One of the earliest pictures of Sutton Manor Colliery - taken c.1910
An aerial picture of the Sutton Manor pit taken c.1930
The colliery with the two winders in the background and railway in the foreground
Shaft no.2’s pithead winding gear - taken probably c.1960
Sign at the entrance to the colliery (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
The entrance in Jubits Lane (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Compressors which create compressed air that powered the underground machinery
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Two miners at Sutton Manor Colliery (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
One of the two winders (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
A view from the car park (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Recruitment advert in the St.Helens Reporter from 1966 and miners’ tallies
The steam winder (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Steam fan engine at Sutton Manor
A winder (part of the Frazer Nairn collection
A winder (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
St.Helens Reporter article on steam at Sutton Manor from July 14th 1978.
An article in the St.Helens Star published on 15th December 1983
An article in the St.Helens Star published on 9th October 1986
A May 1986 report from the St.Helens Reporter
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
The winder's chair in the winding house
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
Sutton Manor Colliery, St.Helens (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
St.Helens Star report on the closure from May 30th, 1991
St.Helens Reporter announcement of the end of an era.
On the site after the closure (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
On the site after the closure (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
The pit shortly after the closure (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
The pit shortly after the closure (part of the Frazer Nairn collection)
The old NCB gates in Jubits Lane are all that's left of the old colliery
The remants of pit shaft no. 1 photographed in 2007
The remants of pit shaft no. 1 photographed in 2007
The remants of pit shaft no. 2 photographed in 2007
The remants of pit shaft no. 2 photographed in 2007
Several ex-miners have had their ashes spread or interred on the site
A plan of Sutton Manor Colliery
Sutton Manor Colliery miniature miner's lamp