Back to our regular weekly feature, and thanks to everyone who has been in touch about last week’s Mystery Photograph, which was Lower Writhlington Colliery. We love hearing from you, so keep those answers and memories coming! If you have any photographs of your own, please feel free to share them with our readers, too.
Well done to Simon Chard, Paul Hancock, Winston Eyles, D. Swift, Nigel Gillard, Ken Cottle, Jeff Parsons, Frankie Ford, Gilmour Jones, Neil Gillard, Frances Garrett, Terry Reakes, Les Box, Hannah Selway, Jonathan Griffin, Tony Young, Norma Attwood, Dan Clark, Richard Ellam, Ivor Davis, Terry Paget, Wendy White and David Hopes.
Terry Paget tells us: “Lower Writhlington Colliery opened in 1829, as seen from Braysdown Colliery. It was the only colliery in the country with a public road running between the winding house and the pithead. This pit, and Kilmersdon Colliery, with which it was latterly linked underground, were the last pits in this coalfield to be closed, in the 1970s.”
So, if you think you can guess this week’s entry, and would like a mention, email: [email protected] or via Facebook or Twitter @MNRJournal. You can even send us a photograph of what the scene looks like today. Thanks, as ever, to Radstock Museum, who have been hugely supportive of this popular feature.
Don’t forget the ‘Memories over Elevenses’ event at the museum, which is held on the first Friday of the month from 10.30 a.m. until 12 noon, where visitors can bring old photographs, objects and documents and share your stories and knowledge with the team. Complementary tea, coffee and cakes are on offer – please bring along a friend, or make some new ones!






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