This Picture is of the miners in the workmen's hall it was taken November 1968 the day the Pit closed. The closure came after the last disaster. Wattstown Colliery during its lifetime suffered two major disasters, the first in 1887 where 39 men and boys perished. The second disaster occurred in July 1905 and killed a total of 119 workers, a loss of life that completely devastated the small close-knit community. After the first of these disasters the colliery was sold to the National Steam Coal Company Limited, later known as the National Collieries Company Limited. Eventually becoming part of the Ocean Coal Company combine pre-nationalisation. The colliery was eventually closed in November 1968.