Coal Collection (page 5)

Westoe Colliery silhouetted against the sky, October 1992

End of an era. Last shift comes to the surface at Ashington Colliery, March 1988

Harrington Colliery at Lowca on the Cumberland coast which was being threatened with closure

A man works a seam at Willington Colliery in about 1930

Sacriston Pit in February 1939. The scene of a flooding disaster 35 years earlier. 5th February 1939

Bates Pit, Blyth, threatened with closure, February 1986

Pithead gear at Craghead Colliery, October 1963

Waiting for the cage. Miners about to start their shift at Lambton Colliery. Circa 1920

Demolition of Wearmouth Colliery, October 1994

Shilbottle Colliery in March 1952. The new system of much larger mine cars is shown in operation, whilst one of the old smaller tubs moves along the gantry in the background

Jimmy Weatherby (left) and Alan Nelson unload equipment salvaged from Elemore Colliery, January 1974

Ellington Processing Plant which was threatening pits as it stockpiled coal. August 1993

Miner Jack Buxton, made redundant after 47 years on the closure of Burradon Colliery, November 1975

A miner at the entrance to Ellington Colliery with the Big E pit visible in the background

Pitmen Gerald Hargraves and John Smith mining the hard way at Wrytree Colliery in November 1980

Winding gear at the closed Byermoor Colliery site. February 1968

Miners (left to right) Eric Jones, Laurie Dixon, Ray Johnson and colleagues celebrate reaching Dawdons million tonne coal target just before the end of the financial year, March 1982

Lights go out in the Ellington Colliery lamp room as the pit closes in February 1994

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain inspecting lumps of coal during a visit to Italy 1939

Nine centimetre bucket filling 110 tonne haul unit with black coal at Ravensworth mine West Hunter Valley in New South Wales Australia

Bobby Chatham, a coal miner at Danderhall colliery in Midlothian, Scotland October 1992

Hugh Gaitskell, Leader of the Labour Party, down a coal mine in June 1957 Gaitskell fought a tireless campaign within his own party to reform outdated principles

Coal Miners return to the surface after a hard day digging for coal in the mines April 1951

Margaret Herbison Labour MP for North Lanark in fur coat answers questions by miners before unfurling the NCB flag at Baton Colliery Shotts Nationalisation of coal mines January 1947

A Coal delivery man outside a house in 1967 January 1967

Welsh Miners at this pit near Caerphilly were not too impressed with the fashion on show January 1971

World War Two. Women employed by the LNER (London North Eastern Railway) to recover coal dropped by passing trains on the railway lines January 1943

Coal Miners Memorial Service for King George VI Death after his death February 1952

Pitprops being hammered into position under the steel roof supports at Whitehill Colliery Owned by the Lothian Coal Company

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Coal crises minister Sir Douglas Hogg leaving Downing Street during the General Strike of May 1926

Mine Rescue Services carry a miner wearing an oxygen mask on a stretcher into a pit cage after he picked up an injury Circa 1965

Suez Crisis August 1956 Private Dick Rudge (19) of the Royal Artillery got a pleasant surprise when his family and fiancee travelled from Shoreditch to Southampton on a coal lorry to give him a

A woman kneels down to clean her continuous burning coal fire May 1945

Miners from Aberdare in South Wales holding up the wall of the Boot Hotel March 1954

Unemployed miners pictured queuing at the dole at Rhos employment exchange after the closing down of one of the mines May 1970

Coal Miner James Turner from Newcastle who drives an electric shuttle car down the mine in 1947

Coal storage and handling facility in Newcastle New South Wales Australia

Miners leaving Whitburn Colliery in July 1954

Wearmouth Colliery silhouetted against the night sky

Miners at Easington Colliery, County Durham celebrating the production of their millionth tonne of coal for the quickest time in six years

Pit gear at Bomarsund Colliery, October 1965

Miner Wilfey Moralee who was the last man off the shift at Vane Tempest Colliery on its closure in October 1992

Coal train at Westoe Colliery South Shields, January 1972

The demolition of Wearmouth Colliery in October 1994

Murton Colliery produced its millionth tonne of the financial year in record time, beating the previous best by three weeks. January 1988

Miners leave the cage for the last time at Murton Colliery, November 1991

Unloading the tubs at Eltringham Colliery, Prudhoe. January 1949

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