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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 487 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Collieries

Covering Dates: 2007

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  • Photocopies and photographs
    • Photographs of collieries (Ref: D/Ph 487)
    • Bearpark (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 1)
    • Blackhall (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 2)
    • Boldon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 3)
    • Bowes Railway Museum (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 4)
    • Brandon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 5)
    • Burnhope (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 6)
    • Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 7)
    • Craghead (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 8)
    • Dawdon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 9)
    • Durham City (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 10)
    • Easington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 11)
    • Elemore (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 12)
    • Eppleton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 13)
    • Evenwood (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 14)
    • Ferryhill (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 15)
    • Fishburn (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 16)
    • Horden (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 17)
    • Langley Park (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 18)
    • Murton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 19)
    • New Herrington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 20)
    • Ryhope (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 21)
    • Seaham (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 22)
    • Shildon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 23)
    • Shotton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 24)
    • South Hetton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 25)
    • South Shields (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 26)
    • Springwell (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 27)
    • Stanley (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 28)
    • Sunderland (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 29)
    • Sunderland and Consett (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 30)
    • Thornley (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 31)
    • Trimdon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 32)
    • Washington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 33)
    • Wheatley Hill (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 34)

Catalogue Contents

Photographs of collieries (Ref: D/Ph 487)Bearpark (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 1)Ref: D/Ph 487/1

Photograph of a plaque with the inscription, 'Erected as a symbol to coal mining in Bearpark between 1873 and 1984'. The plaque was at the base of the pit wheel and was replaced in 2014 to mark 30 years since the colliery's closure, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/2

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial wheel for Bearpark Colliery - Bearpark Village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Blackhall (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 2)Ref: D/Ph 487/3

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Blackhall Colliery - Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Boldon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 3)Ref: D/Ph 487/4

Photograph of the Boldon Colliery Memorial Tubs, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Bowes Railway Museum (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 4)Ref: D/Ph 487/5

Photograph captioned, 'Black Wagon from Seaham (No. 256 is original) other 2 are copies. Kept at Bowes Railway Museum. Came from Seaham Dock Co.', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/6

Photograph captioned, 'Mine cars for Springwell Colliery - Bowes Railway Museum', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/7

Photograph captioned, 'Wheel for Bowes Railway - Bowes Railway Museum', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Brandon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 5)Ref: D/Ph 487/8

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Brandon Colliery - Brandon Community Centre', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Burnhope (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 6)Ref: D/Ph 487/9

Photograph captioned, ''Wheel for Burnhope Colliery - at Burnhope Village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/10

Photograph captioned, 'Tubs for Mining - Burnhope Village War Memorial', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 7)Ref: D/Ph 487/11

Photograph of a large model of a miner's lamp, with the words Lighting the Way, next to the car park Chester-le-Street, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/12

Photograph of the Memorial Pit Wheel with the names Alma Pit, Witton Pit, Charlaw Colliery which was sited behind the Civic Centre, Newcastle Road, Chester-le-Street, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/13

Photograph of the Memorial Pit Wheel with the names Sacriston Colliery, Smithy Dene Drift, Nettlesworth Colliery, Waldridge Colliery and Edmondsley Colliery. It was sited behind the Civic Centre, Newcastle Road, Chester-le-Street, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/14

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel and tub for several mines - Chester le Street', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Craghead (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 8)Ref: D/Ph 487/15

Photograph captioned, 'Miners Lamp for Craghead Colliery - at the middle of village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/16

Photograph captioned, 'Miner - for Craghead Colliery - at Craghead Village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/17

Photograph captioned, 'Miner - for Craghead Colliery - at Craghead Village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Dawdon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 9)Ref: D/Ph 487/18

Photograph of the information board for the memorial for Dawdon Colliery. There are 2 structures which mark the site of the capped Theresa shaft, which was 1700 feet deep. Coal was first raised in 1907, 2007
(1 photograph, 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/19

Photograph captioned, 'Tub for Dawdon Colliery - Dawdon Cricket Club', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Durham City (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 10)Ref: D/Ph 487/20

Photograph of the statue of a putter re-railing a coal tub, in the garden created to the miners who lost their lives in the 1951 Easington Colliery Disaster. It is the work of Brian Brown and was completed in 1995, Durham Miners' Association Headquarters Red Hills, Durham City, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/21

Photograph of the Millenium Memorial at Red Hills, Durham City dedicated to the men, women and children who have lost their lives in the mines of County Durham, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/22

Photograph of the statue of a putter re-railing a coal tub, in the garden created to the miners who lost their lives in the 1951 Easington Colliery Disaster. It is the work of Brian Brown and was completed in 1995, Durham Miners' Association Headquarters Red Hills, Durham City, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Easington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 11)Ref: D/Ph 487/23

Photograph of the column which marks the site of one of the shafts at Easington Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/24

Photograph of the gates to Easington Memorial Garden which was opened on 29 May 2001. It was in the memory of the men who worked at the colliery from 1899 to its closure in 1993. The gates have the names of 2 past leaders of the miners, Tommy Hepburn and Lawrence Daly, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/25

Photograph of the pit cage which stands as a memorial on the hill top above the site of what was Easington Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/26

Photograph of the Memorial to the Easington Mining Disaster, which includes 2 pit tubs and a large coal-cutting machine, in Easington Colliery Cemetery, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/27

Photograph of the Easington Colliery Disaster Memorial. There is a stone and brick screen which bears the relief of a miner in his work clothes, holding a lamp. Close to it is an Anderson Boyes Arc wall coal-cutting machine. The garden of remembrance was opened 3 years after the disaster on 29 May 1953, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/28

Photograph of the Easington Colliery Disaster Memorial. In the foreground is a cross of picks. In the background is a stone and brick screen which bears the main inscription and 2 low-reliefs of miners' lamps. The garden of remembrance was opened 3 years after the disaster on 29 May 1953, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/29

Photograph of the Easington Colliery Disaster Memorial. In the foreground is an Anderson Boyes Arc wall coal-cutting machine. The garden of remembrance was opened 3 years after the disaster on 29 May 1953, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/30

Photograph of the gates to Easington Memorial Garden which was opened on 29 May 2001. It was in the memory of the men who worked at the colliery from 1899 to its closure in 1993. The gates have the names of 2 past leaders of the miners, Tommy Hepburn and Lawrence Daly, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/31

Photograph of the information bronze plaque which marks the site of the South Shaft of Easington Colliery. There is a number of plaques which represent miners' tokens or tallies. The South Shaft was the upcast shaft and was 1,500 feet deep to the Hutton Seam, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/32

Photograph of the Easington Colliery Disaster Memorial. There is a stone and brick screen which bears the relief of a miner in his work clothes, holding a lamp. Close to it is an Anderson Boyes Arc wall coal-cutting machine. The garden of remembrance was opened 3 years after the disaster on 29 May 1953, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/33

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Garden for Easington Colliery - at Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Elemore (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 12)Ref: D/Ph 487/34

Photograph captioned, 'Black Wagon for Elemore and Hetton Collieries - at Elemore Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Eppleton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 13)Ref: D/Ph 487/35

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Eppleton Colliery - opposite Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Evenwood (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 14)Ref: D/Ph 487/36

Photograph of the Randolph Memorial Tub to the miners who worked at Randolph Colliery, Randolph Hutton Drift and Randolph Cokeworks, Evenwood Village, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ferryhill (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 15)Ref: D/Ph 487/37

Photograph captioned, 'Tubs for Ferryhill and Dean and Chapter Collieries Ferryhill Village', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Fishburn (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 16)Ref: D/Ph 487/38

Photograph of Fishburn Colliery Memorial Tub, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/39

Photograph of the stone Fishburn Colliery Memorial in memory of all the mineworkers who worked there. It was unveiled by Dr. Keith Beveridge on 19 July 2003. The sculptor was Keith Maddison, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/40

Photograph of Fishburn Memorial Tub on the site of the colliery pit gates 1910-1973. It was provided by Fishburn in Bloom with help from The County Durham Foundation and the Coal Authority in June 2004, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Horden (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 17)Ref: D/Ph 487/41

Photograph of Horden Colliery memorial pit wheels. The colliery closed in 1986 just after the end of the miners' strike, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/42

Photograph of the information on the metal plate situated above the capped north shaft of Horden Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/43

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Horden Colliery - at Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Langley Park (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 18)Ref: D/Ph 487/44

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Sculpture for Langley Park Colliery - at All Saints Youth Club', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Murton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 19)Ref: D/Ph 487/45

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Murton Colliery - opposite Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

New Herrington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 20)Ref: D/Ph 487/46

Photograph of pair of old pit wheels marking the entrance to the Miners' Memorial Garden at New Herrington Country Park. The park is is on the site of the former colliery which closed in 1985, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/47

Photograph of a metal plate on the base of the old pit wheel in the Miners' Memorial Garden at New Herrington Country Park, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/48

Photograph of an old pit wheel in the Miners' Memorial Garden at New Herrington Country Park, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/49

Photograph of an inscription stone with the words, 'New Herrington Miners' Memorial Garden 1874 to 1985', together with a model of a miner's lamp, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ryhope (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 21)Ref: D/Ph 487/50

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Ryhope Colliery - at Pit Site - now Ryhope Golf Club', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Seaham (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 22)Ref: D/Ph 487/51

Photograph of a plaque on the side of a coal tub which was renovated as a joint project by The Story of Seaham Group, Bowes Railway and The County Durham Foundation, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/52

Photograph of the Seaham and Rainton Colliery Disaster Memorial Garden, with a sandstone memorial to 164 men and boys who lost their lives in an explosion on 8 September 1880, Christ Church, Seaham, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/53

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for miners at Seaham - at Seaham Dock Co.', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/54

Photograph captioned, 'Tub for Seahams 3 Collieries - at Castlereagh Homes (Aged Miners Cottages)', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/55

Photograph captioned, 'Sculpture for Vane Tempest Colliery - opposite Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Shildon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 23)Ref: D/Ph 487/56

Photograph of the plaque on the side of a coal wagon which is a memorial to the Black Boy Branch Railway Line, which remains in use until 1842,Shildon, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/57

Photograph captioned, 'Wagon for 'Black Boy Railway - at Shildon', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/58

Photograph captioned, 'For Stockton and Darlington Railway - North East Railways Wagon Shops - Shildon', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Shotton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 24)Ref: D/Ph 487/59

Photograph of the memorial plaque on Shotton Parish Council's tribute to those who lost their lives at Shotton Colliery 1840 - 1972, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/60

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Shotton Collliery - at Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

South Hetton (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 25)Ref: D/Ph 487/61

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for South Hetton Colliery - at Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

South Shields (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 26)Ref: D/Ph 487/62

Photograph of the Memorial Pit Wheel which is a monument to the 1839 disaster at St. Hilda's Colliery, South Shields. It originally stood on Station Road before it was moved to its present site, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/63

Photograph of the remains of the Pumping Engine House of St. Hilda Colliery, South Shields. The dates on the building, 1822 - 1940, refer to when it was in operation, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/64

Photograph of the Pumping Engine House and the pit wheel at St. Hilda's Colliery, South Shields, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/65

Photograph of the Pumping Engine House and pit wheels at St. Hilda's Colliery, South Shields, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/66

Photograph of the information board at St. Hilda's Colliery, South Shields, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Springwell (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 27)Ref: D/Ph 487/67

Photograph of the Memorial plaque for Springwell Colliery (1826-1932), one of the North Durham pits owned by John Bowes and Partners, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Stanley (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 28)Ref: D/Ph 487/68

Photograph of the plaque next to the Memorial Pit Wheel which marks the site of the 'Billy' Pit (William Pit), Quaking Houses, Stanley, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/69

Photograph of the Memorial to the Burns Colliery Disaster, also known as West Stanley Colliery, which occured on 16 February 1909, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/70

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for William (Billy Pit) at Quaking Houses', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/71

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for West Stanley Colliery - Stanley Town Centre', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/72

Photograph captioned, Tubs for Stanley Collieries - Town Centre Roundabout', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/73

Photograph captioned, 'Seat for Sunderland - Consett Railway - at No Place outside Stanley', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/74

Photograph captioned, 'Tubs at Quaking Houses for Billy Pit', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Sunderland (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 29)Ref: D/Ph 487/75

Photograph of 2 fenced areas outside The Stadium of Light Sunderland, indicating where Wearmouth Colliery once stood. The last shift was worked at the colliery in December 1993, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/76

Photograph of a pit wheel outside the Stadium of Light Sunderland indicating that this was once the site of Wearmouth Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/77

Photograph of a pit wheel outside the Stadium of Light Sunderland indicating that this was once the site of Wearmouth Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/78

Photograph of the information plaque at the base of the pit wheel outside the Stadium of Light Sunderland indicating that this was once the site of Wearmouth Colliery, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/79

Photograph of the plaque under the pit wheel outside the Stadium of Light Sunderland expressing appreciation to Barrie Sly and Chris Hodgson for their donation of the wheel, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/80

Photograph of the Davy Lamp monument which stands on the roundabout at the entrance to the Stadium of Light, home of Sunderland AFC. The monument is a remembrance of Monkwearmouth Colliery and the prosperity that it brought to the city, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/81

Photograph captioned, 'Miners Lamp for Wearmouth Colliery - at Pit Site (Stadium of Light)', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Sunderland and Consett (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 30)Ref: D/Ph 487/82

Photograph of a metal bench with an image of a train and carriages on the site of the Sunderland and Consett Railway, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Thornley (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 31)Ref: D/Ph 487/83

Photograph of the inscribed stone at the base of the Memorial Pit Wheel, in the former High Street, Thornley, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/84

Photograph of the stone sculpture to the mining history of Thornley, showing a group of men with a miners' banner, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/85

Photograph of the pit pony and coal tub, on the roundabout of the bypass of the A181, between Wheatley Hill and Thornley. This was a memorial dedicated to the miners who worked at the collieries of Wheatley Hill, Thornley and Deaf Hill, 2007
(1 photograph, 15 cm x 10 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/86

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Thornley colliery - at Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Trimdon (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 32)Ref: D/Ph 487/87

Photograph of the plaque on the pit wheel in memory of the men and boys who died as a result of the Trimdon Grange Colliery Disaster 16 February 1882, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/88

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Trimdon Grange Colliery - Opposite Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Washington (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 33)Ref: D/Ph 487/89

Photograph captioned, 'Washington 'F' Pit Museum (Currently closed)', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Wheatley Hill (Ref: D/Ph 487Section 34)Ref: D/Ph 487/90

Photograph of the plaque next to the pit wheel in the Memorial Park, Wheatley Hill. The area opposite the wheel is on the site of the pit head of the colliery which operated between 1869 and 1968, 2007
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/91

Photograph captioned, 'Pony and Tub - Thornley and Wheatley Hill Roundabout', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)

Ref: D/Ph 487/92

Photograph captioned, 'Memorial Wheel for Wheatley Hill Colliery - opposite Pit Site', 2007
(1 photograph, 17cm x 9cm, colour)



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