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Operation  from Pleasley Pit Mining Museum

During the weekend of Sept. 12/13th 2009 we transmitted on the 80m band from Pleasley Colliery in Derbyshire.
The pit was closed in 1983, and demolition had started when it was declared a Scheduled Ancient Monument by English Heritage. The boiler house had been taken down and the boilers removed for scrap.
A team of volunteers is working to restore the winding engines, and the Lillishall engine is now able to turn using an electric drive, it is hoped that steam drive will be restored in future years.