Richard May - My Grandad, Maurice Boocock Was An Underground Diesel Fitter At Clipstone
Tony Holmes - Clipstone Colliery, did the locos come out when the pit closed?

Dear Fionn,
I was born and educated in Clipstone 83yrs ago, but I only worked in the mine there for 3yrs in the early
'60's as an Underground Diesel Loco Engineer  I am curious to know if those locos ever came out when
the pit closed, or were they left in along with other equipment?

With regard to the Headstocks, at the time they were erected, they were the highest in Europe and
probably still are, of a design called 'Indirect Koepe' Winding (pronounced COPEE, it is a German name) .

During my time there, the Chief Engineer, Jack Booker promised to 'escort' me to the top of
one, one Sunday morning to take some photos.  Unfortunately, we never seemed to get it together. 
My Father was the Coal Washery foreman for many years, and from the top of his buildings, on a clear
day he could see Lincoln Cathedral.  The view from the top of the headstocks must be magnificent, and
well worth seeing. One could probably see Boston Stump!!!!

It could become a paying tourist attraction if a viewing platform could be built on one of them, as I would
hate to see them demolished, especially inview of what they have come to represent and should be
preserved as a fitting memorial to the history of Clipstone and it's Miners, and Clipstone could have it's own 'London Eye'.

Yours Sincerely.
Tony  Holmes.