Scout Moor Colliery Rossendale is a very old colliery which appears on the 1844 OS map and worked on until the late 1940's, early 50's under private ownership. A small colliery working the Sandrock mine it was owned for many years by the Duckworth family, John being a survivor of the Rothsay Castle steam packet wreck.

Despite the bad weather Ronnie and I manage to record the drift site before it is destroyed and then visit the site of later workings. It is out intention to undertake more research at the records office before we endeavor to complete a full history of the colliery and the people behind it. There are many fascinating stories yet to tell