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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1472 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Coal mining and railway records

Covering Dates: 1931-1968

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Records given:

1 March 2005 Acc: 3110(D)

Catalogue Contents

Records concerning coal mining (Ref: D/X 1472/1-7)

Sketch plan of Stanley Cottage drift mine, n.d.
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of a proposed w.c. and urinal for Stanley Cottage drift no. 2, Josephine drift, drawing no. RM 554, NCB plan no. 5, 9 July 1957 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
(1 dyeline, 20 cm. x 38.5 cm.)


List of N.C.B. N. and D. Division closures of Brandon, Pit House Colliery, Stanley Cottage Drift, Brusselton, and Esh, 1968
(1 paper)


Notes, compiled by D.G. Nattrass, chargeman at Bowes Colliery, concerning re-roping a king's hauler, n.d.
(3 papers, handwritten)


Newspaper articles from Coal News entitled: 'Back Britain, pacemakers tell Wilson', recounting how miners from Horden Colliery urge the prime minister to ensure the new power station at Seaton Carew is coal-fired, and including a photograph of Albert Johnson at the controls of Horden Colliery's new skip winder; 'They're turning up and booming', concerning absenteeism at Esh Colliery; 'Absentees must help to stop closure', concerning a drift mine at Stanley Cottage, and including a photograph of NUM agent, Kit Robinson, area industrial relations officer, George Atkinson, pit under-manager Stan Pearson and deputy, John Smith, February 1968
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting from Coal News , South Durham, no. 81, concerning the death of John Wilthew of Waterhouses, aged 97, March 1968
(1 paper)


Newspaper cutting from Coal News , concerning the closure of Esh Colliery on 28 June 1968, July 1968
(1 paper)

Records concerning railways (Ref: D/X 1472/8-16)

Information to signalmen regarding the pinning down and lifting of brakes, on a section of line between Hedley Hill and New Brancepeth, issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Darlington, 28 January 1931
(1 paper)


Special instructions applicable at Flass signal box, circular 0.3160, issued by the British Transport Commission, British Railways North East Region, 5 August 1937
(1 paper)


Plan of a section of the railway line at Flass, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of Waterhouses goods crossing, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of Waterhouses goods level crossing, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of Waterhouses railway station, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of Ushaw Moor Colliery junction, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 28 cm. x 19 cm., paper)


Plan of the area between East Castles and Pelaw Junction, showing railways, collieries and bus routes, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 38 cm. x 28 cm., paper)


Plan of the area between Tanfield Moor Colliery and Redheugh, showing collieries, railway lines and bus routes, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 38 cm. x 28 cm., paper)