Document Storage showcase light cutting through a space

light cutting through a space that once served school children and

rust stains the basins

its keys fused and blackened by fire

The side wall of the main engine house at Elrington Colliery

Part of the Box Hill Brickworks series

Document Storage showcase light cutting through a spaceA former shower room at Awaba Colliery, its original shower heads still fixed to the tiled back wall, repurposed for document storage after mining ceased in 2012. Metal shelving on both sides holds stacks of paper and cardboard boxes, a green plastic bag resting beside a handwritten labelled box on the right. The cracked white tiles and grime covered floor record the years between the mine's closure and this photograph. Part of the Awaba Colliery