Pye Hill complex closes

The Pye Hill complex, formed of Pye Hill No.1 Colliery, formerley Selston Colliery and Pye Hill No.2 Colliery at Jacksdale, finished production on 9th August 1985. Along with Moorgreen Colliery at nearby Eastwood, it was one of two planned colliery closures announced in late Spring 1983 prior to the start of the 1984-85 miners strike. See post Moorgeen and Pye Hill closures announced @ https://miningheritage.co.uk/moorgreen-and-pye-hill-closures/

Fig 2: Miners at Pye Hill No. 1 Colliery come off the cage for the final time on 9th August 1985, the last day of production. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 3: ‘Pitmen say farewell to a dear old friend’ – Source: Notts Free Press, 16th August 1985.

Fig 4: Miners underground at the Pye Hill complex just prior to closure in August 1985. Source: Selstonia Living Heritage Project archive.

Fig 5: Press photo of the last production shift at the Pye Hill complex.

Fig 6: Miners bid farewell at Pye Hill No. 1 Colliery in early August 1985. Photo Credit – Selstonia Living Heritage Project archive.

Fig 7: Miners on the last operational coalface at the Pye Hill complex just prior to closure in early August 1985. Photo Credit – Selstonia Living Heritage Project archive

Fig 8: Last coaltrain leaving Pye Hill No.2 Colliery on 9th August 1985. Photo Credit – Selstonia Living Heritage Project archive.

Fig 9: Cover of NCB booklet, Pye Hill Colliery 1874-1985, to commemorate the closure. Source – David Amos collection

Fig 10: Commemorative Pye Hill Colliery pit plate – Source – David Amos collection

Fig 11: Preserved minecar at Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire. Photo by David Amos.

A further stage in the inevitable change now taking place in mining patterns in Nottinghamshire was reached in August 1985, with the closure of Pye Hill Colliery.  Source: NCB booklet, Pye Hill Colliery 1874-1985.