Longannet Colliery by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert-Document Scotland

Longannet Colliery by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert

Photographs from Longannet Colliery in Fife, Scotland’s last commercial coal mine, taken a few months before the flooding of the pit and its inevitable closure. These images, by Glasgow-based photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, were shot in 2001 during a newspaper magazine assignment, and subsequently years later published as a book by Café Royal Books, (Limited copies of the book are available here.)

Checking the conveyor belt that brings the coal to the surface, Longannet, April 2001. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 2001.

Miners after their ten hour shift underground, Longannet, April 2001. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 2001.

Miners changing after their ten hour shift underground, Longannet, April 2001. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 2001.

George Lang, at the pit head. Both his father and grandfather were also coal miners, Longannet, April 2001.
© Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 2001.

‘Longannet Colliery, 2001’ by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, published by Café Royal Books.

MINERS COMING OFF THE TROLLEY TRAIN AFTER THEIR TEN HOURS SHIFT UNDERGROUND AL LONGANNET, CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.
MINERS WAITING TO BOARD THE TROLLEY TRAIN WHICH WILL TAKE THEM UNDERGROUND TO START THEIR TEN HOURS SHIFT AT LONGANNET, NEAR CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001. ©JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT 2001.
CLEANING THE FLAME LAMPS IN THE LAMP ROOM AT THE END OF A SHIFT AT LONGANNET, NEAR CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001. ©JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT 2001.
AT THE END OF THEIR TEN HOURS SHIFT THE MINERS SCRUB UP IN THE SHOWER BLOCK. LONGANNET COLLIERY, NEAR CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.
A MAP OF THE COAL RESERVES AT LONGANNET, CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.
A MINER STOWS AWAY HIS LAMP AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT AT THE END OF HIS TEN HOUR SHIFT UNDERGROUND AT LONGANNET, CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.
MINERS PREPARING TO START WORK, AND FINISHING THEIR SHIFTS, IN THE SHOWER AND CHANGING ROOMS AT LONGANNET COLLIERY, CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL 2001.
MINERS FILL THEIR WATER BOTTLES IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR TEN HOURS SHIFT UNDERGROUND AT LONGANNET COLLIERY, CULROSS. SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.
GEORGE LANG,CENTRE, WITH GRANDFATHER JOCK LANG,ON LEFT OF PICTURE, AND FATHER BERT LANG ON RIGHT OF PICTURE. GEORGE AND HIS FATHER BERT BOTH WORK AT LONGANNET COLLIERY, HIS GRANDFATHER USED TO BE A MINER. THE MANSFILED ARMS, SAUCHIE, SCOTLAND, APRIL, 2001.

All images and text Copyright © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 2001.

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