Betteshanger Colliery Kent - Pearson & Dorman Long Ltd. - Opening Programme 1927. A truly stunning piece of Kent & Coal Manufacturing History. This is the programme of events for the opening of the mine in 1927. Very few if any of these will still remain, and this copy is in Very Good Condition. Please study the pictures for details. Betteshanger was the last coal pit to close in Kent in August 1989. Coal was found in the Lydden valley near Deal on December 12th 1912 at 1476ft. Following the end of the First World War, Dorman Long & Co. purchased mineral rights to large areas of land in the Deal area.
