Bold Colliery layout from Frank Bamber's 'Round About The Pits'

Close up of the headgear - from 'Round About The Pits'

Undated Bold Colliery picture

Bold Colliery in the 1950s - note Clock Face Colliery in the background

Photo showing the close proximity of the colliery and Bold Power station

Such energy in this photo of Bold Colliery taken in January 1983

The washery where coal was washed and graded according to size

The building on the left exists today as the Bold Business Centre

Jean Morris , Lancashire Miners Gala Queen c. 1969 - her father James worked at Bold Colliery

Testing a new safety harness during the '50s modernisation programme

The destruction of headgear no. 1 at Bold

Locomotive Whiston at Bold Colliery

Bold Power station at night

Bold Power Station control room and turbine room

Silhouette of Bold Power Station just before demolition - contributed by Dave Latham

Destruction of the power station - contributed by Les Standish

Capped pit-head shaft no.2 - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Capped pit-head shaft no.3 - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Capped pit-head shaft no.3 - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Capped pit-head shaft no.1 - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Capped pit-head shaft no.1 - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Pit head wheel on the Bold Colliery site - contributed by Neil Selfridge

Neil Selfridge stands on the only physically intact remains of the colliery - part of a chute that ran to the washery

Remains of the conveyor belt by the chute that ran to the washery - rusted conveyor runners can be seen