Everything posted by Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)
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@Pegwoman this is a direct link to an entry in the album - Doctorr Pit and Rows - with a photo looking along Shiney Row from the Glebe Road along to the Dr Pit. If you wanted to add photos of anything to do with Shiney Row underneath the photo of the row then it's just the same as adding a comment in a discussion topic.
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Ashington to newcastle - not stopping at Bedlington - starts on Sunday 15th December 2024
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Welcome to the group @dansybelle. From when the mines started in the North east there has always been stories of families moving from the South to find work in the Northern mines but never heard any stories etc. of miners moving South to find work in mining as all the mines would have been in full production in 1944 when WWII ended. The Durham Mining Musem site has a list of all the Durham & Northumberland collieries. This is a direct link to the alphabetical entries of mines in the area :- http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/index_a.htm Under the Morpeth name there are only two entries :- Morpeth Banks Colliery Pegswood, Morpeth & Morpeth Moor Colliery There were two collieries in Bedlington :- Doctor Pit & Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' pit and these two pits had links with other pits in the area eg. Cambois, Choppington, West Sleekburn, Barrington & Bomarsund, Stakeford. For a family to move to the South withoput work or links to relatives would seem to be a very brave move. I am not a member of a genealogy site but expect them to have access to to the latest census records ie. 1921 and birt h records that might help you identify area the family lived and occupation.
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As you will have noticed Ken the photo I poated above is Nedderton Village school - that's me getting mixed up and calling it Netherton Colliery school
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@westridge wanderer - before your family moved to Westlea did your family live at Netherton Colliery? There is a Netherton Colliery school photo that was posted on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington by Andrea Warner in 2015 and a Pamela Straw was named in the photo. This is the photo with some names :- This is a direct link to the album the photo is in :-
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@westridge wanderer welcome back to the group. Have you checked the Gallery section? Under Gallery/Historic Bedlington there is an album of Westridge group photos and below each photo there will be a few members 'Id's' of those who attended Westridge. This is a direct link to the Westridge album :-
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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. -
From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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Forgot to add the year, 1973, the chimney was taken down. This is John's comment :- -
Newspaper article posted on the Facebook group Bygone Bedlington by the Admin John Krzyzanowski.
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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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. -
From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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Above photo posted on the Facebook Past Times History Group by @johndawsonjune1955. -
Some streets identified in the photo :- -
From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
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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. -
From the album: Bedlington/Sleekburn 'A' Pit
