Cruckmeole Colliery
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Cruckmeole Colliery dominated employment in the area. When Robert Madeley and his family moved to Cruckmeole in 1912, there were 10 houses, and 7 of its residents worked at the colliery. Company rail wagons were filled up with coal at the colliery and pushed up the siding for attaching to freight trains to Shrewsbury Town. So, in 1912, Cruckmeole was a scene of huge industrial activity and completely different from life in Shrewsbury High Street. They now had to deal with smoke, steam, black dust, and noise pollution. |
Cruckmeole Colliery |
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Cruckmeole Colliery today |
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South other local pits had ran out of coal and closed down, and others were closed down after WWII and the
sites cleared for agriculture.
However, Crockmeole Colliery is still in action today. It hides in a coppice but is not as noisy or polluting as it was. The coal is carried out now by a multitude of lorries to unknown destinations. A dense line of shrubs and trees hide it from Arscott Golf Club. |
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