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	Public Open Days SGMRG run Public Open Days every year at Oldwood Pit. Our next open day is 11th and 12th September 2010 (entry is FREE). Booking essential. You can also come along to any of our events for £2^*.


	Frog Lane Find out more about our Frog Lane exhibition and order the book.


	Kingswood Coal SGMRG's Kingswood Coal book is still available - covering all the major coal mining sites in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

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	Our photo gallery is out of action for the moment, but here are some recent photos. Oldwood Drift Working Party Photos by Steve Grudgings and Mike Hardwick Sept 2009 The following photos show the work being undertaken in preparation for the repair to the left hand wall of the Drift Mine entrance at Oldwood. Working Party 1 Work on digging out the lefthand wall: David Hardwick and Mike Taylor 'working'. Look how low the water level is! Working Party 3 Looks like David is 'working' again. Nothing stops Jason working A band of coal was discovered. Our geological 'forensics' expert Dr Nick Chidlaw investigates. Propping up the exposed wall Build Progress Wednesday 23rd September 2009 Built to last (this time)! But what is the plastic pipe for....? If you have any news or photos to add, please contact the Webmaster.

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