From my 1964-65 negatives, this is one of the two coal staithes (loading bays) at Hartley Bank Colliery.
The original (left) was in such a poor state that I’ve coloured it to make it more readable.
The same scene today is more green and rural, so I’ve superimposed my original 50 mm 127 frame on a wide angle iPhone shot of the same view today, taken from the bridge at the bottom of the Balk.
Apologies to ‘Ghosts of Horbury’ on our Horbury and Sitlington History Group Facebook page. I now realise how difficult it is to match up the perspective!
