Stuart Warburton, in his capacity as both the Secretary of the Snibston Heritage Trust and a mining historian and industrial archaeologist, gave an illustrated talk on the history of Snibston Colliery.

His talk was subtitled “A Most Profitable Enterprise” which was a reference to a quotation by George Stephenson, one of the founding fathers of the East Midland Collieries, who is reputed to have stated: “The [Snibston] Collieries are the most profitable enterprise I ever undertook”.

There were many local references to entertain the twenty five listeners. His witty and informative talk prompted several questions from the audience, some of whom recalled working in the very mines he mentioned.