A special thanks to Jeff Parsons who told The

Journal: “I think this week, the photograph is of Colliery Offices at Upper Writhlington Colliery in Mill Road, Radstock.

“It is now a dwelling and was once named Meadway.

“I drew up a scheme for the then owner in (about) 1999 for some major alterations.

“From memory, I think the single storey building shown may have been the Wages Office.” See Jeff’s drawing below.

Can you tell us where we are in this week’s Mystery Photograph?

Thank you to Jeff Blake who shed light on last week’s photograph of Clandown Chapel: “The tracks in the foreground are part of the cable-operated tramway which carried tubs of coal from Clandown colliery, down to a railway spur in the valley. This ran through Combeend to connect with the S&D. The tramway went through the playground of Clandown Primary School. Not much notice taken of health and safety in the good old days.

“The photo must pre-date the closure of the mine in, I believe, 1928.

“The house of the right was for the headteacher of the school.”

Thank you to Mike Clay, who also shed light on the Chapel: “The photo of the Chapel in your last-but-one issue brought back many memories.

“For twenty-one years, I was headteacher at Clandown school (thought I’d stay there for three!). The school drive goes down to the right out-of-shot - the old 1860 building is now weed-grown and silent - but the interesting thing is the railway line in the foreground. This was Drammy, the inclined tramway that took the coal from the pit, where Wheelers blockworks is now, down to the bottom of the valley to link up with the S&D line. The trucks operated by gravitiy with a cable to haul them back empty.

“The children, on their way to school, had to jump over the line with a wary eye open incase the cable started to move. By today’s standards, not matching up to health and safety rules, but not a child got hurt!”

A huge thank you to the Museum for their continued support of this feature, and to our readers for consistenly engaging and helping to fill in the gaps.

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