Sutton Manor Colliery (St.Helens) Photo-Album
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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