Memories Of Annesley Colliery.

Subscribe to my you tube channel for 280+ more coal mine tributes and counting. Annesley Colliery 1865 to 2000. Annesley recorded 78 fatalities including 7 men who suffocated from firedamp caused by an underground fire 27/06/1877,rest in peace fellow coal miners. Bentinck Colliery 1895 to 2000. Bentinck recorded 84 fatalities including 10 men killed when the cages collided in the shaft 30/06/1915,rest in peace fellow coal miners.

The sinking of the twin shafts at Annesley Colliery commenced on 1st January 1865. The Worswicks from Coleorton in Leicestershire developed the colliery on the estates of the Chaworth-Musters Family from Annesley Hall. Coal was reached in the Top Hard seam in 1867 at a depth of approx 420 yards. Annesley Bentinck produced 1,557,000 tonnes in 1991 and (record 55,000 tonnes at 5.35 tonnes OMS one week in Feb 1991)
Apart from a short period in 1994-95 the colliery remained in production for 135 years until final closure by Midlands Mining Ltd in January 2000. The colliery was linked with Bentinck at the time and the sad closure of Annesley-Bentinck ended deep mining in the Ashfield region of Nottinghamshire. The Hottest Collieries I Have Ever Worked At 1995 to 2000!