Seafield Colliery

{{Short description|Coal mine in Fife, Scotland}}

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Seafield Colliery was in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Work on the colliery was started on 12 May 1954 and production began in 1966.{{Cite book |last=Hutton |first=Guthrie |title=The Scottish Coal Industry |publisher=Stenlake Publishing Ltd |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-84033-928-4 |location=Catrine |pages=43}} On 10 May 1973, five men were killed when a roof collapsed.{{cite web|title=Experiencing the terror of being trapped underground|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/experiencing-the-terror-of-being-trapped-underground-1-162392|website=www.fifetoday.co.uk|accessdate=25 January 2018|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines-map/accidents-disasters/fife/seafield-colliery-roof-fall-kirkcaldy-1973/|title=Seafield Colliery Roof Fall - Kirkcaldy - 1973}} Despite it being said that it had a life of 150 years, with millions of tons, much of the coal being deep under the bed of the Firth of Forth, Seafield Colliery was closed in 1988.{{cite web|title=Pit closures, year by year|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3500979.stm|website=BBC News|accessdate=25 January 2018|date=5 March 2004}} In September 1989, the Seafield Colliery twin towers were demolished.{{cite web|title=25th anniversary of miners' strike|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/25th-anniversary-of-miners-strike-1-153583|website=www.fifetoday.co.uk|accessdate=25 January 2018|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/retro/fife-nostalgia-burial-seafield-267095|title=Fife Nostalgia: The 'burial' of Seafield|website=www.fifetoday.co.uk}}

Darts player Jocky Wilson, was once a miner at the colliery.{{cite web|title=Jocky Wilson, Scotland's darts hero, dies at 62|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13051869.Jocky_Wilson__Scotland_s_darts_hero__dies_at_62/|website=HeraldScotland|accessdate=25 January 2018|language=en}}

The site of the former colliery has been built over and is now a housing estate.