The Plantation"
Plantation, Buckley
1957
It is believed that the trees on the plantation were planted to hide a capped slag heap. The capping of all the pit heads has been done relatively recently (60s - 70s). The line in the middle distance was the Buckley Railway, now a public footpath.
Author: Jones, Cleveland
Tags
Year = 1957
Landscape = Cultivated
Transport = Rail
Work = Mining
Extra = 1950s
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