The main repository of images

Here you will find a gallery of about life and industry in the area. Click on an image for a larger view.

The Rev Henry Arthur Dane (Vicar of Worthington 1949-1971) standing in the garden of Newbold Vicarage c. 1953.
First Diesel 1960 Taking empty wagons from sidings to New Lount colliery
School Lane Newbold Looking towards Worthington
A wintery day
First George Stephenson locomotive on New Lount Colliery Line
Article on Leicestershire Home Guard
Old Map showing New Lount Colliery and the Coleorton Railway
Cross Keys Pub Built 1857
Looking north - this was an air raid shelter in WW2
QEII 2002 Golden Jubilee
New Lount Colliery Commemorative Plate
Original Cross Keys Alehouse. Built long before 1865
Anne's Cottage after alterations. Built 1765 next to Pipe Yard Lane Newbold.
Mr. Abe Carter & Water Tower 1940's
New Lount Colliery - the workings, a wagon and some bad news.
Taken from Standingdale Bridge. Empty wagons from Derby pipeyard --chimney was for the cornish boile
Newbold Pipeworks -opened 1860's closed 1975
Newbold Vicarage. Built 1856. Last Vicar Rev Glyn Witall. Last owner Dick Thompson. Demolished to build Henry Dane Way.
Leicestershire Coalfields Commemorative Plate
Last Outing New Lount Colliery 1968
Worthington Church Outing to Windsor 1960's. Do You know the Names of these People??
New Lount Colliery 1930
Newbold C of E School 1907
Built maybe 1580-90 still called Elms Farm
New Lount Colliery (View from Pit Bank)
House on Pipe Yard Lane. Originally called Machine House - because it was by a weighbridge. Later known as Pipeyard House .