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    'From Pit to Park': Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park
    'From Pit to Park': Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park
    'From Pit to Park': Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park
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    'From Pit to Park': Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park

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    the way to make money in victorian england was to open a pit, so that's what squire robert marsh eckersley wilkinson dodsley did in 1873. despite sinking considerable sums of money into the project, sutton in ashfield, some 20 miles north of nottingham, and on the edge of the derbyshire peak district, was not the ideal location. there was considerable unrest amongst the miners as their anyway poor wages were cut in an effort to make a profit. Eventually the pit did produce a considerable amount of coal, but it had an interesting, and chequered history. the pit finally closed in August 1989.
    after much speculation about what would happen to site in september 1993 ashfield district council purchased the area and began the conversion of the 125 hectare (80 acre) land into brierley forest park. the very popular park now has a visitor centre, which sells hot and cold snacks, a fishing lake, a purpose-built mountain bike trail, bird feeding stations and a net work of paths suitable for walkers and horse riders.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanet Roberts
    Release dateOct 20, 2015
    ISBN9781310082603
    'From Pit to Park': Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park
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    Janet Roberts

    In Janet Roberts' books, you’ll often find someone spending a bit of time by a lake, river or ocean somewhere in the world. Born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, on the Great Lakes, she loves an endless view of water for as far as the eye can see. Janet graduated from Temple University with a degree in journalism. After working as a journalist and later as a paralegal, she obtained her masters in communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Janet began writing fiction and poetry as a child and never let go of her dream of publishing a novel.  Although her current job as a security awareness program lead has meant moving to a variety of cities, she often returns to her Western Pennsylvania roots in her writing.  

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      'From Pit to Park' - Janet Roberts

      From Pit to Park

      Sutton Colliery

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      Brierley Country Park

      Janet Roberts

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      Sutton Colliery

      This pit was situated less than 2.5 kilometres from the Derbyshire border and some 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) from the city of Nottingham.

      It was sunk in 1873 to replace Skegby mine, and was originally called ‘The New Skegby Colliery’. Locally it was called Brierley Hill, probably because the shafts were sunk by men from Brierley Hill in Staffordshire, a mining area which was already seriously depleted, so the workforce travelled elsewhere for employment.

      The area was owned by the Dodsley family who were Lords of the Manor of Skegby. Prior to the formation of the Skegby Colliery Company Limited all financial transactions from the

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