Talk:Castleford
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I took out some very obvious advertising for the Lion pub in Castleford. Nothing against the Lion, but Wikipedia shouldn't be exploited for free promotions. Please don't re-add it. Philip Thomas --82.38.227.22 21:08, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
Eight collieries? There was Wheldale, Fryson, Glasshoughton and Allerton Bywater. You could stretch it to include Ledston Luck and Savile, although I think that Kippax and Normanton would claim them respectively. Plus that's still only six! Where the number eight come from?
Whitwood colliery
"Whitwood" and "Savile" were the same thing; it is usually just called "Savile", although sometimes called "Whitwood" to distinguish it from a pit called "Savile & Shawcross" nearby.
I think that even counting "Allerton Bywater" as Castleford is pushing the definition a bit.
There were 3 collieries within the town: - Wheldale - Glasshoughton - Fryston and a further 6 within about 3 miles of the town: - Allerton Bywater - 2 miles north at Allerton Bywater - Ledston Luck - 3 miles north at Ledston Luck - Savile - 3 miles north west at Mickletown - Whitwood - 2 miles to the west at Whitwood - West Riding - 3 miles west near Altofts - Prince of Wales - 2 miles south next to Pontefract race course
- West Riding colliery closed a long time ago; probably the 1960s, but certainly before the 1984 strike. I never thought that Savile & Whitwood were separate pits; I always thought that it was "Savile" for short and "Savile & Whitwood" as full name. Perhaps, they were originally two pits that were knocked together, a la Hemsworth and South Kirkby. A small note is that the text talks about closures in the 1980s and 1990s, but Pontyprince only closed in 2002. Finally, I think that referring to all of these as "the town's collieries" might not go down too well with the residents of Pontefract, Normanton, Allerton Bywater and Kippax.
- Just done a bit of research. Savile was originally part of Whitwood, but, in 1968, all of Whitwood except Savile was closed. So I was wrong to say that they were the same place, but then it's not quite right to count them as separate neither. Savile was what remained of Whitwood, between 1968 and 1985.
Does anybody know the history of railways in Castleford. I know about all the old signal boxes ie, Castleford Station, Castleford Gates and Fryston. But i've heard there used to be sidings or a yard in the Castleford area.Michaelduly 02:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
