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My Fender Strat in Lake Placid Blue
Taken on the table in the dinning room with black cloth in the background.
Macro Mondays - Hobby.
My partner's instrument which she took up a year or so ago at a ripe ^^^ age ...oops! ;o) HMM
The twin headstocks and nearby disused mineral railway track are all that remains of an extensive coal mining enterprise carried on by Barber, Walker & Company, who first leased and then bought much of the parish of Brinsley from the Duke of Newcastle. They are a memento of both Brinsley’s mining heritage, and the literary heritage of DH Lawrence, whose father worked at the colliery. Many of Lawrence’s stories are based on this area and the people who lived and worked here.
The headstock of Bestwood Colliery, Nottinghamshire, UK. The adjacent winding house is open to the public as a visitor attraction, however except for two hours on a Saturday morning, the great wheels at the top of this tower are silent. The mine was in operation from 1875 to 1967.
I could barely make out the colliery when I arrived, and visibility didn't get any better while I was there. Volunteers have created a beautiful nature reserve. Unfortunately I barely had a glimpse of it and had to surprise a lady hiding in some bushes picking sloe berries for directions to find my way out through the fog!
Pleasley Colliery is a former English coal mine. It is located to the NW of Pleasley village which sits astride the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border.
The colliery is located to the NW of Pleasley village which sits astride the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Mansfield and 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Chesterfield. From the south it commands a prominent position on the skyline, although less so now than when the winders were in operation and both chimney stacks were in place. The colliery is situated at about 500 ft (152m) above sea level and is aligned on a NE-SW axis following the trend of the river valley at this point.
The grounds are now a nature reserve consisting of footpaths and lakes. The colliery underwent renovation and is now a mining museum
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The Headstocks at Clipstone Colliery are Grade II listed.
The Colliery was opened in 1922 by the Bolsover Colliery Company but the present headstocks were constructed in 1953 and were built by Head Wrightson Colliery Engineering Co and were the tallest in Europe at the time.
The Colliery was finally closed in 2003.
Apologies for the rain drops on the image!
Three of the four headstocks at Chatterley Whitfield coal mine are visible in this shot. Slowly the place is being reclaimed by nature. Few constructions look to me as attractive on a skyline as a coal mine headstock. With large spooked wheels and all sorts of geometric shapes, dreary industrial colours, they stand like the most fabulous monument to hundreds of thousands of men and boys who toiled in great danger, often many miles from daylight.
It's now 42 years since coal last came to the surface at this great mine.
Greetings all! This is my final build for the Season 2 Finale of the ABS Builder Challenge.
This was actually an idea of a fellow teammate, Mark. So kudos to him for the great build idea!
The mine in Brinsley stopped production in 1934,when the coal reserves were exhausted.On a local walk today we came across this,the boy is my eldest Dylan just before he tried to climb this.Due to a panicky motherhen i didnt let him get very far ;0)
They looked more like massive boat moorings on a pier than tiny tuning posts on a headstock.
I pondered whether to dust off my guitar to make it look more presentable for the camera. But in the end I liked the photo of the headstock better with its dust.
One of a pair of headstocks at the former Pleasley Colliery - now a volunteer run mining museum and cafe. The remaining buildings are grade 2 listed.
Like a number of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Collieries, the former industrial site has been landscaped and site sits at the centre of a country park.
The mine was operational between 1873 and 1983.
Pleasley, Derbyshire, UK
Trying out the macro mode on the Leica Q2M. ISO 50,000. This one was simply opened in Lightroom Classic and exported as a jpeg.
A contemplative study of stillness and craft, capturing a moment where music, texture, and calm meet in a single frame.