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Coopers Meadow, COVENTRY, CV7 8RG

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 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

The houses are being built on a strip of land alongside Bennetts Road in Keresley, on the site of the old club, its bowling greens and 5-a-side football pitch. Coventry Colliery Bowls Club has moved further up Bennetts Road North to a site on the rugby club grounds. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/site-former-sports-club-coventry-19254793 The Coventrians football club continues to occupy part of the land between the development and Bunsons Wood. Their clubhouse can be seen in the centre of the picture behind the mound of earth, while players can be seen on the right behind the oak tree.

The site of the Coventry Colliery Social Club is being redeveloped with houses.

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 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.

The library serves the village at Keresley End, near to Prologis Park, the business park that occupies the site of the former Coventry Colliery. The settlement lies beyond the Coventry city boundary in Nuneaton & Bedworth borough, which forms part of the county of Warwickshire. The library was closed by Warwickshire County Council during the period of 'austerity' and budget cuts following the financial crisis of 2007-2009, but has been kept running as a community library staffed by volunteers and stocking Warwichshire county library books and materials. Its web page can be found at the site of Keresley parish council https://keresley-pc.gov.uk/library.html .