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'''Kingsbury Colliery''' was a [[coal mine]] in [[Kingsbury, Warwickshire|Kingsbury]], [[Warwickshire]], which operated between 1897 and 1968.<br />
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==History==<br />
It was opened in 1897 and changed the nature of the village almost overnight from a predominantly agriculturally based community to a mining village, and helped Kingsbury's expansion. Coal extracted from Kingsbury Colliery was used mainly for industry in nearby [[Birmingham]], although the Lurghi Gas Plant at [[Coleshill, Warwickshire|Coleshill]] was also a major customer.<br />
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The colliery operated throughout the first half of the 20th century, and in 1904 the village of [[Piccadilly, Warwickshire|Piccadilly]] was built close by to house some of the mine's workers.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.piccadilly-heritage.co.uk/|title= Piccadilly Mining Heritage|access-date= 2009-02-16|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151012025750/http://piccadilly-heritage.co.uk/|archive-date= 2015-10-12|url-status= dead}}</ref> Following the pit's closure in 1968, some of the land was used for the construction of the [[Kingsbury Oil Terminal]].<br />
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In 2009 a memorial wall was built in Piccadilly to remember those who worked in both Kingsbury Colliery, and the neighbouring [[Dexter Colliery]]. The wall contains the names of all the miners who worked at both mines. The centrepiece of the wall is a [[Davy lamp|miner's lamp]] that is always lit to commemorate those who have died and those who remember working down the mines.<br />
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==Notable employees==<br />
Notable people who have worked at the colliery include the footballer [[Sid Ireland]].<ref name = "ABC">{{cite book | title=The Alphabet of the Saints|last= Holley |first= Duncan |last2= Chalk|first2= Gary| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| isbn=0-9514862-3-3 |page=181}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Coventry Colliery]]<br />
* [[Daw Mill]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.dannyhaines.com/khs/local_history_kingsbury.html Kingsbury History Society]<br />
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