Amateur film made at the village of Chester Moor in County Durham showing pit ponies led from the Chester South Moor Colliery as the mine is closed down in October 1967. There is also footage of St Bartholomew's Church, Chester Moor, which is then demolished to make way for the A167 Durham Road. Construction of the road and demolition of buildings in its path are shown. Miners lead the working pit ponies from the Chester South Moor Colliery in the year of its closure. They are walked...

Amateur film made at the village of Chester Moor in County Durham showing pit ponies led from the Chester South Moor Colliery as the mine is closed down in October 1967. There is also footage of St Bartholomew's Church, Chester Moor, which is then demolished to make way for the A167 Durham Road. Construction of the road and demolition of buildings in its path are shown. Miners lead the working pit ponies from the Chester South Moor Colliery in the year of its closure. They are walked into horse boxes. General view of the pit head winding gear. General views of St Bartholomew’s Church, Chester Moor. Inside flowers and fruit decorate the altar and choir stalls. Cars speed past on the Durham Road. Construction has begun on the A167. General views of St Bartholomew’s Church from the busy road are intercut with shots of demolition of buildings beside the road. The church is pictured in silhouette at sunset. Construction and demolition work continues in winter, snow on the ground. The church is demolished. Fires burn on the demolition site. Views of demolition around the colliery follow. Coal trucks pass on the railway crossing the Durham Road. Work continues on the road construction site as traffic drives by on the old road. General views of buildings still standing in Chester Moor, and piles of bricks from demolished building on cleared sites. Trains pass. Trees around remaining terraces in Chester Moor are adorned in springtime blossom.