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From the album: North East photos
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From the album: North East photos
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From the album: North East photos
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From the album: North East photos
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From the album: North East photos
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I have just added about 30 more photos to my gallery of old photos of Netherton and Nedderton. All the photos in my gallery are from the same family collection and date from around 1900 to the 1960s. I can't find any more recent ones which is a shame. The new photos include: Photos of the Hall Pit and Howard Pit Pupils at Nedderton School Another photograph of Netherton pitmen Office Row Electrification of the colliery Snow at Netherton Training a pit pony Nedderton village The Winding House controls An engine and a motor at the colliery Children at a Wartime fancy dress pageant Netherton residents on a Wartime day trip to the Kyles of Bute Howard House Various other photos around Netherton I'm having trouble with identifying some of the photos and would be glad of any help if anyone has more information about them. Carole
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This photo was taken at Netherton in the 1930s© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
In the 1930s the three houses at Office Row were occupied by the Colliery Engineer's family, the Colliery Secretary's family and the Under Manager of the Hall Pit.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
In the 1930s the three houses at Office Row were occupied by the Colliery Engineer's family, the Colliery Secretary's family and the Under Manager of the Hall Pit.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
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.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
Netherton Colliery was converted to electricity during the 1930s. I think this happened when Bedlington Coal Company took over the colliery in 1934 and undertook a programme of modernisation. This is one of the motors installed, a 6 x 10 Tandem Main & Tail. Makers John Tinsley Ltd of Darlington. I don't know what this motor was actually used for. A Google search for the maker's name didn't reveal very much but listed them as making continuous rope haulage motors, for moving coal tubs, so perhaps that's what this was for. If anyone can give me better information about this please get in touch. -
From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This photo was taken at Netherton in the 1930s. They're obviously getting the pony used to the harness and pulling the weight of a loaded tub. The pony isn't ready to be taken underground yet because it still has a full tail. All the working pit ponies had their tails docked and manes hogged, clipping the long hair off to avoid the risk of it getting caught in machinery. Getting the ponies ready to be taken underground must have needed a lot of training before they were first taken down the pit so that they wouldn't panic in the cage going down the shaft. I was once told that in the earliest days pit ponies used to be lowered down the shaft in nets. The Netherton ponies were brought back up at the end of each shift and stabled in the pit yard. The pitmen who worked with the ponies were very fond of them.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
How different it looks without the clutter of lamp posts and road markings.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
I think this was Mr Boll the headmaster's house.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This photo dates from the 1940s© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This shows the winding engine controls in the Winding House at the Howard Pit in the 1940s. Netherton Colliery was converted to electricity when Bedlington Coal Company took over the colliery in 1934© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
Netherton residents on a day trip to the Kyles of Bute, early on during the Second World War. It must have been a very long day out. Thank you to the Picture Editor of the Evening Chronicle for giving permission for use of this photograph.© Picture courtesy of the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This photograph was taken at Nedderton School (thank you to cccdisp for identifying the location). There is also a photograph in this collection of the adults at this event. In addition to the very patriotic costumes including that wonderful army uniform, there seem to be two or three "Wee Willy Winkies" (pyjamas and a candle stick), two flower girls, a nurse, gypsies, a milkman and others. One little boy at the front seems to have missed out on a costume - he looks a bit upset. Someone in the back row looks as if they would rather have done without their costume, which I think may be "Old Mother Riley". -
From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
These three brothers receiving certificates spent their entire working lives at Netherton Colliery.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
Howard House was sold to private owners when the collieries were nationalised© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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From the album: Netherton/Nedderton old photos
This photo was taken beside the Winding Engine House at the Howard Pit at Netherton. I'm not sure what the engine in this photo was used for - maybe it was a pump to drain the mine, or to provide ventilation underground. If anyone can help to identify exactly what the engine in this photo was for please send me a message and I'll change the label on the photo. This engine was probably replaced when the colliery was modernised in the 1930s by the new owners, Bedlington Coal Company. If it survived those colliery improvement works it would almost certainly have been destroyed when the Winding House was hit by a German bomb in 1940.© Copyright ©2008 Carole Sage. All rights reserved.
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I've just been given another box of old photos of Netherton. They're from the same source as the ones I have already had, so I'm re-uniting the family collection. I will scan any which might be of interest and add them to the gallery. Looking through, I'm having trouble identifying one of them (attached). Can anyone help me identify what it is? I thought it might be the winding engine because my grandfather and great uncle were Winding Enginemen, and there's another photo of the controls in the Winding House. However, isn't it a bit small to be a Winding Engine? Maybe it's a pump to provide ventilation underground. I'm just guessing. Are any of you experts? Any help you can give would be gratefully received, otherwise I'll have to give it a very vague label in the Gallery. Carole
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Hi, I have just managed to send a second photo of the girls at Franch Flag Day which might include your Great Aunty Jean without a message (I don't really know what I'm doing!) My Great Aunt Kitty is the girl sitting down in the second photo. Kitty lived at Netherton all her life, and she died in 1999. We have lost all the people who could have answered all the questions we now have. It sounds as if you have a really interesting family to investigate, I do hope you hear from people who can help you. Carole
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