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Electricity arrives at Netherton
  1. Netherton milkman 1928
  2. Women throwing snowballs
  3. Back of Office Row 1930s
  4. Front of Office Row 1930s
  5. Electricity arrives at Netherton
  6. Colliery electrification
  7. Training a pit pony at Netherton
  8. Nedderton Village 1930s or 40s
  9. Nedderton in snow 1940s

Electricity arrives at Netherton

By Carole

Netherton colliery and the pit houses were connected to electricity in 1934 when Bedlington Coal Company acquired the colliery and carried out a programme of modernisation. I was told that at first each of the colliery houses was provided with a single light socket for a 40 watt bulb. Some people welcomed this as a wonderful improvement, but others were very suspicious for a time.

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