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Visit the Piccadilly Heritage website to find out more - use the link below
http://www.piccadilly-heritage.co.uk
Piccadilly
Community Association, Mining Heritage 2006 have been awarded £40,300
from the Heritage Lottery to produce a book about the history of
Kingsbury and Dexter Colliery and to research the village life, social
and
family, side of Piccadilly Village. There are 142 households in the
village which were built in 1904 solely for miners and their families.
Since Kingsbury Colliery closed in 1968 the village has changed
considerably and
apart from the miners houses there is little else to remind people of
its industrial history of mining coal.
Coinciding with the book being written the Mining Heritage Group are in
the process of building a monument wall for the Miners of Kingsbury and
Dexter Collieries. The bricks are for all the miners and workers male
or female who worked anywhere at either collieries.
The
bricks will have the miners or workers names on.
We have
now received planning permission for the wall to be placed on Trinity
Road. This wall will be funded from public donations and the sale of the
printed bricks bearing the name of the person to whom it is dedicated.
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A grant from WCC enabled us to put this new bus shelter up in
Piccadilly, to help stop the waiting passengers from getting wet and
splashed by the traffic. (Nov 07)
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Piccadilly
In
1904 two terraces of miners’ houses were built end on to the colliery
entrance. The bricks were brought by train from Whateley Brickworks.
The naming of Piccadilly was decided when a Colonel Dibley asked the
miners what they wanted to call the terrace of houses. As no one came
up with a suggestion he decided to name the terrace after his London
residence of Piccadilly.
In
1897 ‘The Elm’ a pair of semi detached houses were built for the
under-managers. In 1911 Kingsbury Colliery leased Slateley Hall and
rebuilt it as the new Manager’s house this remained until about 1947.
Slateley Hall was sold in 1968.
The
Kingsbury rifle range was constructed in the same year as Piccadilly.
A
club house was completed in Piccadilly in 1908 and opened by Colonel
Dibley. It is today known as the Jewel in the Crown public house.
Check out the new
playground equipment at Piccadilly near to the Jewel in the Crown public
house. Work has just been completed. (Feb 2006)
 
30/09/2008
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