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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 046 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Cornsay Colliery

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  • Photocopies and photographs
    • Cornsay Colliery (Ref: D/Ph 046/1-8)
    • South Garesfield Colliery (Ref: D/Ph 046/9)

Catalogue Description

Photographs from Cornsay Colliery - Portrait of a Durham Mining Village by T.T. Ayer
D/Ph 46/1-2 were omitted in error from the book, and D/Ph 46/3-8 are duplicates of photographs in the book.

Catalogue Contents

Cornsay Colliery (Ref: D/Ph 046/1-8)Ref: D/Ph 46/1

Copy photograph showing a view of Black Horse Inn, Old Cornsay, with group of people outside including the landlady, Annie Suddes, and two men in a horse and trap (one other person named), n.d. c.1890 - 1910
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/2

Photograph of a Cornsay Colliery road accident; the crash between Grady's Lorry and Iveson's Bus, n.d c.1920 - 1930, with a copy of a newspaper cutting re prosecutions for driving without lights at Cornsay Colliery, September 1927
(1 photograph, 10 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/3

Photograph of the Co-operative Store cart in Commercial Street, Cornsay Colliery with driver, n.d. c.1920
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/4

Photograph of the three Ritchie Brothers and Frankie Grayson with horse and cart, Cornsay Colliery, n.d. c.1920
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/5

Photograph of Cornsay Colliery Boys Football Team (only one person identified), n.d. c.1910 - 1920
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/6

Duplicate of D/Ph 46/5
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/7

Photograph of Cornsay Colliery Adult Football Team (most players identified), n.d. c.1910 - 1920
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/Ph 46/8

Duplicate of D/Ph 46/7
(1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and white)

South Garesfield Colliery (Ref: D/Ph 046/9)Ref: D/Ph 46/9

Copy photograph showing a view of the pit head and wagons at South Garesfield Colliery, n.d. c.1920
(1 photograph, 7 cm. x 5 cm., black and white)



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