ogmore valley . i know is something to do with the collieries and just wonders if it the part of the "pit head" or something ? lives here all my life and used to play up there !

hey think i found it !http://www.diggingupthepast.org.uk/index.html but it dont look like part of the pit head as it too chunky

You've done better than me I can't seem to find anything about it, there must be something, I'm just no looking in the right place.......yet

Great pic! Not sure what they're used for tho..

Lovely pics ........and my 500th post

hey contrat on your 500th post!

[quote=clairelou;3853]this photo here makes me feel sad , took this pic last year with my nikon f55 film camera for the course and it on top off the mountain where i live which is beautiful yet sad , there used to be the mines here in the valley. could anyone explain what that was used for ?

It does look like the main pulley wheel at top of tower above mineshafts.Perhaps this one was for handling much greater weights which would require more steel cables and might explain why its bigger to accomodate them.

I saw the piccy earlier on but was going to come back to comment ..so at least one person saw it Claire

lol did this thread again by accident ,was trying to get the picture back in the earlier thread, which are missing in a couple of thread