Crumlin Colliery

It has been a lovely sunny day, ideal for an aerial photograph.  One I've wanted to get for a while is of Crumlin Navigation Colliery, on the ouskirts of Blackwood, South Wales.

The Colliery was built in 1907-1911 at a time when South Wales was the world’s largest coal-exporter. It still has 11 separately listed buildings as well as other listed surrounding structures – the winding houses, fan house, chimney and power-house are all listed Grade II.

The former owner, Pontypool Estates, sold the site to Carmarthenshire Building Preservation Trust in the summer of 2011 for £1. It is currently being preserved and restored by a group of volunteers.

The listed buildings are in the top 10 most endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings in Wales and England, according to the Victorian Society. It's great to see that a legacy from The South Wales Coal industry is being kept for future generations, and hopefully being used for various community purposes.


Wide Wednesday Challenge:  ( tag 'widwed47' )

There were a lot of high quality enteries but I had to narrow it down and the below are my choices. I hope you agree with most of them....remember they're just my opinion;  I'm looking for 'wide' and a well taken image.

If you fancy hosting the challenge on the odd week then e-mail me and have a go. It'll give you an insight from another angle!

1.  60plus                          Dramatic Countryside Sky
2.  Greg_Lovett                 River at dusk
3.  Geo2B                           Dramatic Sky
4.  Serpent                         Lovely sunset scene with church
5.  EllisRoger                     Manchester night scene

Worth a mention:

a)  Madwill                         Derelict tree
b)  Swannie                        Mono of a construction Site
c)  Maureen482                Post Office tower (vertical wide angle)

Thanks for entering!