Bentley Colliery, pictured on 6 March 1993. The Pathfinder Tours 1Z39 06:05 Manchester Piccadilly to Bentley Colliery 'Coker Coaler' railtour has just arrived behind 37422, and 37514 waits to take the train back out again. The colliery closed later in the year, and was demolished shortly afterwards. This whole area has now been returned to nature, and soon there will be very little evidence that the mine ever existed. |