Background I was driving the last bit of the A1 and coming down the slope the

horizon seemed different. Half way down the slope I realised that the pit winding
towers were no longer there (Brodsworth Collery, South Yorkshire). When I got to my
parents I was told that they had been blown up as the pit had closed. Driving back along
the M62 the following verse came about. It has been sung as a third verse for the song
Union Miners.

Pithead’s Gone

Pithead’s gone and gone forever

Winding gear’s been blown away

Shaft’s been filled with stones and rubble

No more coal will come this way

Jobs are gone and lost forever

No more miners will be killed

No more lungs clogged with coal dust

No more children on their own