available on the following website<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lner.info\/co\/NER\/aberford\/aberford.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LNER Encyclopedia:The Aberford Railway<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"sisterspit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sisters Pit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\" id=\"sisterspit\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1166 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sisters-Pit_20161027_800_-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Sisters Pit was sunk in 1843 just off Barwick Road behind Townend. It was worked out in 1922<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:166px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"sistersvillas\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sisters Villas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Located off Barwick Road<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sisters-Villas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2548\" style=\"width:393px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sisters-Villas.jpg 629w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sisters-Villas-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4118\" style=\"width:424px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3.png 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-3-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> Sisters Villas and the remnants of the spoil heap under the trees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/w3w.co\/unimpeded.headache.slimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What3Words Loaction<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:180px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"trenchpit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Trench Pit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png 900w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-768x463.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In 1899 the Trench was sunk off Ninelands Lane and named after the Sir Frederick Charles Trench Gascoigne. (*) Isabella\u2019s husband. (*) Both husbands took the Gascoigne name on marriage. This mine closed in 1930 as a result of the 1926 general strike and flooding issues. At the time 492 men were employed there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"453\" data-id=\"1885\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit_1-2.jpg 653w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit_1-2-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" id=\"lastdemolished\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-id=\"1884\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EngineeringShop_Mine-Shaft_700-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EngineeringShop_Mine-Shaft_700-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/EngineeringShop_Mine-Shaft_700-1-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"469\" data-id=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit20161027_800-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit20161027_800-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit20161027_800-2-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Trench-Pit20161027_800-2-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This photograph was taken in Stocks Blocks Yard ,Aug 2016, Shows the position of mine shaft and the last remaining Colliery building in Garforth. It was demolished in Nov 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:323px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"ninelandsslides\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Views of Ninelands Lane in 1960s<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-2521\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-2521 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden nav-hidden has-carousel-mode\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Ninelands Lane\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2521\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_2521\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2522 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clark-A-700x285.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1102\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2521 slide-2522\" title=\"Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clark-A\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">This is a series of photographs taken from Garforth Cliffe  in 1960, by Stuart Clark . Its a view of Selby Road and junction of Ninelands Lane. Charlie Sweeps Corner is visible round the bend.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2523 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2523\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clarke-B-700x285.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1102\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2521 slide-2523\" title=\"Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clarke-B\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Cliffe House Farm and Ninelands Lane from  Garforth Cliffe The Railway bridge over Ninelands Lane is visible on the right . The triangle of land formed by Ninelands and the railway is now Longmeadows Estate <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2524 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-2524\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thestoryofgarforth.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clark-C-700x285.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"1102\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2521 slide-2524\" title=\"Ninelands-Lane_Stuart-Clark-C\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Derelict Trench Pit on Ninelands Lane with Archibald Johnson' engineering works and Nightingales Transport on the site. The  Railway line is on the right and in the distance is Green Lane Road Bridge (now demolished) over the railway. The land in the fore round is now the site of The Wimpey Estate  built circa late 1960s<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:190px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" id=\"endofera\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">End of Coal Mining Era in Garforth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">After the First World War the former prosperity did not return and in 1919 Col F.R.T.T. Gascoinge decided to sell his mines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although pits were closing in the 1922s, a new one was sunk at Barnbow using electrical power. After the General Strike of 1926 Garforth Collieries was in financial difficulties and were bankrupt by 1930.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the new Barnbow Pit and the Trench pit closed in that year and the mining era in Garforth ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However Open Cast Working did continue from 1940s through to 50s and 60s, the last of these closing in 1967. Fred Knowles recalls as child visiting a site opposite the Golf Course to watch a fire that the had started spontaneously. He stayed too long and got into trouble when he got home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the construction of the M1-A1 link two new open cast sites were started in the 1990s. One at the near Barwick Road by R.J.Banks and another at Hawks Nest Wood Rackwood Colliery Co.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HISTORY OF MINING IN GARFORTH Coal mining has been known in the area for many years , in fact the earliest recording was in the 1262 when William and Alice de Baruby took a 20year lease on land in Shippen. (Shippen Marsh and Cattilhead which lie beside of the Leeds to Garforth Railway line Between Barrowby hall and the Golf Course. 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