Robert H Blenkinsopp, A4, SB, 126pp

Robert was the Vice president of the UDM and had worked in the pit from its beginning to its very sad end. In Roberts words a pit that should never have closed. Sadly a fire in workings on Friday22nd February 2013 brought it all to a standstill and the decision was made to close the pit down. The author writes in a very sympathetic style and uses colour photographs throughout to describe the mine and its development an excellent volume