Description:Wolstanton Colliery was sunk in 1916. By the 1960s it was considered a super-mine, with the deepest mineshafts in Britain, producing over 1 million tons of coal and was one of the biggest employers of men in the region.
However, the industrial unrest of the 1970s, the infamous Miners’ Strike in 1984-1985 and the fall in productivity meant that the mine was finally closed and demolished in 1986, after much opposition.
Wolstanton Retail Park now stands on the site of the mine, and housing now occupies the old sports field. The retail park sign has incorporated the commemorative 'miner's wheel' and a remembrance plaque to the approximately 50 miners who lost their lives in the mines.