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The above photo was taken from Morland Avenue, Bedlington Station and the following photo from Vulcan Place at the Market Place :- The waste from both Bedlington pits, then 'A' pit and the Doctor pit, dumped onto this pit heap. The top of the heap was removed and trees planted forming part of Gallagher Park.  

Forgot to add the year, 1973, the chimney was taken down. This is John's comment :-  

Never been able to find an online posting of the banner with 'Bedlington "A"' name on it. On all the local Facebook groups there are loads on photos of different colliery bands with their banner at the Northumberland Miners Picnic but none, that I can find, of 'Bedlington A'. I would guess there is one in the Woodhorn Museum.

Above photo posted on the Facebook Past Times History Group by @johndawsonjune1955.

Some streets identified in the photo :-

Above n ewspaper cuttings posted on the Bygone Bedlington Facebook group by Eva Abdin. her grandmother was one of the mothers that went underground. I was informed, just yesterday, by an aunt of mine, Florence Henderson, that my grannie, Mary Henderson (nee Hall) and my mam, Nancy Edgar (nee henderson) were among the group that went underground. 

Above photo posted by @johndawsonjune1955 on the Facebook Past Times History Group. As kids coming home from Barrington CP School through the pit yard we often stopped to try and catch small fish, sticklebacks I think, from the pond using a piece of grass with a worm slid between the split end of a long piece of grass. When the fish wrapped it's mouth around the worm and you felt the tug on the grass you pulled the grass out of the water and the fish was still on the end of the worm 

The above image is a compilation of photos posted within this group by @Rea + a comment from @HIGH PIT WILMA.

The image above, from the Dissused-stations.ork.uk/sites.shitml, shows the number of railway tracks up to the 'A' pit.

Direct link to the 'A' pit pages on the Durham Mining Museum site :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b022.htm