Stockingford. Colliery
![Stockingford Colliery, Nuneaton. 1920sThe Drybread Pit mentioned on the postcard was in fact a Drift Mine, hence no winding gear. [Further information supplied on this photograph has been added to the catalogue at Warwickshire County Record Office and is available on request] | IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)](https://d23iiv8m8qvdxi.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1656-0-885x548.jpg "Stockingford. Colliery")
Stockingford Colliery, Nuneaton. 1920s
The Drybread Pit mentioned on the postcard was in fact a Drift Mine, hence no winding gear. [Further information supplied on this photograph has been added to the catalogue at Warwickshire County Record Office and is available on request]
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Reference: PH, 352/135/7, img: 1743
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My late great grandfather, William Parsons was manager of Drybread from around 1916 until its closure. He got the job because he’d been manager of drift mines in Assam ( north India) and Drybread was a drift mine. His daughter (my mother) always told me that it flooded during the General Strike in 1926, and never reopened as the owner (Mr Hill?) didn’t have the funds to clear it. She might have been wrong about the General Strike, as I’ve seen other dates given of around 1928 or 9 for closure. When I was a small child, my parents and I lived with my great grandparents in Buckshill, with a view from the back of the house to the old colliery tip.
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