Initial planting on the slopes of the reclaimed spoil heaps of Bickerstaffe Colliery

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iBase ID

269285

Reference identifier

SKE20151017002

Title

Initial planting on the slopes of the reclaimed spoil heaps of Bickerstaffe Colliery

General notes

Members of the Territorial Army, Liverpool 508 Squadron, levelled the spoil heaps on the site of the old Bickerstaffe Colliery. At this time the main spoil heap had already been planted with 16,000 trees, the attention was on the smaller heaps lying between the main heap and the Rainford By-pass. Mr. Coates, the County Planning Officer, launched the scheme to bring back into use 10,000 acres of this type of lost land across the County

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

12 x 16.4

Year of image

1955

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Locator

B25

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