An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood of a visit to Haig Colliery at Whitehaven in Cumbria to see the steam winder and pit engines in operation. The film also features coal wagons being pulled from Whitehaven Dock to the colliery along the Howgill incline and the trawler Juneve being unloaded of its catch of fish. The corner of a television screen changes to the steam winder and pit engines at Haig Colliery in operation. Ozzie Brown stands working the gears, around him various wheels...

An amateur film produced by Ken Ellwood of a visit to Haig Colliery at Whitehaven in Cumbria to see the steam winder and pit engines in operation. The film also features coal wagons being pulled from Whitehaven Dock to the colliery along the Howgill incline and the trawler Juneve being unloaded of its catch of fish. The corner of a television screen changes to the steam winder and pit engines at Haig Colliery in operation. Ozzie Brown stands working the gears, around him various wheels turning and pistons moving up and down. Outside in the pit yard the two large pit wheels and a shunter steam locomotive reversing, another engine is attached to several coal wagon. Fishing boats and trawlers are moored along the quayside at Whitehaven Docks, smaller pleasure boats are moored in the harbour. Kath Ellwood walks past a shunter locomotive, it’s nameplate ‘Victoria’ nearly obscured by years of dirt. Looking between two coal wagons a fishing boat moored in the harbour. Two empty wagons are pulled up the Howgill Incline from the dockside to the colliery by cable powered by an unseen engine. Several signs warn of the dangers of walking on the line. Kath walks along the quayside past a trawler, on the far side of the harbour two coal wagon moving via the incline cabling system. Boxes of fish are unloaded from a trawler Juneve and loaded onto a flatbed lorry.