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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 361033" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p><strong><u>1. The History</u></strong></p><p>Ledston Luck Colliery was a coal mine between Castleford and Micklefield. The pit was sunk in the 1870's and later formed part of the super-pit of interlinked workings around Selby. The two winding Houses were built in 1911 and where among the first to use electric winders, at a time most other mines were still using steam. The pit was linked with the nearby Peckfield Colliery via rail, allowing the coal to be transferred to the main line for distribution. The 2ft 6in gauge line took coal for processing at Peckfield Colliery, using elderly Hudswell Clarke 0.6.0 engines.</p><p></p><p>A couple of archived external snaps:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ8H" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255423[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ8H" target="_blank">Ledstone Luck 3</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ7q" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255424[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ7q" target="_blank">Ledstone Luck 4</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Ledston Luck miners were the last to return to work after the miner’s strike in 1984, a year to the day after the National Coal Board (NCB) announced plans to shed 20,000 more jobs in the next financial year. The pit would be closed less than two years in 1986.</p><p></p><p>A couple of old internals:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ99" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255425[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ99" target="_blank">Ledstone Luck 2</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrJ2pF" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255426[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hrJ2pF" target="_blank">Ledstone Luck 5</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>All that remains of Ledston Luck Colliery are the unique winding houses which are on the English Heritage list of scheduled ancient monuments.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>2. The Explore</u></strong></p><p>This place used to crop up quite a bit circa 2012/13 but less so more recently. There isn’t a lot left bar the two winding houses but given their design, it is still a worthwhile explore. The one closest to the road is pretty easy access but the other one took a bit more working out. Both have now had all the winding gear removed but there are still enough bits and bobs to make this a very enjoyable explore. There’s then the nearby Pitstop café in the former canteen building which dies ace sausage, bacon and egg butties.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>3. The Pictures</u></strong></p><p></p><p>No.1 winding house first. Inexplicably I failed to take a picture of the front of the building. A couple of externals:</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQugK" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255427[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQugK" target="_blank">Ledston 11</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHwE" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255428[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHwE" target="_blank">Ledston 01</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The first floor:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvVx" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255429[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvVx" target="_blank">Ledston 08</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDoy5" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255430[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDoy5" target="_blank">img3431</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdsY" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255431[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdsY" target="_blank">img3430</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFcCX" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255432[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFcCX" target="_blank">img3435</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHdy" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255433[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHdy" target="_blank">Ledston 07</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdQ1" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255434[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdQ1" target="_blank">img3425</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Then up to the second level:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqGcDn" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255435[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqGcDn" target="_blank">img3423</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHoy" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255436[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHoy" target="_blank">Ledston 03</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHjv" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255437[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHjv" target="_blank">Ledston 05</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQuHB" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255438[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQuHB" target="_blank">Ledston 04</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDpMT" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255439[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDpMT" target="_blank">img3422</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDra7" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255440[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqDra7" target="_blank">img3416</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqGdeR" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255441[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqGdeR" target="_blank">img3421</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Then on to Winding House No.2:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMGCk" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255442[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMGCk" target="_blank">Ledston 15</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvCJ" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255443[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvCJ" target="_blank">Ledston 12</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hr1XfE" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255444[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hr1XfE" target="_blank">img3456</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQbXX" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255445[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQbXX" target="_blank">img3460</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfRQ" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255446[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfRQ" target="_blank">img3444</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfAV" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255447[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfAV" target="_blank">img3445</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQu8t" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255448[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQu8t" target="_blank">Ledston 13</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Recesses where the winding machines once where:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPee6" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255449[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqPee6" target="_blank">img3452</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQcTQ" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255450[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQcTQ" target="_blank">img3449</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMr2q" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255451[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqMr2q" target="_blank">img3448</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQdEz" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]255452[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2hqQdEz" target="_blank">img3446</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/" target="_blank">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 361033, member: 25516"] [B][U]1. The History[/U][/B] Ledston Luck Colliery was a coal mine between Castleford and Micklefield. The pit was sunk in the 1870's and later formed part of the super-pit of interlinked workings around Selby. The two winding Houses were built in 1911 and where among the first to use electric winders, at a time most other mines were still using steam. The pit was linked with the nearby Peckfield Colliery via rail, allowing the coal to be transferred to the main line for distribution. The 2ft 6in gauge line took coal for processing at Peckfield Colliery, using elderly Hudswell Clarke 0.6.0 engines. A couple of archived external snaps: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ8H][ATTACH=full]255423[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ8H]Ledstone Luck 3[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ7q][ATTACH=full]255424[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ7q]Ledstone Luck 4[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Ledston Luck miners were the last to return to work after the miner’s strike in 1984, a year to the day after the National Coal Board (NCB) announced plans to shed 20,000 more jobs in the next financial year. The pit would be closed less than two years in 1986. A couple of old internals: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ99][ATTACH=full]255425[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrMJ99]Ledstone Luck 2[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrJ2pF][ATTACH=full]255426[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hrJ2pF]Ledstone Luck 5[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr All that remains of Ledston Luck Colliery are the unique winding houses which are on the English Heritage list of scheduled ancient monuments. [B][U]2. The Explore[/U][/B] This place used to crop up quite a bit circa 2012/13 but less so more recently. There isn’t a lot left bar the two winding houses but given their design, it is still a worthwhile explore. The one closest to the road is pretty easy access but the other one took a bit more working out. Both have now had all the winding gear removed but there are still enough bits and bobs to make this a very enjoyable explore. There’s then the nearby Pitstop café in the former canteen building which dies ace sausage, bacon and egg butties. [B][U]3. The Pictures[/U][/B] No.1 winding house first. Inexplicably I failed to take a picture of the front of the building. A couple of externals: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQugK][ATTACH=full]255427[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQugK]Ledston 11[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHwE][ATTACH=full]255428[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHwE]Ledston 01[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The first floor: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvVx][ATTACH=full]255429[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvVx]Ledston 08[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDoy5][ATTACH=full]255430[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDoy5]img3431[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdsY][ATTACH=full]255431[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdsY]img3430[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFcCX][ATTACH=full]255432[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFcCX]img3435[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHdy][ATTACH=full]255433[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHdy]Ledston 07[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdQ1][ATTACH=full]255434[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqFdQ1]img3425[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Then up to the second level: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqGcDn][ATTACH=full]255435[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqGcDn]img3423[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHoy][ATTACH=full]255436[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHoy]Ledston 03[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHjv][ATTACH=full]255437[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMHjv]Ledston 05[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQuHB][ATTACH=full]255438[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQuHB]Ledston 04[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDpMT][ATTACH=full]255439[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDpMT]img3422[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDra7][ATTACH=full]255440[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqDra7]img3416[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqGdeR][ATTACH=full]255441[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqGdeR]img3421[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Then on to Winding House No.2: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMGCk][ATTACH=full]255442[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMGCk]Ledston 15[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvCJ][ATTACH=full]255443[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPvCJ]Ledston 12[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hr1XfE][ATTACH=full]255444[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hr1XfE]img3456[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQbXX][ATTACH=full]255445[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQbXX]img3460[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfRQ][ATTACH=full]255446[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfRQ]img3444[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfAV][ATTACH=full]255447[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPfAV]img3445[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQu8t][ATTACH=full]255448[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQu8t]Ledston 13[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Recesses where the winding machines once where: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPee6][ATTACH=full]255449[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqPee6]img3452[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQcTQ][ATTACH=full]255450[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQcTQ]img3449[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMr2q][ATTACH=full]255451[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqMr2q]img3448[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQdEz][ATTACH=full]255452[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2hqQdEz]img3446[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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