New Rock Colliery Somerset

In the area of Chilcompton a handful of coal mines ticked along, in this video New Rock Colliery a quiet beast that famously provided extra income for Michael Eavis the founder of the Glastonbury Festival.
Thanks to Iain "S" for all his exploring, many finds and theories.
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[@simonjohnson1585]

Love these films of our local history , great series and really interesting. Thank you 🙏🏻👍🏻

[@Towpathtraveller1693]

Thank you very much 😊

[@nobbycarver]

Used to live in Chilcompton and played on the batch as a kid. Keep up the great work!!

[@maryziggy8802]

My grandfather Harry Durbin worked this mine right up until it fully closed in 1969

[@cameronww2historyuk713]

I love the Radstock and writhlington colliery videos my Great grandfather Used to work at writhlington main colliery sorry if my spelling is not good

[@DuncanPrice]

Nice to see. My paternal grandfather was a shotfirer there and was killed in an accident underground in 1950. I have his Davy lamp as a family heirloom. I grew up in the village and also used to play on the batch. I visited it yesterday for the first time in 40 years and came away with a few lumps of coal which I will use to illustrate a talk which I'm giving to pupils the village primary school in March.