KENT COAL MINERS 1970S AND 2010S

Snowdown, Kent, England circa December 1976.
Snowdown Colliery, Albert Christian and workmate smoking in the pithead baths. There were two sides the clean and dirty side, a miner had a locker in each, and on the dirty side he hung his 'pit black' working clothes. Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield and was known as Dante’s Inferno, it finally closed down in 1987
Albert Christian in vest and shorts as his colleagues smokes.
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Snowdown, Kent, England circa December 1976.
Snowdown Colliery, Albert Christian and workmate smoking in the pithead baths. There were two sides the clean and dirty side, a miner had a locker in each, and on the dirty side he hung his 'pit black' working clothes. Snowdown was the deepest and hottest colliery in the entire Kent coalfield and was known as Dante’s Inferno, it finally closed down in 1987
Albert Christian in vest and shorts as his colleagues smokes.
Caption names thanks to Darran Cowd
Museum & Heritage Manager, Betteshanger Sustainable Parks,
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