collieries began to close and in 1977, chatterley whitfield shut its doors.. they never got the attachment as they had when they were at chatterley whitfield. it wasn't just the people that worked at the colliery, it was the people that supplied the colliery, the wagon drivers, the train drivers, it was farmed out all over the place. though that way of life is long gone, these ruins still stand as a stark reminder of a once great industry, but time is running out to preserve this site and the people that know it best want to save it before it's too late — starting with the most salvageable parts, like the hesketh power house that brought coal from seam to surface. there's a lot of people here could do lots of repair work and get the thing back. you've got the old steam winder still there, and if they could actually get access into that building, we could actually bring it back to life. i'd like to see it carry on and i'd like to see hesketh open to visitors. the powerhouse open so people can have a look inside, the winding engine and what everything was like