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Looking down an old road in the coal workings at Apedale, Staffs. Underground tours can be made here and the 'deeper underground' trips are particularly interesting.

Marl pit serving the Rosemary Hill Tileries on Cemetery Road, Silverdale. The was a brickworks operating on this site from before 1841 when it was occupied by William Brough. John Nash Peake took on the yard in 1875 and then Walley and Alsop making tiles in 1921. From 1926 to 1975 it was T E Walley and then G H Downing Ltd until sold to Steetley brick in 1981. A year later Steetley closed the works and transferred production to Knutton Tileries nearby. The marl hole continued in use to supply other works until after 2006 when it became a landfill with significant subsequent problems for the locals due to smells.

Today I went deeper under Apedale on the first of the new tours into the further reaches of the colliery. I believe that this particular level accesses the Spencroft seam which was reckoned to be highly suitable for use in steam locomotives. We saw at least six different seams and quite a bit of ironstone whilst underground.

Whilst in Newcastle-under-Lyme this afternoon I took the opportunity to snap this (one of two) bowl of fruit on the former Swettenhams Co-operative Institutions Building. Got to love all those coloured glazes.