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Woods Piece, COVENTRY, CV7 8NP

Travel Coventry 4695, a Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini, lays over in the turning circle at the north end of Prologis Park before working a 13 to Willenhall via Radford, Coventry city centre, and Binley Road. Prologis Park was built on the site of Coventry Colliery; the housing visible on the right, on Exhall Road in Keresley Village, was built for the miners.

Monument erected in 2008 to the workers at the former Coventry Colliery and smokeless fuel plant. The colliery site is now occupied by the warehouses of Prologis Park, visible in the background.

The plaque is placed next to a monument made from one of the pit wheels from the mine's winding gear, which can be seen here Image It is dedicated to the worksers at the colliery and the adjoining Homefires smokeless fuel plant. The dates quoted seem to be in error, however. The mine closed in 1991, was reopened by a private company and finally closed in 1996; see here https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/coventry-colliery-2 .

This monument was erected in 2008 to remember the workers at the Coventry Colliery and the Homefires smokeless fuel plant. It is located on the edge of Prologis Park, a business park that occupies the site of the coal mine. The monument is made out of a pit wheel, one of four that were in use at the mine at the time of its closure in 1991. The wheel formed part of the winding gear that pulled cages from the mine to the surface and lowered them again, carrying coal, equipment and the miners themselves. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_ani_winding_gear.shtml . The shafts of the Coventry Colliery extended 660m below ground level when they were sunk in 1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Colliery . For a photo of the monument taken in the year it was erected see here Image

Travel Coventry 2983, an MCW Metrobus Mk2A, lays over on Rathbone Close before working a 36 to Little Heath via Coventry city centre.

This fine tree stands in the grounds of the former Coventry Colliery Sports & Social Club, which are now being redeveloped with housing. The tree, and two more of its type not visible in this photo, are being incorporated into the new development. I suspect this of being a deodar cedar, on account of the drooping tips of the branches, but would welcome help with identification. It had a fine crop of cones.

The rubble of the club building, demolished several years ago, is being removed to make way for housing. Bunsons Wood can be seen in the distance.

The houses are being built on the site of the Coventry Colliery Sports & Social Club. At the right hand side can be seen part of the colliery monument.