Brodsworth Colliery
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Brodsworth Colliery was a colliery near Woodlands, South Yorkshire
, England
that closed in 1990. It was renowned for the superb model village
of Woodlands that housed its workers. The colliery was consistently amongst the highest employers of miners in Britain and still employed around 2,800 workers throughout the 1980s.
Where the pit stood is soon to become private owned housing and the once poisonous spoil tip has been regenerated into a magnificent community woodland. This is now owned by the Land Restoration Trust and is controlled by the Forestry Commission
.
The Woodlands May Festival was started in 1910 when the squire's wife and the mine owner's sister persuaded the mine owner to give his men who lived in the model village one day off with pay to enable them to come together as a family unit and enjoy the festival.
Woodlands, South Yorkshire
Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It was designed and built in the early 20th century by Percy Bond Houfton as tied cottages for the miners of the neighbouring Brodsworth Colliery...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
that closed in 1990. It was renowned for the superb model village
Model village
A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...
of Woodlands that housed its workers. The colliery was consistently amongst the highest employers of miners in Britain and still employed around 2,800 workers throughout the 1980s.
Where the pit stood is soon to become private owned housing and the once poisonous spoil tip has been regenerated into a magnificent community woodland. This is now owned by the Land Restoration Trust and is controlled by the Forestry Commission
Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in Great Britain. Its mission is to protect and expand Britain's forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment....
.
The Woodlands May Festival was started in 1910 when the squire's wife and the mine owner's sister persuaded the mine owner to give his men who lived in the model village one day off with pay to enable them to come together as a family unit and enjoy the festival.