Seafield Colliery

Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954[1] and was opened in 1960.[2] On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed.[3] Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with millions of tons, much of the coal being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth,[2] Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988.[4] In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.[5]

Remnants of the colliery infrastructure on the beach at Kirkcaldy

Darts player Jocky Wilson, was once a miner at the colliery.[6]

The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.[5]

References
  1. "Edinburgh and Northern Railway". www.railscot.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. "100 Weeks of Scotland: Coal industry". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. "Experiencing the terror of being trapped underground". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. "Pit closures, year by year". BBC News. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. "25th anniversary of miners' strike". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. "Jocky Wilson, Scotland's darts hero, dies at 62". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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