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Charging hoppers and workers adjusting the charge and lids on top of the Monckton coke ovens. A nice selection of steel rod tools in the foreground.

Coke being pushed from an oven into the coke car at Monckton coke works at Royston. The Monckton Coke & Chemical Company was owned by Hargreaves Services plc and had been producing metallurgical coke for more than 130 years at its site near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. At the time Monckton was the only independent coke works in the UK, producing more than 200,000 tonnes per year of the highest-quality coke for markets worldwide. The works closed at the end of 2014.

Byeproducts area, pushing side and oven tops at the Monckton Cokeworks. This view was from the top of the coal bunker at the end of the ovens.

Gasholder at Monckton cokeworks with the coal stockpile in the foreground. All now gone.

One of the entrances to the Salvation Army Citadel at Royston, Barnsley. They knew how to use an apostrophe when this was built.

Tidying up on the pushing side at Monckton coke works.

A memory of the Monckton cokeworks as another oven is pushed.

Salvation Army Citadel, Royston, Barnsley.

Detail of the door opening machine at the Monckton cokeworks.

Working on top of the ovens at Monckton coke works.

A door scene at the now demolished Monckton coke works at Royston in Yorkshire.

Clear rules at the Monckton cokeworks.

A coke car filled with red hot coke is under the tower and the quenching process has just begun at the Monckton Cokeworks. This view was from the top of the main coal bunker at the end of the ovens.

The loading hoppers move into position for charging an oven at the Monckton Cokeworks.

The coke car at Monckton Cokeworks is propelled by cable haulage and positioned using a laser seen here reflected on the mirror attached to the car.

The Palace Cinema at Royston, near Barnsley, was opened in 1914 (the date is in terracotta above the entrance). The proscenium was 11 feet wide. It was equipped with a British Thomson Houston(BTH) sound system in the early 1930’s. In the mid 1950’s it was equipped with CinemScope and the proscenium was extended to 24 feet wide. The Palace Cinema was still open in 1966, but had closed by 1980. It is now in use as Pockets snooker club.

Another wheelbarrow shot from the Monckton Coke Works. This is part of the by-product plant.