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Addison Lodge, Receipts and Payments Book, January 1962 - July 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/9

Addison Lodge, detailed cash payment sheets), July 1962 - July 1963 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/1/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/10

Addison Colliery, interpretation of agreement, December 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/3

Correspondence, between Ravensworth Park Drift, Allerdene Lodge and P Bartley, [NCB], concerning the Urgency Committee case, 'Increase in piece rates for Arcwall Canchmen in the Towneley Seam, 28 December 1948 - 25 January 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/7

Allerdene - notice case, c.1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/30

Andrew's House Lodge Minute Book, 'Resolution Book', giving minutes of General Committee, and special meetings, 14 December 1917 - 6 April 1922 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 165 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Andrew's House Lodge Secretary's Book, July 1908 - June 1923 General Fund Account, Income and Expenditure, quarter ending 12 September 1908 - quarter ending 15 June 1923 Includes list of men paid sick relief Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 236 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Andrews House Lodge Treasurers Book, July 1908 - June 1923 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Andrew's House Lodge Hewers Average Book, October 1898 - June 1906 Fortnightly averages, list of hewers and their fortnightly pay; Loose papers in front include: Printed Schedule of Rates of Compensation, November 1904; Correspondence from Marsden Lodge thanking the members of Andrews House for their donation to the relief fund, 12 January 1902; draft of letter to General Secretary in regards whether the pit had been illegally laid idle, 18 January 1902; draft letter re: pay for representative at a Joint Committee, no date; claim forms for maternity benefit, compensation for injury; DMA Joint Committee Rules for Miners, 6 December 1892 and additional rules up to 30 June 1899; DMA Joint Committee Rules for Miners, 16 February 1903; Printed County Average and percentages to be added or deducted, c. 1870s - 1903; Sample Average Sheet Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 235 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Axwell Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 22 March 1963 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/1

Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 28 June 1901 - 4 May 1903 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 224 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Binchester Lodge Minute Book, 9 February 1905 - 7 February 1907 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 226 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Blackhall Lodge Minute Book, 1 September 1921 - 16 August 1922 Minute book listing minutes of General, Committee, Cavilling and Special meetings Contains: committee members attending meetings; charity appeals and associations supported, e.g. Aged Miners' Homes; correspondence and reports read; issues to raise with management or Durham on behalf of members; working practices; welfare of members; wage issues Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Blackhall Lodge Minute Book, Cavilling Committee Resolutions, 17 September 1943 - 24 September 1955 (gap from November 1943 - August 1948) Minutes of cavilling committee meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2

Blackhall Lodge Assorted Papers, 27 November 1938 - 29 April 1979 New Cavilling Rules, 27 November 1938; payslip 17 November 1945; Awards, Deputations and Agreements, 1949 - 1976; Correspondence re: Urgency Committee, 24 July 1950, 24 September 1955, re: a Face Team Conference, 22 September 1969; Minutes of meeting held in Blackhall Colliery Offices, 28 July 1965, NCB Blackhall Colliery Consultative Committee Meeting minutes, 14 October 1965, 29 April 1979, NCB Blackhall Colliery Safety Committee Meeting Minutes, 21 April 1976 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/3

'Method of Approaching Underground Flooded Workings: Description of safety boring for water at Blackhall Colliery, Co. Durham, belonging to Messrs. The Horden Collieries Limited, Darlington. Boring commenced Jan 12th 1920. Boring completed October 1923', by James Hamilton, 23 June 1925 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/12

Plan of Blackhall Colliery: Plan of Castle Eden Borings: South Low Engine Plane, c. 1925 Scale: 1 inch to 20 feet Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/13

Blackhall Colliery, copy of 'Revised Cavilling rules, no date; 'Rules of the Local Pension Fund, Black Hall Aged Mine Workers, to come into operation as from 1 December 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/4

Minutes of cavilling meeting, 6 November 1948 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(1)

Minutes of cavilling meeting, 23 January 1949 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(2)

Minutes of cavilling meeting, 17 November 1951 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(3)

Notes of cavilling dispute, 24 September 1955 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(4)

Minutes of cavilling meeting, September n.y. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(5)

Notes of contents of bag [?lodge secretary's papers], n.d. [post-1950] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(6)

Notes of contents of bag [?lodge secretary's papers], n.d. [post-1949] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(7)

Cavilling notes, n.d. [c.1950] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(8)

Cavilling notes, n.d. [c.1950] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(9)

Cavilling notes, n.d. [c.1950] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/6/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 324/2(10)

Blaydon Burn Lodge, receipts and payments book, 26 December 1958 - 22 December 1961 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, aged miners' homes fund, political fund, local (purposes) fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/9

Blaydon Burn Lodge, receipts and payments book, 15 July 1955 - 20 October 1956 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, aged miners' homes fund, sick fund, inspector's fund, aged miners' Christmas treat fund, political fund, local fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/9

Bowburn Lodge, Receipts and Payments Accounts, July 1970 - December 1983 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 307/4

Redundancy scheme: Bowburn Colliery - Special Manpower Profile, 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/1

Number not used

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 31 March - 11 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/16

Brancepeth No.1 Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 January 1966 - quarter ending 16 January 1981 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure, 7 January 1966 - 16 January 1981, in the following accounts: local, weigh (to 22 December 1966), political (to April 1971), bus (to 10 June 1967), charity (to 24 June 1967), inspection (to 14 April 1967), savings (to 16 September 1966); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 7 January 1966 - 9 December 1967, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national political, district, district political, refunded commission (to 22 December 1966); payments - one-fifth retained, difference one-fifth and one-eighth, political, death, local officers' commissions, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/8

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 14 January 1917 - 10 October 1920 Also includes minutes from Quarterly meetings. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 14 October 1920 - 17 May 1923 Loose material: 3 booklets: Brancepeth Colliery Hutton Seam Cavilling Rules, 1937; Brancepeth Colliery Miners' No. 2 Lodge, Rules, no date; Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge, Rules for Mothergate Caunchmen of Harvey Seam, ¾ and C Pit, no date; Durham County Mining Federation Association, Dates of Joint Committee Meetings, November - December 1921; DMA Election of Representatives to Trades Union Congress (Final), no date; correspondence re: Federation Board sub-committee, no date Also includes minutes from Quarterly meetings; Committee members attending meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 24 May 1920 - 12 March 1925 Loose material: minutes for some meetings, written up in book, reverse of one sheet gives 'Record of Aged Recipients on the Funds' for Brancepeth 'C', May 1924; notes for income and expenditure, no date, on reverse is a list of men's names Also includes minutes from Quarterly meetings; Committee members attending meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 12 March 1925 - 2 August 1927 Loose material: list of pension aged men, no date Also includes minutes from Quarterly meetings; Committee members attending meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 11 August 1927 - 10 March 1930 Loose material: DMA Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 17 May 1928 Also includes Committee members attending meetings. Does not have Annual meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 20 March 1930 - 13 August 1932 Also includes minutes from the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 24 February 1932; Committee members attending meetings. Does not have Annual meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 18 August 1932 - 24 June 1934 Also includes minutes from the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 14 March 1933 and 4 April 1934; members attending meetings. Does not have Annual meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/7 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 5 July 1934 - 1 May 1936 Also includes minutes from the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 20 March 1935 and 15 April 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 7 May 1936 - 13 October 1937 Also includes minutes from the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 4 May 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/9

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 21 October 1937 - 22 November 1939 Also includes minutes from the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 4 May 1938 and 6 March 1939, Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meeting to discuss building of new homes, 16 May 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/10

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 30 November 1939 - 18 August 1942 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 1 April 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/11

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 20 August 1942 - 7 May 1944 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, Checkweigh Fund meeting, the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, 14 April 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/12

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 10 May 1944 - 12 December 1945 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meeting, 18 April 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/13

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 20 December 1945 - 3 July 1947 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/14

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 17 July 1947 - 25 May 1949 Loose material: Inspectors' reports, August 1947 - May 1948; Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meeting, 18 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/15

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 2 June 1949 - 30 September 1950 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/16

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 5 October 1950 - 19 December 1951 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/17

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 27 December 1951 - 11 February 1953 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance, the Annual Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meeting, 14 May 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/18

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 19 February 1953 - 16 June 1954 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/19

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 24 June 1954 - 15 August 1955 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/20

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 18 August 1955 - 14 November 1956 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/21

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 22 November 1956 - 13 February 1958 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/22

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 13 February 1958 - 28 November 1959 Loose material: Inspectors' reports, February 1958 - August 1959; List of men employed in Harvey Backgate, 23 July 1958 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/23

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 3 December 1959 - 30 June 1962 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/24

Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge Minute Book, 4 July 1962 - 16 December 1964 Also includes minutes from Finance Committee meetings including members in attendance Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/25

Brancepeth Number 2 Lodge Minute Book, 22 December 1964 - 12 July 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 166

Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, register of members' contributions, 14 July 1961 - 29 December 1961 Lists members' fortnightly payments (alphabetically by initial letter of surname, with name of seam, nickname or job title to distinguish men with identical names) to national, district, local and political funds Secretary: R.W. Rumby, 19 Lincoln Drive, Willington Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 155 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 9 July 1965 - 22 June 1981 Lists (1) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 9 July 1965 - 5 December 1969, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions ('area contributions' from 7 July 1967), district political ('area political' from 7 July 1967); payments - one-fifth national [retained], local purposes, political retained, death benefits, [local officers'] commission, average takers allowance (to 24 December 1965), local auditors; (2) fortnightly income and expenditure, 9 July 1965 - 22 June 1981, in the following accounts: local (to 26 April 1968), local purposes, weigh (to 14 October 1966), political (to 29 September 1979), charitable (to 21 January 1968), Crook (to 15 April 1966), Stockley (to 21 January 1968), secretary (29 October 1965 - 21 January 1968) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/10

Brancepeth No 2 Lodge, Account of Local Fund, September 1981 - June 1982 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 307/2

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 28 August 1920 - week ending 13 August 1921 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances; but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/26

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 1 April 1922 - week ending 2 December 1922 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/27

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 9 December 1922 - week ending 14 July 1923 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/28

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 23 February 1924 - week ending 27 September 1924 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/29

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 26 March 1927 - week ending 29 October 1927 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/30

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 26 January 1929 - week ending 31 August 1929 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/31

Brancepeth C Colliery, wages paid for work in districts in the Harvey, Three-Quarter, Ballarat and Jet seams, week ending 4 April 1931 - week ending 19 September 1931 Gives the number of shifts worked by each miner, gross wages, offtakes and minimum wage advances, but miners' names are not given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/32

Plan and elevation of 'Brancepeth Colliery Showing place where Jos. Morton was injured in the C Pit, Ballarat Seam 2nd North Coronation District, No.5 West Face', by Wilson Allan [workmen's inspector], 27 March 1943 Plan shows the roadway with supports, conveyor, coal face, goaf and the accident location; elevation shows the goaf face, chocks and the accident location Scale: 1 inch to 4 feet [1:48] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/37/2

'Plan and Elevation showing where Accident Occurred to Harry Race in the Three-Quarter Seam, Brancepeth Colly. 21st Sept. 1929', by Wilson Allan, workmen's inspector, n.d. [September 1929] Plan shows the North Conveyor, South Conveyor and Mothergate Faces of Brancepeth Colliery, with supports, tubs, tub track and the accident location; elevation shows the left side of the Mothergate, strata and the accident location Scale: approx. 1:48 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/33

Plan and elevation 'Shewing Place in Bankway district, Ballarat Seam, Brancepeth Colliery, Where Wm. Frame was seriously injured on April 16th 1930', by Wilson Allan, workmen's inspector, 26 April 1930 Plan shows the roadway with supports, tub track, rock fall, air flow, shovel and the accident location; elevation shows the strata and the accident location Scale: approx. 1:48 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/34

Report of Wilson Allan, inspector, Mid-Durham Mines Inspection Board, to the members of Brancepeth No.2 Lodge on the accident to Ernest Louth, cutterman, in the Ballarat Seam, Brancepeth Colliery on 14 November 1930, 15 November 1930 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/35/1

Plan and elevation of 'Brancepeth Colly. Ballarat Seam 2nd West District, Shewing where Ernest Louth was severely injured on Nov. 14th 1930', by Wilson Allan, workmen's inspector, 20 November 1930 Plan shows the roadway with supports, tub track, conveyor, waste, air pipe, working face and the accident location; elevation shows the working face, supports and the accident location Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains [1:3168] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/35/2

Report of Wilson Allan, inspector, Mid-Durham Mines Inspection Board, to the members of Brancepeth No.2 Lodge on the fatal accident to Joseph Morton, puller-up, age 50, in the Ballarat Seam, Brancepeth Colliery C Pit on 23 March 1943, 24 March 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/37/1

Plan of the workings in the Jet Seam, Stockley District, Brancepeth Colliery, n.d. [c.1943] With list of names and sums of money on reverse Scale: 1 inch to70 yards [1:2520] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/36

Plans and elevations of the 'Scene of Fatal Accident to Joseph Morton, aged 50 years, Puller-up in Coronation 5th West Ballarat Seam, Brancepeth Colliery, 23rd March 1943' Plan shows the roadway with supports, conveyor, coal face, goaf and the accident location; elevations show the supports, conveyor belts and the accident location; block plan showing the scene of the accident Scales: ¼ inch to 1 foot [1:48] and 1:2500 (block plan) Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/37/3

Fatal underground accident agreement between the N.C.B., Northern Division, No.5 Area, Strakers Unit, and the workforce at Brancepeth Colliery, relating to the division of the colliery into five areas for the purposes of stopping work in the event of a fatal accident, 4 November 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/38

Fatal surface accident agreement (unexecuted) between the N.C.B., Northern Division, No.5 Area, Strakers Unit, and the workforce at Brancepeth Colliery, relating to the division of the colliery into five areas for the purposes of stopping work in the event of a fatal accident, n.d. [November 1948] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/39

Pioneer certificate (no.3255), presented to C. Peake, for fifty years membership of the DMA, n.d. [January 1946 - August 1953] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/40i

Pioneer certificate (no.3259), presented to H. Wade, for fifty years membership of the DMA, n.d. [January 1946 - August 1953] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/40ii

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of John William Ovington of 9 George Terrace, Willington, filler, injured on 4 July 1955, 8 July 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/41

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of John William Knox of 19 Tyne Street, Willington, supervisor, injured on 1 September 1958 and 15 January 1960, 21 June 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/47

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Robert Curry of 23 Clarence Terrace, Willington, pneumatic pick operator, injured on 17 August 1960, 27 July 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/48

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Ellis Chambers of Front Street, Bowden Close, Crook, dust sampler, injured on 8 November 1960, n.d. [c.1962] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/49

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Frederick Glendenning of 122 School Row, Oakenshaw, hewer, injured on 22 September 1958, 12 April 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/45

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Robert Spark of 90 Commercial Street, Willington, stoneman, injured on 11 December 1958, 31 July 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/46

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Albert Edward Scott of 135 School Row, Oakenshaw, conveyor attendant, injured on 27 September 1961, 3 December 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/42

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Roy Bestford of 17 Coniston Crescent, Crook, pneumatic pick operator, injured on 16 September 1958, n.d. [c.1963] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/44

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Thomas Small of 30 South Street, Sunnybrow, strip packer, injured on 1 December 1960, 24 February 1964 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/50

Papers to be presented to the Medical Appeal Tribunal considering the case of Thomas Franks of 39 Canterbury Crescent, Willington, putter, injured on 15 May 1951, 7 January 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/43

Correspondence file of R.W. Rumley, Secretary, Brancepeth No.2 Lodge, containing the following: Income and expenditure accounts of the Brancepeth Colliery Prize Silver Band, quarters ending 28 June 1964, 20 December 1964 and 27 June 1965 Letters from A. Hesler, General Secretary, DMA, concerning leading free coal, pensions, wages, working conditions, redeployment, absenteeism, supervision, training and voting papers, 1 July 1964 - 6 December 1965 Correspondence concerning re-employment, compensation claims and disability claims, relating to Sidney Lee, 10 Helmington Row, Crook, waggonway man; Benjamin Kavanagh, 16 Ennerdale Drive, Crook, datal hand; John William Hird, 55 Deerness Estate, Tow Law; Peter Joseph Martin, 81 Commercial Street, Willington, pipeman; R. Clark, 16 Chester Drive, Willington, driller; Richard Bennett, 30 Station Avenue, Brandon, stoneworker; N. Wise; G. Vasey; 8 July 1964 - 20 August 1965 Letters from Area Industrial Relations Officers, No.4 Area, N.C.B., concerning coal allowances and holiday pay, 15 July 1964 - 4 August 1965 Letter from A. Richardson, Manager, Brancepeth Colliery, concerning the number of men required on 4th South Plough face, 2 September 1964 Letters from Ernest Armstrong M.P., House of Commons, and J. Dobinson, Secretary, Brancepeth Lodge, National Association of Overmen, Deputies and Shot Firers, concerning colliery closures, 18 November [?1964] and 5 August 1965 Letters from Area Traffic Superintendent, United Automobile Services, Darlington, and J.R. Moore, Secretary, Brancepeth Colliery Silver Prize Band, concerning Gala arrangements, 16 June 1965 and n.d. [?1964/5] Reports of the workmen's inspectors on the North Tilley 2nd West no.1 Face, Stockley Harvey 1st South, and Stockley Harvey 1st South 1st West, 4-9 August 1965 Minutes of meetings of the Brancepeth Colliery Consultative Committee, 4 and 10 August 1965 Report from the Durham County Mining Federation Board on the 'Contraction of the Coalmining Industry', 29 November 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/51

Papers circulated to lodges concerning: relief payments and Compensation Act, 3 September 1931; proposal for contribution to support the widow and family of the late MFGB secretary (A.J. Cook), November 1931; miners' ex-Members of Parliament, 2 December 1931; alteration to rules, June 1932; minutes of Council Meeting, 2 July 1932; Grant to Unemployed Members, 26 July 1932; Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 12 April 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/6 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/6

Brancepeth No. 2 Miners' Lodge, Election of Officers for 1931-1932 and 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/6 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/6

Correspondence with Willington District Nursing Association concerning maternity fees, 16 May - 2 June 1931; with DMA concerning the expenses of the Miners' Gala, 16 May 1931; with DMA concerning 5th East Quarter Seam men, 11 October 1932; with DMA concerning a May Day Meeting, 7 April 1932; with Willington and District Labour Party concerning an executive meeting, 7 April 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/6 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/6

Brancepeth No. 2 Miners' Lodge, Election of Officers and Committee for 1935 and 1936; correspondence with Richard Pease concerning Unemployment Tribunal cases, 15-16 December 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/8

Election of Labour Party Conferences Representatives, 21 March 1932; circular from DMA concerning 100 Per Cent Union Campaign, 18 August 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/9 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/9

Report on Crook, Willington and Tow Law Warship Week on 7-14 February 1942; inspectors' report, 2 February 1942; Letter from Strakers and Love Ltd concerning payment for wedges, 17 June 1942 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/11 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/11

DMA Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 1 March 1944; Notice of decision made by the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning cases submitted by the Manager under the Agreed New Procedure, 14 April 1944; letter from DMA concerning Mrs. Brown's new name and address, 24 April 1944; programme of DMA Council Meeting, 29 April 1944; circular from Willington Special Efforts Committee concerning Salute to the Soldier, June 1944; voting slips for new agent, August 1945; letter from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning increased coal output, August 1945; notice from the Mines Inspection Board giving levy per member and requesting payment; letter from G. Harrison, Willington, concerning assisatance with the purchase of spectacles, n.d. [c.1945] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/12 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/12

DMA minutes of Committee meetings, 31 July 1944 -5 November 1945; DMA, programme of Council meeting, 8 December 1945; DMA minutes of Council meeting, 8 December 1945; Durham Miners' Welfare Fund, minutes of meeting of District Sub-Committee, 11 July 1944 - 13 November 1945; DMA Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 20 October 1945; MFGB Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, 8 June 1944; NUM Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, 20 September 1945 and 1 November 1945; DMA Ballot instructions for Election of New Agent, 3 January 1935; NUM (Durham Area) Ballot instructions for the Election of Two New Agents, 24 November 1945; DCMFB Durham Coal Industry Accountants' Joint Report, September 1945; circulars from DCMFB - re: Sheffield Mines Mechanisation Training Centre, 3 December 1945; Willington Relief Committee, Balance Sheet, December 1945; circular from Miners' Welfare Commission concerning colliery canteens, 6 December 1945; circular from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning colliery canteens, 15 December 1945; circular from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning discipline 'Men reported by Management for Absenteeism, etc.', 15 December 1945; circular from the Ministry of Fuel and Power concerning discipline 'Payment to Lodge Secretaries', 30 November 1945; circular from DCMFB concerning Christmas and New Year Holidays, 11 December 1945; letter of appeal from the Channel Islands War Relief Association, 1945, with notice of thanks and receipt for a donation, 12 December 1945; appeal circular from the Sunderland and Durham County Royal Institution for the Blind and receipt for donation, December 1945; National League of the Blind, receipt for donation, November 1945; notice from NUM (Durham Area) Compensation Department concerning a deceased member, 17 December 1945; letter to colliery manager requesting a meeting on canch prices, 24 November 1945; correspondence with DMA concerning a meeting to raise canch piece prices, 29 November - 17 December 1945; ballot paper for election of new agent, August 1945; letter from DMA concerning a Medical Referee form for a member, 23 November 1945; letter from Durham County Hospital Contributory Scheme, 18 December 1945 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/13 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/13

Presidential Address of Will Lawther at the NUM Annual Conference, 7 July 1947; election of lodge officers, 1947-1948, with names of candidates, movers and seconders; Durham District Miners' Welfare Committee, minutes of meeting of District Sub-Committee, 13 May 1947; Spennymoor Divisional Labour Party, Annual General Council meeting agenda and secretary's report; DMA minutes of Council meeting, 21 June 1947; NUM(D) minutes of Committee meetings, 5 and 12 May 1947; NUM Annual Conference 1947, report of the National Executive Committee, May 1947; DCMFB minutes of Board meetings, 5 and 10 May 1947; NUM minutes of National Executive Committee meetings, 13 March - 18 April 1947; Willington County School Sports Day programme 25 June 1947 (with committee meeting notes, 25 June 1947); umpire's Award concerning pricing fro pneumatic pick working, 8 July 1946;manager's note on loader working, n.d.; DMA Result of Lodge Vote on Motions before Council Meeting, 3 May 1947; notice of meeting of Spennymoor Divisional Labour Party, 5 July 1947; circular from NCB concerning nominations for a visit of miners to the Ruhr, Germany, 10 June 1947; circulars from Northern Divisional Coal Board concerning colliery canteens, 7 and 21 June 1947; circulars from NUM (Durham Area) concerning requests, 26 June 1947; circular from NUM (Durham Area) concerning Council Meeting held 21 June 1947 and the Five Day Week Agreement, 26 June 1947; circular from DMA giving results of Election of Representatives to NUM Annual Conference, to Labour Party Conference, to Trades Union Congress, May - June 1947; agenda of lodge meeting, n.d. [1947]; agenda of meeting of Spennymoor Divisional Labour Party, n.d. [1947] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/14 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/14

Election of lodge officers, 1950-1951, with names of candidates, movers and seconders Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/16 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/16

NUM (Durham Area), minutes of Committee meeting, 15 May - 25 June 1951; NUM (Durham Area), programme for Council meeting, 3 November 1951; NUM (Durham Area), minutes of Council meeting, 3 November 1951; NUM, minutes of National Executive Committee meetings, 13-29 September 1951; circular from DCMFB concerning wages and holiday claim, 8 December 1951; circular from DCMFB concerning North of England Cancer Campaign; circular from NUM (Durham area) concerning Easington Inquiry, 28 November 1951; DCMFB, minutes of Board meeting, 15 September 1951; agreement concerning Harvey Seam, Hewing with Pneumatic Picks and Filling on to Conveyors, 4 June 1951; election of Executive Committee, result of the final vote, 14 November 1951; circular from DMA concerning Gala Speakers, 15 November 1951; circulars from the National Council of Labour Colleges, n.d. [1951] and November - December 1951; circular from NUM (Durham Area) concerning the election of scrutineers, 31 October 1951; election of lodge officers, 1951-1952, with names of candidates, movers and seconders; notices of meetings of Willington Local Labour Party, 22 November and 6 December 1951; notice of meetings of North West Durham Divisional Labour Party, 5 December 1951; appeal circular from John Groom's Crippleage, n.d. [1951]; appeal circular from the Sunderland and Durham County Royal Institution for the Blind, December 1951; NUM (Durham Area), election of Executive Committee (Final), 23 October 1951; manuscript Executive Committee agenda, 5 December [n.y.]; workmen's inspection reports on Harvey Seam, 20 November 1950; notes for committee meeting, n.d. [1951] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/17 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/17

Election of lodge officers, 1952-1953, with names of candidates, movers and seconders Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/18

Election of lodge officers, [c.1952-1953], with names of candidates, movers and seconders Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/19 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/19

Brancepeth Miners' Federation Board, Ambulance Fund, notice of Annual Meeting, 26 January 1955 and balance sheet for 1954; agreement concerning Harvey Seam, Hewing with Pneumatic Picks and Filling on to Conveyors, 26 January 1955 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/20 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/20

Circular from DCFMB concerning the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, 29 October 195 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/21 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/21

Minutes of pit meeting, 26 April 1957 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/22 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/22

Cavilling rules for Face Pickmen, n.d.; letter from Brancepeth Colliery Silver Prize Band concerning the Miners' Gala, 2 July 1962; election of officials, 1958-1959; additional rules for fillers, n.d.; packing agreement, 19 May 1920; pay for Stonework Backgates, n.d.; letter from Hewitt, Brown-Humes and Hare, Solicitors, concerning a claim against the NCB, 6 October 1962; accounts, 30 June 1961; list of Redundancy Retirements (Mineworkers), 1960; agreement, Tilley Seam, Hewing with Pneumatic Picks and Filling on to Conveyors, 10 October 1957; minutes of Second Stage Adjourned Pit Meeting, 3 June 1958; note of election results, n.d.; NUM Minutes of National Executive Committee Meeting, 3 July 1961; Agreement, Harvey Seam, Prices and Conditions for Pulling-Up of Face Conveyors, 4 June 1951; Agreement, Harvey Seam, Power Stowing in Tailgates, 25 March 1959; cavils, 18 January 1960; list of men to different seams, 13 August 1956; NCB booklet, Standard Deductions from Pay Notes, 9 March 1961; Circular from NUM (Durham Area) concerning the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Colliery Workers' Supplementary Scheme - National insurance (No.2) Act 1957 and Consequent Increases in Scheme Benefits - 36th Memorandum, 4 February 1958; Circular from DCMFB, Increase of Wages to Daywagemen and Chargemen - Hourly Rates, 6 March 1961; letter concerning a Second Stage Pit Meeting with Brancepeth No. 2 Lodge, 3 June 1958; Amendment to Handputting Agreement, 22 August 1955; cutting rules, n.d.; prices and Conditions for Handputting (all Pits), 22 August 1955; Durham Divisional Coal Board - Minutes of First Stage Pit Meeting with Brancepeth No. 1 Lodge and No. 2 Lodge, 7 September 1955; handputting agreement, 8 August 1955; letter from NUM (Durham Area) concerning a meeting to agree prices, 9 September 1955; lists of miners, n.d.; bus times to and from Crook and colliery baths, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/24 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/24

Advertisement for the Joint International Committee of the International Solidarity Fund requesting contributions to send food aid to Spain during the Spanish Civil War, [1936] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/10/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 326/8

Title Deeds of Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne, 1921 Additional Abstract of title of the Viscount Boyne to certain freehold hereditaments on the Brancepeth and Hardwick Estates in Durham and the Baysdale Estate in Yorkshire, 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/14

Abstract of the title of G.H.R. Company to hereditaments at Brandon, part of the Brancepeth Estate in Co. Durham, original dated 1926, this copy 1947 The G.H.R. Company is the Gustavus Hamilton-Russell Company, related to the Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne. Receipt for this document is attached Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/15

Brandon Lodge papers, 4 February 1970 - 21 July 1971 Correspondence - from solicitors re: union card, 21 July 1971; from G.H. Edkins and Son (estate agents) re: sale of Brandon Miners' Hall, February 1970 - June 1970; from Durham County Council re: proposed change of use of Miners' Hall; from Visionhire re: decision not to purchase Miners' Hall; Summary of Contribution Books Page Totals, monthly, 10 July 1970 - 21 February 1971; Notes re: Brandon Welfare 1972 Music Festival; Death Benefit Card, Counterfoil book of Death Nomination Forms Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/11/21 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/13/2

Letter from D. Hopkins, Secretary, Brandon Lodge to A. Hesler, General Treasurer, DMA, concerning the closure of New Brancepeth Lodge and the possible transfer of members to Brandon Lodge, 20 January 1958 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/65/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/20

Miscellaneous Papers, 31 December 1951 - 18 April 1953 File with title 'Members' Allowances (Travel and Subsistence) (Financial Loss), includes extracts from the Local Government Act 1948 re: travelling and subsistence allowance and financial loss allowance, Brandon and Byshottles Urban District Council forms - Application for Travelling and Subsistence allowance, Application for Financial Loss Allowance, correspondence re: contents of the folder, 20 May 1952; County Council of Durham Education Act 1944 Brandon Modern School; Circulars from NUM (Durham Area) - re: Transference of Shotfirers to Durham Area Union, 5 May 1953, re: article '~The Man Who Split the Labour Party' by Woodrow Wyatt and 'What to do with Nuclear Weapons?', 5 November 1960, Minutes of Committee Meeting, 13 October 1952, Minutes of Special Committee Meeting, 18 April 1953, Notes for Delegates Council Programme, 18 April 1953, Programme of Council Meeting, 18 April 1953; NUM Minutes of Meeting of the National Executive Committee, 8 January 1953; NUM Statement of Accounts year ending 31 December 1951; Agreement from NCB (Durham Divisional Board) and NUM (Durham Area) re: Remuneration of Full time Gardeners, 18 April 1953; NUM Annual Conference 1952 - Agenda, Notes on Resolutions, Timetable for the Conference, Report of the National Executive Committee, Address of Chr. Henriksen of the Mineworkers Section of the Norwegian General Workers' Union, Presidential Address of Sir William Lawther J.P; Agenda of the 1953 Annual Conference; circulars from DCMFB - Balance Sheet, 1952, re: Annual Holidays with Pay for Mineworkers, Revised Arrangements for 1953/4 and Subsequent Years, 30 April 1953, re: The Colliery Houses and Firecoal Agreement 8 December 1952, Questions and Agreed Answers, May 1953; programme for 'The Desert Song' performance at the Open Air Theatre, Scarborough; Conishead Priory convalescent Home for Durham Mineworkers, Rectification of Trust Position, no date; booklet 'The Disarmament Question 1945-53' issued by the Reference Division Central Office of Information, February 1953; Socialist Commentary, Volume XIII, May 1953; What the TUC is Doing, Spring 1953; Problems of Communism - No. 1 Volume 2, January 1953 and No. 2 Volume 2, 1953 [c. March] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/16

Brandon Lodge Contributions Book, 9 July 1943 - 23 April 1948 Contributions to General, Political, MFGB. Local and District Funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/9

Brandon Lodge Contributions Book, 7 January 1966 - 24 June 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/10

Brandon Lodge Contributions Book, 7 July 1967 - 15 March 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/11

Brandon Lodge Contributions Book, 26 April 1968 - 1 August 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/12

Brandon Lodge Contributions Book, 26 September 1969 - 6 September 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/13/1

Brandon Lodge Account Book - Funds, 18 September 1942 - 14 September 1945 Loose material: Instructions - Local Officers' Commission (Secretary and Treasurer) and Return, 1943; General Payments and Receipts for quarters ending 25 December 1942 and 19 March 1943; DMA Statement of Income and Expenditure, Brandon Lodge, Labour and Death Department, 24 December 1943; calculations Contains figures for General, Political, Weigh, Other Purposes and MFGB Funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/5

Brandon Lodge Account Book - Funds, 17 January 1947 - 31 December 1948 Loose material: calculations Contains figures for Political, Weigh and Local Funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/6

Brandon Lodge Account Book - Funds, 14 January 1950 - 25 December 1953 Loose material: correspondence from NUM (Durham Area) re: Account Balance, 28 January 1953, re: Deposit Account Book, 4 March 1954; NUM (Durham Area) Finance Department - Questions Arising from the Audit of Lodge Accounts for Half Year Ended 27 June 1952, 29 October 1952; Summary of Contribution Books Page Totals, fortnight ended 25 December 1953; calculations Contains figures for General, National Union, Political, Weigh and Local Funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/7/1

Brandon Lodge Account Book - Funds, 16 October 1953 - 19 December 1958 Contains figures for National Union, Political, Weigh, Local, Aged Peoples', Hall Renovation and Band funds, Transport Account Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/4/1

Brandon Lodge Account Book - Funds, 8 January 1954 - 30 August 1957 Contains figures for National Union, Political, Local and Band Funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/8/1

Brandon Lodge Account papers, c.1954 - September 1960 Band Fund - Statement of Accounts [January] 1955 - September 1960; Summary of Contribution Books Page Totals, fortnight ended 19 December 1958; Collective Rate Statement for Brandon Aged Miners' homes Association, year ending 31 March 1957; calculations and figures, c. 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/7/2

Brandon Lodge Account papers, 26 October 1956 - 2 August 1957 Circular from HM Inspector of Taxes re: Lodge Officials, 2 August 1957; Summary of Contribution Books Page Totals, fortnights ending 26 October 1956 and 4 January 1957; Financial Statement of Cash and Bank Transactions, fortnightly, 12 April 1957 and 21 June 1957 - 2 August 1957; Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/11/14 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/8/2

Brandon Lodge Accident Statements: two statements concerning accident to R. Brown; Three statements concerning accident to G. Day, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/11/10 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/4/2

Brandon Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association papers, April 1953 - November 1961 Bills from Durham County Water Board, 29 October 1956 - 23 May 1958; Brandon and Byshottles Urban District Council - General Rate No. 2, 9 October 1959, Collective Rate Statement, 31 March 1960, 3 Remittance Statements re: Improvement Grant, no dates, correspondence re: rates, 30 April 1957; Receipts from the North Eastern Electricity Board for money paid to the Aged Miners' Homes Association for poles at Brandon, 1954 - 1958; Statement of Accounts April 1953 - December 1955; NCB - Remittance Advice, 29 April 1961 - 30 November 1961, Deductions from Wages, 4 - 5 weekly, 28 January 1961 - 1 April 1961; re: Reconstruction of 12 Aged Miners' Homes - correspondence and Certificates for Payments to Contractor from F. Hedley, Chartered Architect and Surveyor, March 1956 - July 1957 and final account and balance due, acknowledgements of receipt of payments by the Association to H. Mole, Building Contractors, 14 February 1956 - January 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/18/2

Brandon Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association Account Book, 16 January 1931 - 28 December 1953 Loose material: handwritten list of applications to the Aged Miners' Home, includes name and date of application Income and expenditure; 2 books have been kept for the same accounts as a means of keeping check, this volume is believed to have been kept by the Financial Secretary; volume has the same figures as DMA 17/11/20 to 28 December 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/17 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brandon Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association Account Book, 16 January 1931 - 28 March 1956 Income and expenditure; 2 books have been kept for the same accounts as a means of keeping check, this volume is believed to have been kept by the Treasurer; volume has the same figures as DMA 17/11/19 to 28 December 1953, then has statements of accounts to 28 March 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/18/1

Brandon Pit House Colliery Average Book, 26 September 1936 - 15 May 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/1

Brandon Pit House Colliery Average Book, 22 May 1937 - 15 January 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/2

Brandon Pit House Colliery Average Book, 22 January 1938 - 15 May 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 323/3

Agenda for a general meeting of Browney Lodge, 14 May 1936 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/35

Points for discussion at a meeting at Browney Colliery on 8 December 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 19/13/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/22 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Paper for a deputation at Browney Colliery, 17 November 1930 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/6

Papers for deputations concerning the North East District of the Busty Seam at Browney Colliery, 11 and 15 May 1931 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/7

Papers for a deputation concerning the 34 Pillar District at Browney Colliery, 1931 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/10 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning deputations on various matters at Browney Colliery, 16 January - 12 February 1932 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; W.G. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery; and N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery; with papers for deputations Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/11 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers for a deputation concerning reductions in pay for workers in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, 23 June 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/16 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers for deputations to [W.G.] Grace at Browney Colliery, 5-10 March 1934 With memoranda from N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, 14 February - 10 March 1934 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/18

Papers for a deputation at Browney Colliery, 2 August 1934 With calculations of average wages received in the Busty Seam and North Banks District Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/19

Paper for a deputation concerning fast side places at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/30

Papers for a deputation concerning prices in the Low Seam and financial assistance for the Reading Room at Browney Colliery, 20 October 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/36 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning payments for band skirting in the Busty Seam at Browney Colliery, 31 July 1914 Correspondence between Martin Eddy, Secretary, Browney Lodge, and Richard Harle, Manager, Browney Colliery Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning payment for working stone band at Browney Colliery, 15-21 September 1931 Correspondence between N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, and [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning payments for working stone band at Browney Colliery, 19 - 24 September 1931 Correspondence between John E. Swan [Executive and Joint Committee Secretary], DMA, and [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge; with papers and a diagram for a deputation and copy letter from W.G. Grace [Agent, Dorman, Long & Co.], Bowburn Colliery Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning payment for work in the Pillar District of Browney Colliery, 2-21 March 1932 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery; W.G. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery; J.E. Swan [Executive and Joint Committee Secretary], DMA; and R. Kell, Financial Secretary, Sherburn Hill Lodge; with papers for lodge meetings and deputations and calculations of wage rates Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/12 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers for the calculations of averages at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/32

Calculations of averages for hand and patent pick hewing in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/31

Agreements on prices and working conditions for work in the Busty, Brockwell, Hutton and Low Seams at Browney Colliery, 16 September 1915 - 19 August 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/3

Correspondence concerning the quality of coal mined and implications on employment at Browney Colliery, 8-26 September 1932 Correspondence between W.G. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., and J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/9

Correspondence concerning an inspection of the North East Travelling Road at Browney Colliery, 22 February - 31 March 1934 Correspondence between Wilson Allan, Inspector, Mid-Durham District Mines Inspection Board, Meadowfield; and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/8

Letter (incomplete)from DMA to [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning prices for hand hewing and hewing with pneumatic picks, 1 September 1934 With pneumatic pick prices at Follonsby, Horden, Heworth, Monkwearmouth, Usworth, Dean and Chapter, Washington F and South Pelaw Collieries Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/20

Letter from N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, to [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning absenteeism, 8 April 1936 With notes of J.D. Murray's response Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/34 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Low Seam putters' turns at Browney Colliery, 2 May 1931 - 8 April 1933 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Copy letters concerning dissatisfaction with working practices at Browney Colliery, 21 March and 23 March 1932 Copy letters from J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge, to R. Nelson, Under-Manager, Browney Colliery, and N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery; with notes for a meeting, and pay calculations Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Incomplete draft agreement concerning coal cutting in the Harvey Seam at Browney Colliery, 8 January 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/12

Correspondence concerning agreements for working at Browney Colliery, 30 March and 26 June 1935 Correspondence between John E. Swan, Executive and Joint Committee Secretary, DMA, and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/13

Letter from A. Bourne, Willington, to J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Colliery] concerning the prices paid to Ballarat Seam putters, 27 May 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/22

Correspondence concerning an arbitration award, by Arthur M. Hedley, of hewing prices in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, 16 October - 23 December 1935 Correspondence between W.G. Grace, Agent for Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery, Coxhoe; J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; A.E. Paxton, Bearpark Colliery; George Luke, Langley Moor; and John E. Swan, General Secretary, DMA; with copy a copy of the award Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/14

Memorandum from N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, Langley Moor, to [J.D. Murray], Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning payment for deputies' weekend working, 2 November 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/15

Low Seam putters absent on Saturday afternoons at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/16 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Calculations of putters' wages in the Brockwell and Low Seams at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] With details of prices paid to pullers up at Bowburn Colliery Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/17 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Calculations concerning prices for putters' work in the Low Seam and Busty Seam at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/18

Calculations for payments for Busty Seam putters at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/19 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers concerning the poor attendance of hewers, and a putters' strike in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, 11 and 26 June 1935 Letters from W.G Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery, to J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge]; with papers for a deputation Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/23 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Copy letter to W.M. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., from J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge] concerning putting prices and conditions in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, 25 June 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/24

Letters concerning putters' fines, fast side places and compensation for T. Anderson at Browney Colliery, 11 July - 28 September 1935 Letters from W.G Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery, to J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/25 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lists of putters' wages in the Low Seam [at Browney Colliery] for pay 26 to pay 29, July 1935 Gives names, numbers of shifts worked, gross pay and deductions; with letter from W.G Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery, concerning a deputation, 26 July 1935 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/26 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Calculations for putting prices on 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th ranks [at Browney Colliery], n.d. [c.1935] With hand and pony putting prices at Dean and Chapter, Victoria Garesfield, Chester Moor, Chilton, Watergate, Byermoor, Eden and Ouston E Collieries Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/28

Calculations for putters' wages at Browney Colliery, n.d. [c.1935] With names, numbers of shifts worked, gross pay and deductions for Low and West District putters Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/29 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers relating to hand and pony putting prices at Browney Colliery, 1 November 1937 Also: Mainsforth Colliery putting prices; an agreement for pony putting at Thomas Pit, Craghead Colliery, 26 July 1937; and payslips for E. Ogilvie, Browney Colliery, n.d.; Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/20

Correspondence concerning the Low Seam putters' bonus payments at Browney Colliery, 6-9 November 1937 Correspondence between N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; with DMA circular relating to putters' wages, 17 August 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/21

Calculations of putters' wages in the Low Seam at Browney Colliery, 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/23 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning the leading of house coal at Browney Colliery, 26 December 1907 - 8 August 1938 Correspondence between Richard Harle, Manager, Browney Colliery; Martin Eddy, Secretary, Browney Lodge; W.G. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co., Bowburn Colliery; J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; with agreements and papers for a deputation Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning the occupancy of a colliery house at Browney Colliery by George Hall, 19 April - 9 May 1930 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; Peter Lee, General Secretary, DMA; and W.G. Grace, Agent for Dorman, Long & Co., Binchester Hall Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning unemployed men occupying colliery houses at Browney Colliery, and evictions, 31 December 1927 - 27 January 1928 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery; and W.G. Grace, Agent, Dorman, Long & Co.; with notes for deputations and on the family circumstances of some of the men; also copy letter from J.D. Murray [to an unidentified newspaper] relating to his adoption as a Labour Party candidate in the March 1928 County Council elections Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Notes on the provision of houses at Browney Colliery, 11 December 1930 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning colliery housing and coal at Browney Colliery, 2-7 October 1935 Correspondence between N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/27 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning colliery housing at Browney Colliery, 6 October 1937 - 10 February 1938 Correspondence between N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, and [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge; with papers for a deputation and copy letter from Drs. Denholm and O'Flaherty Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/41 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning a claim for rent and coals at Browney Colliery by T. Loughlin, 31 January - 24 July 1936 Correspondence between John E. Swan [General Secretary], DMA, and [J.D. Murray] Secretary, Browney Lodge; with copy letters from Reginald Guthrie [Secretary], D.C.O.A., and R.W. Williams [Solicitor], DMA Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/33 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence and related papers concerning the inscription of Joseph Hutton of Browney Colliery on the Carnegie Roll of Heroes, following his actions on 9 August 1933 in protecting the life of Robert Dowson, 3 October 1933 - 8 January 1934 Correspondence between James Dixon Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; J.W. Ormiston, Secretary, Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, Dunfermline; N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery; Helen Drysdale, Assistant Secretary, Carnegie Hero Fund Trust, Dunfermline; with Statement of General Principles followed by the Carnegie Hero Fund Trust; draft programme for Grand Benefit Concert, including the presentation to Joseph Hutton, to be held on 12 February [1934] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/7 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Correspondence concerning the purchase and insurance of band instruments for Browney Colliery band, 19 November 1934 - 30 January 1935 and 12-24 June 1935 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; Besson & Co., instrument manufacturers, London; and Joseph Mains, bandmaster, Browney Colliery band Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/10

Correspondence concerning the candidature of J.D. Murray for the post of DMA agent, 29 December 1934 - 9 February 1935 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; Peter Lee, General Secretary, DMA; and Will Lawther, General Treasurer, DMA Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/11

Correspondence concerning the payment of death benefit for 'J. Bolt's sister' at Browney Colliery, 10-13 December 1937 Correspondence between J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge, and Samuel Watson, General Treasurer, DMA Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/40 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Balance sheet for a whist drive and dance held at Browney Colliery for the Durham County Hospital X-Ray Fund on 22 April 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/14

J.D. Murray's response to questions over his expenses as Secretary of Browney Lodge, Poor Law Guardian, member of the Public Assistance Committee, and member of Medomsley Cottage Homes Committee, 31 March 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/13

Correspondence concerning unfinancial members of Byers Green Lodge commencing work at Browney Colliery without receiving clearance cards, 14 August - 21 November 1934 Correspondence between Peter Lee, General Secretary, DMA, and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge; with copy letters from A.E. Raw, Secretary, Byers Green and Newfield Lodge Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/63 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

D.C.O.A. and DMA return as to hours worked in the Hutton Seam of Browney Colliery, 24 April 1923 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/4

DMA circular with the results for the election of the Executive Committee, 20 June 1932 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/15

List of lodges supporting J.D. M[urray] in an election for Agent, n.d. [c.1934] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/21

DMA circular concerning anomalies under the wages agreement of May 1937, 21 October 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/37

Agreement between the D.C.O.A. and the DMA on prices and working conditions, 4 November 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/38

DMA circular concerning health and pensions and unemployment stamps, 18 November 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/12/64 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 274/39

Browney Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 26 December 1925 (pay 52) - week ending 7 May 1927 (pay 19) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by seam (Brockwell, Busty and Hutton) under the following headings: hewers and putters, putters and putter-hewers, hewers, fillers, canchmen and other pieceworkers, and coal cutter men Pasted on the pages reversed from the end of the volume are agreements on prices and working conditions, mainly for work in the Hutton Seam, at Browney Colliery, 6 December 1889 - 30 January 1935; with a plan of the Hutton Seam workings, 11 March 1910 Also pasted on the pages reversed from the end of the volume are: correspondence between Co-operative Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne, J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge, and P. Heley, Browney Colliery, concerning overdraft arrangements for the lodge, 12-26 January 1928; times of ascending and descending to the Hutton Seam, 1 December 1930; a diagram showing suction plant at Bowburn Colliery, 1928; DMA statement on eviction orders, 14 November 1930; arrangements for railway travel to Conishead Priory, 11 November 1930; a diagram showing face operations at Brandon Colliery, n.d.; prices for working at other collieries, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 273/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Browney Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 14 May 1927 (pay 20) - week ending 21 April 1928 (pay 17) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by seam (Brockwell, Busty and Hutton) under the following headings: hewers, putters, Busty fillers, stonemen, drillers, cutter men, cleaners out, cutter timberers and datal cutter men Pasted on the pages at the front of the volume are agreements on prices and working conditions, mainly for work in the Low Seam, at Browney Colliery, 12 May 1923 -18 November 1932 Also pasted on the pages at the front of the volume are: papers relating to the analysis of coal samples from the Low Seam, 20 September - 7 October 1929; letter from T. Danby, Langley Moor, [to J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge] concerning Langley Moo elections, 2 June 1931; notes for a meeting with the manager concerning working practices and evictions, 31 March 1931; memorandum from N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, concerning coal to be supplied to R. Heathwaite. 25 June 1931; Requests to be considered at a meeting with the D.C.O.A. on 14 December 1931; memorandum from N.B. Paddon, Manager, Browney Colliery, concerning working shorter shifts on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. 16 December 1931; memorial notice for John Thomas Murray of Langley Moor, killed in action 14 April 1915; letter from Thomas Trotter, General Treasurer, DMA, concerning contributions to be paid by George Hall, 7 July 1931; letter from J. Gilliland, Joint Committee Secretary, DMA, concerning compensation to be paid to Sam Jones, 7 July 1931; letter from Thomas Trotter, General Treasurer, DMA, concerning removal allowance, 15 April 1932; DMA circular concerning the Miners' Federation Pension Scheme, 2 December 1931; DMA circulars concerning the position of ex-members of parliament, 2 December 1931; DMA circular concerning the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1931, 30 September 1931; DMA circular concerning unemployment insurance, 22 September 1931; DMA circular concerning the revision of voting, giving the votes, seat number and ward for each lodge, 14 September 1931; Requests to the D.C.O.A. considered, September 1931; General Secretary's quarterly report, no.4, September 1931; Statistical Summary of output for the quarter ended 30th June, 1931; DMA circular concerning a dispute in the Bristol coalfield, [April 1931]; DMA circular concerning financial accountability in lodges, 9 December 1931; Durham Aged Mineworker' Homes Association circular concerning financial arrangements, 25 September 1930; Durham Aged Mineworker' Homes Association circular concerning the appointment of a female clerk, 25 September 1930; District Board for the Coal Mining Industry of Durham agenda, 13 March 1931; DMA circular concerning fire insurance through the Daily Herald, [c.1931]; extract from Executive Committee minutes concerning day-to-day contracts, 14 September 1931; correspondence between Peter Lee, General Secretary, DMA, and J.D. Murray, Secretary, Browney Lodge, 23 and 25 April 1932; DMA circular with the results for the elections of Federation Board representatives, chartered accountants and scrutineers, 16 December 1932; DMA circular with the results for the election of the Executive Committee, 16 December 1932; DMA circular concerning Requests made to the D.C.O.A., 10 February 1932; DMA circular concerning men in temporary work, [28 January 1932]; letters from J. Gilliland, Financial Secretary, DMA, concerning the death benefit nomination by Thomas Howdon, Browney Lodge, 23 February and 2 March 1932; DMA circular concerning the Coal Mines Act, 1930, 21 November 1930; D.C.M.F.B. report on a reduction in wages requested by the employers, [1931]; DMA circular concerning returns on weekly shifts, 3 February 1932; D.C.O.A. response to Requests, 21 January 1932; letters from John E. Swan [Executive and Joint Committee Secretary], DMA to the Lodge Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning the status of P. Mulhall, 17 and 28 June 1932; DMA circular with the results for the elections of Federation Board representatives, chartered accountants and scrutineers, 15 December 1931; letter from J.R. Addison, Surveyor, Brandon and Byshottles Urban District Council, to J.D. Murray, Meadowfield, concerning the conversion of his earth closet into a water closet, 6 July 1932; DMA circular concerning machinery in mines, 26 May 1932; letter from Thomas Trotter [General Treasurer], DMA to Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning payment of a grant to John Simpson, 5 September 1932; letter from Betty [illegible], Prudential Staff Union, concerning a letter written to her and her insurance and other activities, 29 November 1932; letter from Peter Lee [General Secretary], DMA, to Lodge Secretary, Browney Lodge, concerning payment of benefit to F. Spark, 17 June 1933; DMA circular with the results for the election of the Executive Committee, 17 June 1933; ; Statistical Summary of output for the quarter ended 31st March, 1933; DMA circular concerning the revision of voting, giving the votes, seat number and ward for each lodge, 1 July 1933; DMA circular concerning the appointment of E. Moore as temporary General Treasurer, 26 June 1933; DMA circular concerning a test case (Gilbert Burrell, Dawdon lodge) under the 1931 [Workmen's Compensation] Act, 28 June 1933; letters from J. Gilliland [Financial Secretary], DMA, to the secretaries of Browney and Page Bank Lodges concerning the status of members of a lodge working at another colliery, 10 April - 10 May 1933; letter from T.W. Addison, Meadowfield, to 'Jim' [J.D. Murray] concerning contacts with other collieries, 18 May 1933; letter from S. Carruthers, Consett, to [J.D.] Murray, concerning the post of bandmaster at Medomsley Cottage Homes, 5 June 1933; letter from Joseph Steele, Secretary, Mainsforth Lodge, to J.D. Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge], concerning the latter's candidature as an Agent, 22 May 1933; letter from R.W. Handcock, Secretary, Durham County Elementary Schools' Football Association, to [J.D.] Murray [Secretary, Browney Lodge], concerning the latter's candidature as an Agent, 26 May 1933; DMA circular concerning the vote on the election of an agent, 14 June 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 274/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Brusselton Lodge, register of members' contributions, 12 January 1951 - 29 June 1951 and 11 January 1952 - 27 June 1952 Lists members' fortnightly payments(alphabetically by initial letter of surname) to national, district, local and political funds Formerly numbered D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 159 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Notes from Watson re Brusselton Colliery, 1946 - 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/9

Number not used

Letter to Hesler from Brusselton Lodge re damage to clothing, 1963 - 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/29

Details of prices at Brusselton Colliery, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 245/21

Chilton Colliery Death and Fatal Accident Fund, Cash Book, October 1946 - January 1966; At end: Lodge Accounts, 1947 - 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 305/3

Chophill Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 2 December 1960 - fortnight ending 2 November 1962 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, political fund, local fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/15

Chophill Lodge, Receipts and Payments Book, January 1962 - December 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/11

Meeting: Chophill Colliery, re prices for pneumatic hewing, 2 December 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/17

Clara Vale: paper re number of men to be employed on Composite Teams in 3/4s, 13 November 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/11

Clara Vale: prices for Composite working in Three-quarter Seam, 26 November 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/16

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 21 March - 14 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/17

List of Medical Practitioners, 1 January 1928; letter from the Hon. Secretary, Consett Division, British Medical Association, to the Secretary of the Consett Miners' Lodge, resisting the suggestion that the family medical subscription should be reduced, because of the lower wages earned by miners, April 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/33

Cornsay Lodge, register of members' contributions, 30 March 1951 - 14 September 1951, 28 March 1952 - 12 September 1952 and 27 March 1953 - 11 September 1953 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Secretary: G.W. Stephenson, 43 North Terrace, Waterhouses Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 154 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Craghead Lodge, local and other purposes fund account book, 30 December 1941 - 9 July 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/13

Craghead Lodge, political fund account book, 9 January 1942 - 9 July 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/14

Dawdon Lodge minutes, 5 February 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/24

Dawdon Lodge, 4 February 1959, minutes; 17 February 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/23

Deaf Hill Lodge Minute Book, 1 August 1965 - 23 July Indexed Loose material: handwritten rough minutes [?] 26 June 1967 [not written up in book]; Election of new Agent, February 1967; handwritten rough minutes, indicates that the lodge officially closed 15 September 1967, dated 11 October 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 221

Deaf Hill Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 17 March 1967 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, treat fund, political fund, band fund, aged miners' fund, council fund (to 28 December 1962), C[o-operative] W[holesale] S[ociety] shares; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political (to 22 December 1966), death nominations (to 18 March 1966), council (from 6 January 1967); payments - one-fifth national, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits, local officers commission, average takers' allowance (to 23 March 1962), local auditors, council (from 6 January 1967) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/1

Deaf Hill Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 31 March 1967 - 18 April 1968 Lists (1) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 31 March 1967 - 23 June 1967, under the following headings: receipts - national, national half, national political, district, council; payments - one-fifth national, one-eighth district, council, deaths, local officers' commission, [local] auditors; (2) fortnightly income and expenditure, 28 April 1967 - 18 April 1968, in the following accounts: local, band (to 9 September 1967), aged miners (to 2 February 1968), council, share book (to 26 May 1967) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/11

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 15 March - 14 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/23

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 8 April - 28 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/24

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 8-20 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/25

Delight Lodge, receipts and payments book, 28 March 1941 - 29 January 1943 Lists quarterly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, political fund, other purposes fund ('local purposes fund' from 27 March 1942), local fund, aged miners' homes fund, infirmary fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/11

Derwent Lodge, Cavilling Rules, 30 December 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 269/2

Derwent Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 28 March 1965 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political ('DMA fund' from 31 May 1963; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death nominations (to 24 December 1964); payments - one-fifth, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits (to 24 December 1964), local officers' commissions (to 24 December 1964), average takers' allowances (to 24 December 1964), local auditors (to 24 December 1964) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/3

Dunston Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 19 March 1947 [recte 1948] - fortnight ending 14 March 1952 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political fund, hospital fund (to 10 December 1948), aged miners fund (to 19 March 1948), benevolent fund (to 31 May 1948), Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/3

Dunston Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 14 March 1952 - fortnight ending 9 April 1954 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political fund (from 26 September 1952) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/7

East Hetton Lodge minutes, 9 January 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/20

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 11 April 1899 - 17 January 1910 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 27 March 1915 - 26 January 1918 Also includes minutes from Cavilling, Half-yearly, Quarterly and Relief meetings Missing front and back covers Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 21 February 1918 - 30 July 1919 Also includes minutes from Cavilling, Half-yearly, Quarterly and Relief meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 11 October 1923 - 16 July 1925 Loose material: notes from meetings re: paying out of Weigh Fund 1923 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 6 July 1925 - 8 December 1926 Also includes contents page of important minutes; minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 15 December 1926 - 4 June 1929 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 7 June 1929 - 25 June 1931 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/7 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 30 June 1931 - 25 May 1933 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 30 May 1933 - 13 December 1934 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 20 December 1934 - 30 July 1936 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/10 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 5 August 1936 - 23 June 1938 Also minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/11

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 30 June 1938 - 19 September 1940 Also includes minutes from Cavilling Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/12

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 28 September 1940 - 19 August 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/13

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 20 August 1942 - 9 May 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/14

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 11 May 1944 - 14 March 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/15

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 21 March 1946 - 12 February 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/16

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 19 February 1948 - 6 October 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/17

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 13 October 1949 - 24 May 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/18

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 31 May 1951 - 29 January 1953 Also includes list of cavilling decisions with page numbers Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/19

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 5 February 1953 - 5 August 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/20

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 13 12 August 1954 - 12 January 1956 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/21

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 19 January 1956 - 22 August 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/22

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 15 August 1957 - 25 June 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/23

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 2 July 1959 - 25 May 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/24

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 1 June1961 - 28 March 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/25

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 4 April 1963 - 25 March 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/26

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 1 April 1965 - 29 December 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/27

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 5 January 1967 - 3 October 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/28

Eden Lodge Minute Book, 8 March 1974 - 22 February 1979 Loose material: handwritten Financial Statement of Institute, 30 June 1978 Also includes minutes of Annual meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/29

Eden Lodge, local fund receipts and payments book, 5 September 1926 - 15 September 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/31

Eden Lodge, weigh fund receipts and payments book, 31 December 1927 - 15 September 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/32

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 30 June - 15 December 1905, 29 June - 14 December 1906, 28 June - 13 December 1907, 26 June 1908 - 23 June 1911, 5 January - 15 March 1912, 5 July - 13 September 1912, 3 January - 14 March 1913, 4 July - 12 September 1913 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: general fund, levy, local, arrears, weigh fund, arrears Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/33 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 4 July 1913 - 12 September 1913, 3 January - 13 March 1914, 3 July - 11 September 1914, 31 December - 12 March 1915, 2 July - 10 September 1915, 31 December 1915 - 10 March 1916, 30 June - 8 September 1916, 29 December 1916 - 9 March 1917 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: general fund, levy, local, arrears, weigh fund, arrears Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/34 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 4 January - 21 June 1946, 3 January - 20 June 1947, 2 January - 18 June 1948 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/35 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 5 July - 20 December 1946, 4 July - 19 December 1947, 2 July - 31 December 1948 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/36 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 8 January - 25 June 1954 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears With list of membership changes inside the back cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/37

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 9 July - 24 December 1954 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears With list of membership changes inside the back cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/38

Eden Lodge, members' contributions book, 7 January - 24 June 1955 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears With list of membership changes inside the back cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/39

Unidentified lodge [?Eden], miners' institute income and expenditure book, 24 June 1924 - 17 March 1936 With quarterly balance sheets Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/30

Eden Colliery, Busty and Hutton Seams weekly pays book, week ending 28 June 1916 (pay 4) - 28 July 1917 (pay 17) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by district within the pit Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/40 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eden Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 16 August 1924 (pay 33) - 28 March 1925 (pay 13) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by district within the pit; with summaries of each pay by seam and occupation Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/41 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Unidentified colliery [?Eden], weekly pays book, [1944] - 1945, (pay 38) - (pay 13) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by district within the pit Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/42/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Unidentified colliery [?Eden], weekly pays book, n.d. [c.1920], (pay 13) - (pay 38) Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross earnings and deductions, listed by district within the pit Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/43 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

List of underground workers at Eden Colliery and Shield Row Drift, giving districts and shifts, n.d. [c.1930] Previously enclosed in D/DMA 17/26/42 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 334/42/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eldon Drift Lodge Minute Book, 13 April 1958 - 12 March 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 167

Eldon Drift Lodge Minute Book, 26 March 1961 - 15 June 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 168

Eldon Drift Lodge, quarterly account book, 1 April 1949 - 14 March 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/1

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 28 March 1952 - fortnight ending 18 June 1954 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: fortnightly return [general fund], local political fund, local fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/6

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 16 July 1954 - fortnight ending 7 September 1956 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: fortnightly return [general fund], local political fund, local fund, banner fund (from 8 October 1954) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/5

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 21 September 1956 - fortnight ending 12 December 1958 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: fortnightly return [general fund], political fund, local fund, banner fund (from 15 September 1956), aged miners' homes fund (from January 1958) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/2

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, 26 December 1958 - 30 December 1960 Lists fortnightly income (national contributions by full and half members, district contributions, national political contributions, district political contributions and local fund contributions) and expenditure (sums retained or transferred to head office, for national, district and political funds); with quarterly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local political fund, local fund, banner fund, aged miners' homes fund, bank transactions Local pit inspection receipts and payments at end of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/12

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 24 June 1960 - fortnight ending 22 December 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: fortnightly return [general fund], local political fund, local fund, banner fund, aged miners' homes fund; quarterly lists of bank transactions; also inspection receipts and payments (March 1961 - 16 February 1962) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/3

Eldon Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 5 January 1962 - fortnight ending 21 June 1963 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political, aged miners, banner (to 29 March 1963); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full ('national fund' from 6 July 1962), national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death nominations; payments - one-fifth, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits, local officers' commissions, average takers' allowance, local auditors; (3) banking transactions, quarter ending 21 June 1963 - quarter ending 16 March 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/1

Eldon Drift Lodge, The General Fund, Local Fund, Political Fund, Income and Expenditure Book, 6 January 1961 - 22 February 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 305/8

Lists of recipients (with signatures) of relief allowance at Eldon Drift Lodge, week ending 23 November 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lists of recipients (with signatures) of relief allowance at Eldon Drift Lodge, week ending 7 December 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lists of recipients (with signatures) of relief allowance at Eldon Drift Lodge, week ending 21 December 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lists of recipients (with signatures) of relief allowance at Eldon Drift Lodge, week ending 4 January 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lists of recipients (with signatures) of relief allowance at Eldon Drift Lodge, week ending 18 January 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Eldon Drift Lodge, Aged Miners' Homes Fund, Account Book, November 1948 - December 1955 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 305/6

Correspondence, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Secretaries of Lodges in the Durham Coalfield, concerning the arrangement of Urgency Committee meetings, individual cases brought before the Urgency Committee and confirmation of decisions reached by the Urgency Committee, 17 March 1948 - 13 December 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/9

Letter from The Secretary, Eppleton Miners Lodge to Sam Watson requesting 24 pioneer certificates, 6 June 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 25/7

'Eppleton Colliery Welfare Association, Rules and Bye-Laws', n.d. [c.1930] Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/38

Esh Lodge, receipts and payments book, quarter ending 15 December [1968] - quarter ending 26 December 1970 Lists quarterly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, political, aged miners' (to 13 December 1968), old people (to 7 February 1969), 'con' and gala (to 23 August [1968]) With list of death benefit nominations at back of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/4

Esh Hill Top Lodge Minute Book, 30 November 1949 - 26 April 1953 Final meeting due to colliery closure held 26 April 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 169

Esh Hilltop Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 January 1944 - fortnight ending 10 July 1953 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local purposes fund, local fund (from 5 September 1952), political fund (from 5 September 1952) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/10

Etherley Jane Lodge Minute Book, 9 October 1923 - 26 June 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 170

Etherley Jane Lodge, register of members' contributions, 31 March 1950 - 15 September 1950 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Secretary: T.E. Swinbank, 6 High King Street, Witton Park Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 157 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Etherley Jane Lodge, register of members' contributions, 28 March 1952 - 5 April 1952 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 158/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

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Etherley Jane Lodge, contribution cards for Mrs. Gray, Street, Witton Park, 7 January - 1 April 1949; W. Wilkes, Queen's Head, Street, Witton Park, 10 November - 8 December 1950; and W. Wilson, Park Road, Witton Park, 24 November 1950 - 2 February 1951 and 9 November 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 158/2-5

Etherley Jane Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 27 September 1940 - fortnight ending 7 September 1945 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund (from 9 March 1945 'national' and 'district' funds)], DMA fund, M.F.G.B. fund, local fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/9

Etherley Jane Lodge, lodge secretary's receipts and payments book, quarter ending 20 December 1940 - quarter ending 19 December 1952 Lists quarterly income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/5

Photograph of 22 men wearing a uniform and holding brass instruments, posed in three rows on grass, with the façade of a building with round-headed leaded windows and a creeper up the wall behind them; the group has been described as 'Felling Miners' Colliery Band' photographed 'at a concert to Abbot Memorial Schools, c. 1893' Abbot Memorial Industrial School, Gateshead, was situated on Durham Road, at the corner with Camilla Street. It was opened in 1869 with 10 boys and 6 girls in residence and 50 day children. By 1871, the number of residents was 100, and no day children attended. The school closed in 1930 and the building was demolished in 1968. The school was named in memory of her husband, John Abbot, by Mrs. Catharine Abbot, who gave generously to the cost of building the school Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/17

Fellwall Lodge, treasurer's receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 4 April 1947 - fortnight ending 5 April 1954 Lists income under the following headings: local, local purposes, political, holiday fund (8 July 1947 - 23 July 1948), and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/15

Fellwall Lodge, receipts and payments book, 24 September 1954 - 5 April 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/3

Fenhall Drift Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 27 December 1963 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes, political, aged miners' treat, benevolent fund, aged miners' homes, Conishead fund, band fund; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district ('area contributions' from 30 November 1962), district political ('area political' from 30 November 1962), death nominations; payments - national one-fifth, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits, local officers' commissions, average takers, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/4

Copy of Minutes of a Miners' Deputation held at Dean and Chapter Offices, 22 December 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/12

Correspondence, between the Secretary, Dean and Chapter Lodge, Ferryhill, the colliery owner and P. Bartley, [NCB], concerning the arrangement of an Urgency Committee meeting concerning the conversion of tonnage rate to Cubic yard measurement at No 3 Pit, 28 December 1948 - 27 January 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/11

Finchale Lodge, receipts and payments book, 2 January 1945 - 29 November 1957 Lists committee expenses expenditure, 2 January 1945 - 10 June 1950; and income and expenditure in weekly pay periods under the following headings: Red Cross fund ('Rehabilitation Fund' from July 1945), 1 June 1945 - 4 May 1951; weigh fund, 14 September 1945 - 26 July 1957; political fund retained by lodge, 8 February 1946 - 29 November 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/1

Finchale Lodge, receipts and payments book, 26 March 1954 - 18 April 1958 Lists fortnightly income (national contributions by full and half members, district contributions, national political contributions, district political contributions and local fund contributions) and expenditure (sums retained or transferred to head office, for national, district and political funds) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 299

Finchale Lodge, receipts and payments book, 5 January 1945 - 27 December 1957; with West Rainton Ambulance Fund receipts and payments, 1 January 1946 - June 1948 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure Some expenditure is duplicated in D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 297 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 298

Finchale Lodge, receipts and payments book, July 1952 - April 1958 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure Some expenditure is duplicated in D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 298 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 297

Finchale Lodge, register of members' contributions, 31 December 1954 - 17 June 1955, 30 December 1955 - 15 June 1956, 28 December 1956 - 14 June 1957 and 27 December 1957 - 18 April 1958 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Secretary: C. Dawson, 36 Woodland View, Rainton Gate, Houghton-le-Spring Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 156 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Fishburn Lodge, Cavilling Rules and Agreements, 1914 - 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 269/3

Fishburn: meeting, 6 May 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/12

Fishburn Lodge: general and committee meeting minutes, 31 October 1926 - 24 May 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/5

Fishburn Lodge: general and committee meeting minutes (indexed), 28 May 1931 - 25 May 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/2

Fishburn Lodge: general and committee meeting minutes (indexed), 8 January 1935 - 11 June 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/6

Fishburn Lodge: general and committee meeting minutes (indexed), 18 June 1936 - 16 December 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/3

Fishburn Lodge: general and committee meeting minutes (indexed), 24 May 1941 - 24 June 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/4

Fishburn Lodge: register of members' contributions, 29 March 1946 - 12 September 1947 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 2/2

Fishburn Lodge: register of members' contributions, 6 October 1950 - 22 March 1951 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/1

Fishburn Lodge: register of members' contributions, 6 April 1962 - 21 September 1962 Lists members' fortnightly payments to national, district, local and political funds Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 2/1

Fishburn Lodge: account of income and expenditure to general, local purposes, political, weigh, fatal accident and death benefit, local, aged miners' homes funds, 22 March 1929 - 16 September 1932 With accounts of payments under '25 shilling fund', 5-19 August 1932; and relief fund payments, 22 July 1932 - 4 April 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2179(D)) Box 1/7

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 5-6 December 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/31

Framwellgate Moor Lodge Account Book, January 1942 - July 1947 Quarterly. Contributions - Funds: General, DMA, MFGB, Local; Men's Local Expenditures; Funds: Local, Political, DMA, Other Purposes, Relief Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 241

Frankland Lodge Minute Book, 20 August 1944 - 10 March 1947 Indexed. 6 pages only Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 171 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Frankland Lodge, Contributions Book, December 1947 - September 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/1

Frankland Lodge, receipts and payment book, fortnight ending 25 February 1944 - fortnight ending 12 October 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/8

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 5 February 1879 - 6 December 1881 Partially indexed. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 172

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 20 September 1882 - 26 August 1885 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 173

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 24 September 1885- 4 January 1888 Cover has become detached Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 174

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 8 January 1888 - 23 September 1889 1 loose sheet being a memo about 'agreement no. 4' and a checklist Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 175

[Hamsteels] Lodge Minute Book, 16 October 1889 - 7 April 1892 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 222

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 6 July 1892 - 3 June 1896 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 237 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 1 July 1896 - June 1899 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 238 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 28 June 1899 - 4 June 1902 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 176

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 6 August 1902 - 19 July 1905 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 239 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 16 August 1905 - 2 December 1908 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 177

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 16 December 1908 - 24 June 1911 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 227

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 21 June 1916 - 30 March 1918 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 240 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 10 April 1918 - 30 July 1919 Loose printed sheet listing Dates of Joint Committee Meeting for Durham Coal Mining Federation Association [no year]; and handwritten list of names marked 'F' and 'S'. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 178

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 7 August 1919 - 1 July 1921 Loose printed DMA leaflet concerning war wage and overtime, 30 July 1920. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 179

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 5 September 1923 - 12 October 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 180

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 9 November 1927 - 7 December 1983 (gap from 6 November 1929 - 18 April 1934, possibly due to seam closures, dates are given for meetings 6 November 1929 - 9 April 1930 with some listed as no attendance, a special meeting was held 18 April 1931) Some loose pages Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 236

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 21 December 1938 - 14 September 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 181

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 24 September 1941 - 9 August 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 182

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 6 September 1944 - 23 December 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 183

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 7 January 1948 - 17 May 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 184

Hamsteels Lodge Minute Book, 23 May 1951 - 22 March 1953 loose circulars from Sam Watson, general Secretary National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area), Red Hill, Durham concerning the Notification of Inquests on members with a list of coroners, 13 February 1946, and Pioneer Certificates for fifty years' continuous membership of the DMA, 1 December 1950. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 185

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 January 1944 - fortnight ending 28 September 1945 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure for general fund, local fund, political fund, Conishead sick fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/4

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 26 October 1945 - fortnight ending 5 November 1948 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure for general fund, local fund, political fund, Conishead sick fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/10

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending [5 November 1948] - week ending 16 December 1949 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure From 7 October 1949 these details are duplicated in D/DMA 17/41/23 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/12

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, week ending 7 October 1949 - week ending 22 March 1951 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure Until 16 December 1949 these details are duplicated in D/DMA 17/41/22 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/13

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, week ending 9 October 1949 - week ending 3 April 1953 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/11

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1951 - fortnight ending 20 March 1953 Lists fortnightly income (national contributions by full and half members, district contributions, national political levy, district political levy and local fund contributions) and expenditure (sums retained or transferred to head office, for national, district and political funds) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/4

Hamsteels Lodge, receipts and payments book, week ending 16 April 1951 - week ending 3 April 1953 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/14

Hamsteels Colliery, List of Cavils Drawn, 27 March 1944 - 20 December 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/7

Hamsteels Lodge, Detailed cash payments sheets, fortnight ending 27 January 1951 - fortnight ending 26 December 1952 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/41/23A Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc 2157(D)) Box 327/11

Hamsteels Lodge, Quarterly financial statement, quarter ending 20 march 1953952 Previously enclosed in D/DMA 17/41/23A Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc 2157(D)) Box 327/11

Hamsteels Lodge, Statement of accounts and balance sheet, half year ending 20 March 1953 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/41/23A Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc 2157(D)) Box 327/11

Hamsteels Lodge, Financial statement of cash and bank transactions, n.d. [?1953] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/41/23A Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc 2157(D)) Box 327/11

J. Gilliland, Durham Miners' Association, to the Secretary of Hamsteels Lodge, concerning 'the examination of a place after an accident' and quoting the Mines Act, 29 May 1936 Originally numbered in D/DMA 17/41/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 182

Hamsterley Lodge, members' contributions book, 7 January - 24 June 1966, 6 January - 23 June 1967 Gives fortnightly subscriptions under the following headings: national general, national political, district general, district political, local fund, other local funds, arrears Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 336/2

Hamsterley Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 21 February 1964 - 22 September 1967 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 336/1

Hamsterley Colliery, Pay book, 5 March 1966 - 5 January 1968

Plan of underground workings at Harraton Colliery, Maudlin Seam, Whitehouse District n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 287/11

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 28 April - 27 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/32

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 1-14 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/33

Papers relating to the future of Hawthorn Combine Collieries, including table of coal output statistics and capital investment, 1980 - 1985, April 1986 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 244 160

Hedleyhope Lodge Minute Book, 14 August 1958 - 18 May 1959 Final meeting due to colliery closure held 18 May 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 186

Hedleyhope Lodge, lodge secretary's receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 21 March 1958 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/13

Hedleyhope Lodge, lodge secretary's general fund account book, fortnight ending 19 September 1958 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/4

Hedleyhope Lodge, lodge secretary's political fund receipts and payments book, 20 September 1946 - 26 May 1961 Lists fortnightly political fund income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/10

Hedleyhope Lodge, [lodge secretary's] political fund account book, fortnight ending 28 September 1951 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/5

Hedleyhope Lodge, lodge secretary's local banner fund account book, fortnight ending 1 November 1946 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/10

Hedleyhope Lodge, [lodge treasurer's] receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 21 March 1958 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/9

Hedleyhope Lodge, [lodge treasurer's] local banner fund account book, fortnight ending 27 December 1957 - fortnight ending 26 May 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/11

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 12-21 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/35

Hedley Pit Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 6 January 1956 - fortnight ending 14 September 1956 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure for the following accounts: general fund, political fund, benevolent fund, aged miners' fund, Conishead fund, local fund With list of death benefit payments at back of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/8

Hedley Pit, Cavilling Rules, 1895 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 1/16

Reports of accidents at Herrington Colliery, 1973 - 1985 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 287/6

Photograph of 17 men, sitting and standing in 2 rows in the open air, with grass in front of them and trees and plants behind them, taken by W.H. Harvey & Son, 22a Green Street, South Shields, 1938 Annotated on reverse: Heworth Lodge Committee, 1938, and Joe Hall Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/18

'Heworth Colliery: Cavilling Rules', 1900 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/1

'Fanny Pit, DMA: Agreement, Conditions, and Prices for Working Gateway and Back Bye Stone Work', printed by Amos Almond, Printer, High Street, Felling, 7 April 1915 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/3

'Fanny Pit: Cavilling Rules for Fillers', printed by Stephen H. Wilson, Gateshead, 20 November 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/4

'DMA Heworth Lodge: Rules for Conveyor Pulling', printed by Robert Heslop, Printer, High Street, Felling, n.d. [1930s] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/14

'Heworth Coal Company Limited: Instructions to Coal Cutters', by S. Southern, Manager, printed by Amos Almond, Printer, Felling, March 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/6

Heworth Colliery: Rules for Stonemen Working at Canches, printed by Robt. Heslop, Printer, Felling-on-Tyne, August 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/10

'Heworth Colliery: Rules for Coal Cutters', printed by Robert Heslop, Printer, Felling-on-Tyne, 11 November 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/12

'Heworth Colliery: Hewers', Fillers' Arc Wall and Conveyor Cavilling Rules', printed by Robert Heslop, Printer, Felling, 4 May 1939 At end: annotation concerning class of work that should be claimed for, 20 May [1939] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/13

Hobson Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 30 December 1966 - quarter ending 30 September 1977 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure, 30 December 1966 - 30 September 1977, in the following accounts: local, local purposes (to 27 March 1969), political (to 27 March 1969), aged miners (to 27 March 1969); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 30 December 1966 - 30 June 1967, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death nomination fees; payments - one-fifth, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits, local officers' commissions, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/7

Hobson Lodge, plaque noting 'A Token of Respect and Deepest Sympathy from Members of Hobson Miners' Lodge, D.M.A., n.d. [c.1900] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 1353(D))

Horden Lodge Minute Book, 23 May 1963 - 29 July 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 239

Horden Lodge Housing Committee, Meetings Minute Book, 6 June 1955 - 31 March 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/1

Correspondence, between the Secretary, Horden Lodge, Mr Bartley, [NCB], and Mr Orton concerning the arrangement of an Urgency Committee Meeting regarding the price for Pulling , n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/15

Whitburn colliery: agreements and arbitration including miscellaneous correspondence, 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67 13

Horden Colliery, Aged Miners' Homes, list of occupiers, 5 September 1925 - c1936 At end: list of applications for entrance to Aged Miners' Homes, 1926 - 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 309/4

Horden Colliery, Aged Miners' Homes, list of men employed over the age of 65 years of age, n.d.; list of men in the Hutton Seam over 65 years of age who have received notice, Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/50/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 309/5

Horden Lodge, Corresponding Secretary's letter book, 15 June 1960 - 15 October 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/3

Horden Lodge, Corresponding Secretary's letter book, 4 November 1965 - 2 July 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/4

Horden Lodge, Corresponding Secretary's letter book, 7 July 1966 - 23 February 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/5

Horden Lodge, Corresponding Secretary's letter book, 26 February 1967 - 28 June 1967 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/6

List of men working in the Hutton Seam who have received notice, 4 August 1937 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 18/4/31 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 309/6/1

Correspondence concerning an Urgency Committee case, 11 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/37

Miner's pick, with attached note, 'This pick and shaft was the property of one Simpson Bellerby who was paid off in 1930 when the Fanny Pit, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, was closed down. Like many more he went to the coastal collieries. He went to Horden where he was fatally injured by a fall of stone in 1934.' Formerly numbered as D/DMA 329/23

Hylton Lodge Minute Book, 8 July 1908 - 8 June 1911 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 229

Hylton Lodge Minute Book, 9 January 1914 - 25 June 1916 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 231

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 7-19 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/39

Kibblesworth Lodge, Agreements, Awards, 30 July 1890 - 18 April 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 189/1

Lambton Lodge Minute Book, 2 January 1930 - 3 September 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/2

Lambton Lodge Minute Book, 6 September 1933 - 23 September 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/3

Election of averages takers, n.d. [c.1930] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/53/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/2(1)

Lambton Lodge Welfare Committee Minute Book, 14 May 1928 - 6 October 1966 Contains meeting minutes including relating to men being sent to Conishead Priory Convalescent Home; Aged Miners' Homes; Pit Baths Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/1

Lambton Lodge Scrapbook and Papers, c. November 1928 - July 1972 Scrapbook of newspaper photos and cuttings and loose cuttings from papers including Sunderland Echo and Northern Echo re: closure of Lambton 'D' Pit, c. February 1965; other loose papers re: closure of 'D' Pit - incoming correspondence from anonymous, 18 January [1965]; Incoming correspondence from NUM (Durham Area) includes communication from Divisional Coal Board, 4 January 1965, re: Lambton 'D' Colliery Reorganisation Scheme includes communication from the Industrial Relations Director of the Divisional Coal Board; Lambton 'D' Colliery Proposed Redundancy List, [c. 1963 and 1964]; 'The Life and Death of a Pit' by a 'Retired Ex Miner', no date; Agreement Lambton 'D' Colliery re: Fillers Duties, 14 December, no year; Incoming and draft outgoing correspondence with NUM (Durham Area) re: history of Lambton Lodge Banner, c. July 1972 for book by W.A. Moyes; Circular from DCFMB re: Colliery Rest Days , 16 April 1964; Prices for North 5/4 seam, November 1928; General Rules, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/4

Wooden 'crake' [similar to a 'football rattle'], n.d. Used by 'callers' ('criers') employed to make announcements for the colliery management Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/5

Election of lodge officers for 1934 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/53/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 328/3(1)

Lanchester Colliery Rating Appeals, 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/20

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 20 April 1909 - 12 June 1911 Indexed Loose material: 'Durham County Mining Federation Association, Minutes of Board Meeting, 29 May 1910, handwritten list of names inside Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 228

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 18 May 1916 - 25 July 1918 Minute book listing minutes of General, Special, Committee and Annual meetings Minutes begin on page 1 and run through to the end of the book before returning to the beginning and running through the index. The front section is torn and minutes between 24 January 1918 and 15 March 1918 are missing. Front cover is loose Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 233 1 volume, leather quarter-bound

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 9 January 1919 - 12 March 1920 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 234

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 28 December 1923 - 20 December 1924 Both covers are detached Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 235

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 26 December 1924 - 27 May 1926 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 1 May 1930 - 21 April Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 188

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 28 April 1932 - 2 June 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 189

Langley Park Lodge Minute Book, 7 June 1934 - 25 June 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 190

Mineworkers' Local Federation Board circular concerning benefits, September 1908 (with annotations) Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/1

Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham Miners' Association, Joint Committee Rules amended 19 December 1913 (with annotations) Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/2

Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham Miners' Association, Conciliation Board, Constitution, amended 6 November 1914 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/3

Durham Miners' Association, programme of Annual Council Meeting, 12 December 1925, with annotations by delegate (G. Bamborough) Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/4

Durham Miners' Association, minutes of Committee Meeting, 28 December 1925 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/5

Durham Miners' Association, minutes of Committee Meeting, 5 January 1926 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/6

Letter from Peter Lee, Durham Miners' Association, to the Secretary of Langley Park Lodge, concerning financial contributions made during the General Strike, 19 May 1926 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/55/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 187/7

Ludworth Lodge Papers and Correspondence, 1888 - 1920 Agreements of hewing prices subject to approval by the Joint Committee, 12 January 1900, 1 May 1893, 30 March 1897, 21 February 1900, 2 December 1901; Agreement of canch price subject to approval by the Joint Committee, 6 May 1901; Agreement of pony putting prices, 14 April 1902; Agreement of hand putting price subject to approval by the Joint Committee, 21 June 1901; Minutes of Joint Committee, 23 November 1899; Reports of Arbitration and Award re: fixing of prices and conditions, 7 May 1888; c. February 1916, c. April 1920, c. January 1918; Rules for the Regulation of Cavils at Ludworth Colliery, no date; Cavilling Rules for Ludworth Colliery, no date; correspondence from Wheatley Hill Lodge re: men who have moved to Ludworth and have paid into the fatal accident fund at Wheatley Hill, 17 January 1915; correspondence from Wheatley Hill Lodge agreeing to link up the fatal accident fund for 2 years, 8 February 1915 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 14/4/5 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 247/1

Unidentified lodge [Lumley 6th], minute book of general, committee and special meetings, 13 June 1956 - 28 May 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 301/1

Unidentified lodge [Lumley 6th], minute book of general, committee and special meetings, 25 June 1958 - 3 June 1960 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 302

Unidentified lodge [Lumley 6th], minute book of general, committee and special meetings, 18 June 1960 - 8 September 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 303

Unidentified lodge [Lumley 6th], minute book of general, committee and special meetings, 22 September 1962 - 26 December 1964 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 304

Lumley Lodge, receipts and payments book, 5 January 1962 - 8 October 1965 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local purposes, weigh (to 17 August 1962), aged miners' homes, political levy, sick, benevolent, general (to 30 March 1962), Christmas treat fund; (2) six-monthly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - full, half, national political fund, district, district political fund; payments - 1/5 national, district local purposes (later 1/8 less 1/5), deaths, financial secretary and committee, average taken, political levy retained, auditors, due to area treasurer Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 230

Letter from George Garland, Secretary, Lambton Lodge, Miners' Hall, Fence Houses, to the Secretary, Lumley Lodge, concerning the dates of the annual holidays for Herrington, Philadelphia, Lumley and Lambton collieries in 1947, 10 November 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/57/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 301/2

Notes of a committee meeting held on 31 January 1948, endorsed with a note to the secretary, n.d. [1948] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/57/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 301/3

Durham Miners Association, Lumley 6th Pit, Income and Expenditure Account Book for Aged Miners Fund, September 1936 - July 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/7

Aged miners' Christmas pay-out book for an unidentified lodge [Lumley], 1962-1964 Lists recipients of Christmas pay-out by initial letter of surname, giving names, addresses and signatures Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 233/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Aged miners' Christmas pay-out list for an unidentified lodge [Lumley], December 1965 Lists recipients of Christmas pay-out Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/57/9 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 233/2

Lumley 6th Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 5 September 1959 - week ending 17 June 1961 Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross wages and earnings per shift, under the following headings: pony putting, pulling-up, drilling, long wall cutting, arc wall cutting, stonework/stonemen, conveyor filling, electric drilling, plating-up, pneumatic picks. The following seams are listed: Cocken Brass Thill, Pit Brass Thill, Low Main, Maudlin, Cocken Five-Quarter, and Hutton. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 232/1

Lumley 6th Colliery, weekly pays book, week ending 24 June 1961 - week ending 28 March 1964 Lists recipients of pay, giving names, numbers of shifts worked, gross wages and earnings per shift, under the following headings: conveyor fillers, arc wall cutting, pneumatic picks pony putting, electric drilling, pulling-up, long wall coal cutting, stonemen, development. The following seams are listed: Hutton, Low Main, Cocken Brass Thill, Coal, Whitehouse Low Main, and Cocken Low Main. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 231 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Lumley 6th Colliery, summary of wages for the quarter ending 1 April 1961 Lists numbers of shifts worked, gross wages, amount of offtakes, gross average earnings per shift and nett average earnings per shift for hewers with pneumatic picks, ordinary fillers, conveyor fillers, putters, coal cutters, drillers, pullers up and stonemen. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/57/10 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 232/2

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Mainsforth Colliery Miners' Welfare Fund: Balance sheet and Statement of Accounts, 1 January - 29 December 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 53/3

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 25 February - 22 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/41

Malton Lodge, receipts and payments book, 4 January 1957 - 22 September 1961 Lists quarterly income and expenditure for the local fund, local purposes fund ('O[ther] L[ocal] P[urposes] fund' from 28 March 1958) and DMA fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/6

Unidentified lodge [?Marley Hill Lodge], general fund account book, fortnight ending 25 December 1953 - fortnight ending 22 March 1963 Lists income and expenditure for the following accounts: general fund (25 December 1953 - 22 March 1963), political fund (8 January 1954 - 7 April 1961); and death claims paid (October 1954 - 22 March 1963) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/14

Marley Hill Colliery: Applicators for stonework prices, 4 and 12 November 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/10

Marley Hill, minutes re fixing prices for boardrooms, 22 December 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/19

Marley Hill, minutes, 13 February 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/25

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, December 1909 - 20 November 1910 Also includes attendance register of committee members; lodge appointees; list of Governors of Infirmary; List of lodge Trustees Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 26 November 1910 - 9 December 1911 Also includes attendance register of committee members; lodge appointees; list of Governors of Infirmary; List of lodge Trustees Lots of loose pages at back Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 10 December 1911 - 28 August 1912 Also includes attendance register of committee members; lodge appointees; list of Governors of Infirmary; List of lodge Trustees Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 1 September 1912 - 7 June 1913 Also includes attendance register of committee members; lodge appointees; list of Governors of Infirmary; List of lodge Trustees Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 8 June 1913 - 10 March 1914 Also includes attendance register of committee members; Marsden Lodge Election of Officers, June 1913; Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1913 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 11 March 1914 - 5 December 1914 Also includes attendance register of committee members; Marsden Lodge Election of Officers, June 1914 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 6 December 1914 - 20 November 1915 Also includes list of names for Aged Miners' Dinner, 19 December 1914; Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1914; Attendance of Officers and Committee for Six Months Ending December 1914 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/7i Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 21 November 1915 - 18 November 1916 Loose material: letter re: member needing spectacles after an accident; agenda and notes for a meeting, no date Also includes Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1915; Attendance of Officers and Committee for Eleven Months Ending November 1915 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 19 November 1916 - 30 September 1917 Also includes Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1916; Attendance of Officers and Committee for Twelve Months Ending November 1916 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 6 October 1917 - 21 July 1918 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/10 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 29 November 1919 - 29 August 1920 Also includes Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1919; Attendance of Officers and Committee for Twelve Months Ending November 1919 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/11 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Marsden Lodge Minute Book, 4 September 1920 - 15 May 1921 Loose material: handwritten draft of proposal that DMA should sever ties with the Amsterdam Federation of Unions and join the International Council of Trade and Industrial Unions, no date; handwritten draft of resolution for Council Programme re: Agents' wages, no date Also includes Marsden Lodge Election of Officers and Positions Contested, December 1920; Attendance of Officers and Committee for Twelve Months Ending November 1920 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/12 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

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Minutes: Marsden Lodge, 11 June 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/6

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Marsden Lodge Loose Papers from Minute Book Marsden Lodge Cavilling Rules, Whitburn Colliery, 1915; Marsden Colliery, rules re: Collections at the Pay Offices in aid of Men and Boys who are off work through Sickness or Accident, 10 July 1911; Rules of the Durham Aged Mine-workers' Homes Association, adopted at the General Meeting of Delegates held at Durham 15 November 1913, printed G. Bailes, 1914; Durham Coal Owners' Association and Joint Committee Rules as Amended to 19 December 1913; Durham Coal Owners' Association and Conciliation Board, as amended 6 November 1914; Outgoing circulars from Marsden Lodge re: motion being kept off Council Programme, May 1915 and 28 June 1915; Notes re: ballot taking rules at Marsden Lodge, no date; notes from a meeting including nominations for appointees, no date Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/7ii Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

'Durham Miners' Association: Marsden Lodge: Scale to Regulate Wages by Setting the Price of Coals, November 1917' Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/4

Correspondence, between the National Coal Board, Northern Division, Newcastle-upon Tyne and Marsden Lodge concerning the arrangement of an Urgency Committee meeting to discuss an application for increased wages for tipping stone on the Surface Tip, 6 January 1949 - 10 February 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/10

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 20 June - 14 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/42

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 7 July - 10 August 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/43

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 4 October 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/44

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 1 - 16 November 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/45

Draft minutes, n.d. [c.1920] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/61/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 327/8(1)

Metal Bridge Lodge Minute Book, 9 May 1954 - 25 November 1961 Also includes minutes from Higher Management meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 330/1

Metal Bridge Lodge Minute Book, 16 December 1961 - 28 March 1971 Loose material: incoming correspondence from - Solicitors re: members' accidents, 14 December 1967; Durham Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association re: home for member, 15 November 1967; Circulars - from DCMFB re: Scheme for Accident Benefits for Part-Time Rescue Brigade Men, 28 August 1970; 2 from NUM (Durham Area) re: Union's Claim - Wages, September 1970, re: Special Fee issue of 'The Miner', 28 September 1970; copy of Labour TUC Information Broadsheet, Special, November 1970 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 330/2

Metal Bridge Lodge Papers, 8 January 1961 - 2 October 1969 Circulars from DCMFB, 22 November 1961 - 1 March 1962, 30 April 1965, 11 April 1969; Circulars from NUM (Durham Area) - 15 November 1961 - 5 March 1962, 15 April 1965; Circular and correspondence from NUM (Durham Area) re: Autumn School at Ruskin College, 13 May 1969 - 12 September 1969; re: May Day Message, 1 May 1965; re: Method of Electing NUM Sponsored Parliamentary Candidates, 23 April 1965; Incoming correspondence from NUM (Durham Area) - re: allocation of Non-Turn Houses, 21 October 1961; re: Seam Prices, 8 January 1961; re: University of Durham Summer School, 21 April 1965; Circular from NCB Durham Division re: Payment of Face Allowance to Craftsmen, 7 November 1961; Incoming correspondence from NCB Durham Division - re: Multi-shotfiring - East Winning, 20 November 1961, re: Trade Union Business, 20 November 1961; re: minor changes to overcome so difficulties at Metal Bridge; re: warning of absenteeism of lodge member, 4 January 1962; Other circulars - from the National Council of Labour Colleges December 1961 - March 1962; from Conishead Priory convalescent Home re: admission, 15 April 1965; from Trades Union Congress, Regional Education Advisory Commission re: Northern Trade Union Quiz Championship; Metal Bridge Drift Minutes of the Safety Committee Meeting, 6 June 1961 - 27 October 1964; Metal Bridge Drift Minutes of Consultative Committee, 11 July 1961 - 22 December 1964, includes Absenteeism figures for March 1964 - June 1964; Metal Bridge Drift Minutes of Deputations Held, 18 October 1961, 31 December 1962; Joint Agreed Examples of the Operation of the Agreement, no date; Agreements - between NCB and NUM with NACODS, 6 March 1961 - 17 October 1961; between NCB and NUM, 12 October 1961 - 18 January , Draft Supplemental Agreement to the Revision of the Wages Structure Agreement of 20 April 1955, 2 October 1969;between NCB Durham Division and Metal Bridge Drift re: conditions and prices for different faces, 19 February 1962, no date; Notes on cavils, January 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 330/3

Manpower: Metal Bridge drift, n.d. (c.1959) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/32

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Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 11 - 25 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/47

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 8 November 1921 - 16 February 1930 (gap from 20 April 1926 - 20 November 1926) Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 308

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 20 February 1930 - 18 September 1934 Lists of officials and committee members and positions held for each year at front of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 309

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 20 September 1934 - 25 May 1944 Lists of officials and committee members and positions held for 1934 and 1935 at back of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 310

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 30 June 1944 - 20 July 1954 List of 3 incidents at colliery: 2 fatal accidents 20 November and 28 December, 1944 and non-fatal accident 12 March 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 311

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 21 July 1954 - 24 December 1960 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 312

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 31 December 1960 - 1 October 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 333/1

Murton Lodge Minute Book, 2 October 1963 - 4 June 1966 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 333/2

Murton Miners' Hall Trustee Committee and Murton Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings Minute Book, September 1936 - June 1965 Miners' Hall Trustee Committee Meetings, September 1936 - June 1965, contains: hire charges, payments to caretaker, maintenance and usage of hall, minutes end with sale of hall and land; Aged Miners' Homes Committee Meetings, lists of men's turns for Homes, some names of men entering or leaving Homes, maintenance of Homes, sales of land, to 1938 - issues re: building of Aged Miners' Hostel, minutes end with running of homes being handed over to the Murton Mining Federation Committee. Volume begins with Trustee minutes to May 1959, complete run of Aged Miners' minutes, Trustee minutes continue Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 313

Murton Aged Miners' Homes Papers and Correspondence, March 1936 - February 1940 (single letter from September 1933) Income and expenditure for maintenance fund and building fund, 1937 ; Return form with list of Murton miners selected for two weeks and Conishead Convalescent Home, May 1939; incoming correspondence from: Hays & Gray Chartered Architects and Surveyors, Longden, Mann & Hodnett Solicitors, Durham Aged Miners' Association, Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd and the Rural District Council of Easington re: building, furnishing and financing of a new Aged Miners' Single Men's Hostel, November 1936 - May 1939; from Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd and Durham Aged Miners' Association re: the sale of land to establish a branch of the Co-operative Shop near the new Hostel, May 1939 - June 1939; other correspondence includes: vacancies in other Aged Miners' Homes, Painting of Homes, maintenance charges for tenants of Homes, building of a public convenience in the Memorial Park; receipts for deposits into the from Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, November 1936 - March 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 325/1

Letters received by Murton Miners' Lodge, 5 April 1929 - 8 October 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 320

Letters received by Murton Miners' Lodge, 22 January 1934 - 7 December 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 321

List of men employed in Murton Colliery in the 5/4 Seam, Yard Seam, Low Seam in East Pit, West Pit as Middle Pit, c.1957 - c.1965 The date 1957 and 1965 are added in a late hand Gives the names of the men employed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 314

List of men employed in Murton Colliery in the Harvey Flat Conveyors Seam, P.L.M. Flat Con Pickme Seam, Six Weeks Flat, 24 May 1963 - 17 September 1965 Gives the names of men employed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 315

List of men employed in Murton Colliery in the Yard Flat Conveyor Seam, 5/4 Flat Conveyor Seam, Six Weeks Flat, 15 November 1963 - 17 September 1965 Gives the names of the men employed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 316

Award by Humphrey H. Morgans re: Koepe Winder Plant, Murton Colliery, objection to proposed Special Regulation, July 1937 Explanation of situation, Notes of the hearing between the Murton Colliery Owners and the Workmen held 27 July 1937, report on visit to the Koepe Winding Plant, 27 July 1937, the Award given Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 325/2

Agreement concerning Murton Colliery, as follows: Pulling Arrangement, 6 April 1979 Stonemen, 29 April 1940 - 11 July 1941 Air Wall Filling, 29 April 1940 - 6 May 1943 Air Wall Cutting, 29 April 1940 - 3 March 1943 Stone Caunches, 1 April 1941 Pneumatic Picks, 8 July 1941 - 10 August 1941 Harvey Stone, 20 June 1944 - 12 January 1945 Filling coal after arcwall coal cutting machines; cutting with compressed air driven coal cutting machines; drilling with compressed air driven drilling machines for Cardox Shells; plating in arcwall places; pony putting, 31 October 1945 Bottom Cutting; Longwall Conveyor Filling; arcwall filling; 1947 - 1955 Stonework, 7 February 1948 - 13 March 1948 Belt Conveyor Pulling and Drawing, 9 - 13 January 1954 Belt Conveyor Pulling and Drawing, 9 -13 January 1954 Longwall Conveyor Filling, 12 and 28 April 1954; 3 February 1958 Traffic Managers; shaft siding lads, 26 September 1955 Hand filling into tubs; arcwall system; onsetters and banksmen; shaft siding lads; 13 June 1955 - 1 March 1956 Pulling and drawing, 4 June 1956 Banksmen and Onsetters, 8 October 1957 Pulling and drawing, 9 January 1954 and 14 October 1960 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 317

Agreements concerning Murton Colliery, as follows: Moving Up and Drawing, 6 April 1939 - 21 April 1939 Pony Putting, 3 June 1940 Pneumatic Picks, 4 September 1940 - 15 January 1953 Drilling Conveyor, 11 December 1940 - 8 September 1961 Plating UP, 29 January 1940 - 3 March 19434 Green Timber, 27 February 1945 - 9 October 1959 Drilling Arc Wall, 29 April 1940 - 5 March 1943 Five Quarter. 1st East, 1st North Composite Work, 26 July 1940 - 16 February 1949 Conveyor Cutting, 11 December 1940 - 29 August 1955 5/4 Conveyor South, 3 March 1943 Drilling of connecting places between Shortwall Faces in the Yard Seam, 24 December 1946 - 1 April 1959 Fillers on Conveyor Faces, 30 June 1948 South East District Amendment to Pickwork Score Price, 16 February 1949 - 12 May 1953 Putting, 3 June 1940 - 2 September 1957 West Pit, Polka Law Main, South Hutton Seam Composite Work, 2 January 1952 - 29 August 1955 West Pit, Polka Hutton Seam - Gateway Work, 2 January 1952 Filling on to Conveyors in Longwall Working, 26 October 1953 - 17 May 1955 Pick Work, 29 August 1955 - 22 September 1961 Putters, 4 May 1956 - 14 December 1957 Measurement of Faces, 28 July 1959 - 7 December 1959 Filling on to conveyors for Longwall Working, 13 June 1955 - 8 November 1955 Fillers in the North Yard, South Yard, 12 April 1957 - 13 July 1957 Filling on to conveyors in Longwall work, 9 June 1961 - 19 February 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 318

Agreements concerning Murton Colliery, as follows: Breaking-up and Filling Coals out by Machines on to Shaker or Belt Conveyors in Longwall Workings in the Low Seam, North West Way District, 21 April 1939 Gateway Stonework, 29 April 1940 - 29 August 1955 Bolton Cutting, 26 July and 19 December 1940 Air Wall Cutting, 26 July 1940 - 5 April 1941 Bottom Cutting in Arcwall places in the Polka Law Seam, 5 April 1941 Gateway Stonework on Conveyor Units, 8 July 1941 Bottom cutting in Arcwall places in East Maudlin Seam, 1 August 1941 Filling Coals onto Shaker or Belt Conveyors in the Harvey Seam, 1 July 1944 Cutting with Electrical Longwall Machines; Drilling with Electrical Drilling Machines; filling Coals onto Conveyor Units, 14 July 1947 Notice of Urgency Committee concerning Stonework prices, 23 January 1948 Caunch Work, n.d. Gateway Stonework, 21 February 1951 Conveyor Filling Prices, 31 March 1952 Pulling and Drawing, 6 January 1954 Pulling and Drawing, 9 and 13 January 1954 Gateway Stonework, 3 October 1955 Building Strip Packs,1 November 1956 Drilling on Conveyor Belts, 16 December 1957 Pick Hewing and Conveyor Filling onto Conveyors, 25 March 1958 - 18 August 1958 Pullers, 14 and 18 December 1959 Pickwork and Conveyors, 4 April 1960 Loco Drivers, Checkweighmen, Coal Stone Bargains, 9, 11 and 20 June 1960 7/4 Pullers, 12 July - 14 October 1960 Polka Men Train, Polka Bargains, Tailgate Men, 27 January 1961 Side Policy, 6 March 1951 Longwall Pulling and Drawing, 8 May 1961 Gateway Stonemen, Pumpmen, Yard Seam Winning, Signals, 15 May 1961 Longwall Caunch, Signal Lamps, 5/4 North Measurement, 24 May 1961 Pulling and Drawing Agreement, 9 June 1961 Longwall Caunch, 9 June 1961 Yard Seam Conveyor Faces; Firecoal, 14 April 1961 - 29 November 1961 Pulling Drawing Agreement, 14 June 1961 - 4 November 1961 Longwall Belt conveyor Pulling, 25 July 1961 - 26 July 1961 Stonework, 14 June 1961 - 27 July 1961 Yard Seam Longwall Fillers, 29 August 1961 Pullers and Drawers, 9 -13 October 1961 Caunch Work and Cutting, Plating, Drilling, Filling of Coal, 8 December 1961 Longwall Filling, 23 January 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 319

Murton Colliery, interpretation of agreement, December 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/2

Collection of 6 Poems by H. Shaw, Murton Colliery [c.1970s] 'The Miners', 1972; 'Aberfan', no date; 'Ow'er The Field', no date; 'Ow'er The Field in Murton', no date, part 2 to 'Ow'er The Field'; 'The Good 'Ard Days', no date; 'Toil and Sweat', no date Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 325/3

New Brancepeth Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 31 December 1948 - fortnight ending 20 December 1957 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, district fund (to 24 December 1954), local fund (to 2 September 1955), other purposes fund (to 2 September 1955), political fund (to 2 September 1955), checkweigh fund (to 1 May 1953) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/13

New Brancepeth Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 19 August 1955 - fortnight ending 20 December 1957 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/16

Counterfoils of removal certificates from New Brancepeth Lodge, 30 April 1954 - post 18 February 1955 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/65/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/17 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Counterfoils of removal certificates from New Brancepeth Lodge, 26 April 1957 - 22 November 1957 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/65/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/18 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Membership return for New Brancepeth Lodge for 1957 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/65/2 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/19

number nor used Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 287/13

Newfield Lodge Cash book, 18 September 1922 - 8 January 1963 Includes: 'weigh fund'; 'local funds'; 'council fund'; 'political fund'; and 'general and sick fund' Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 1

New Hargill Hill Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 26 June 1959 - fortnight ending 10 June 1960 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: [general fund], political fund, local purposes fund, local fund, aged miners' levy, special levy, D.C.L. aged miners' homes, industrial injuries fund, benevolent fund, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/2

New Herrington, re method for fixing bargains, 7 January 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/21

New Herrington, minutes, 20 March 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/26

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 17 February 1944 - 1 February 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/48

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 31 January - 28 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/49

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 20 March - 20 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/50

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 19 March 1948 - 14 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/51

North Bitchburn Lodge Minute Book, 23 June 1937 - 10 October 1972 Final meeting due to colliery closure held 10 October 1972 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 191

Ouston 'E' Lodge Meetings, Minutes and Correspondence, 5 October 1950 - 8 April 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 267/7

Ouston East Lodge Minute Book, 23 July 1955 - 18 January 1959 Final meeting before majority of members left the colliery held 18 January 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 192

Unidentified lodge [probably Ouston E Lodge], receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 5 July 1957 - 25 April 1959 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, local purposes fund, local political fund, aged miners fund, medical charities fund, band fund (to 27 March 1959), aged miners Christmas treat fund (from 28 March 1958) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/2

Ouston E Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 3 January 1959 - fortnight ending 29 January 1960 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: [general fund], local fund, local purposes fund, local political fund, aged miners' fund, medical charities fund, band fund (to 19 December 1959), old peoples' treat fund (to 19 December 1959) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/7

Correspondence between J.C. Robinson, Financial Secretary, DMA; John Shotton, Treasurer, Ouston E Lodge; and Joseph McKenna, Financial Secretary, Ouston E Lodge; concerning the possible closure of Ouston E Lodge and the transfer of members to other lodges, 29 December 1959 - 8 January 1960 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/70/4 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/8

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 28 March - 29 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/52

Oxhill Lodge Minute Book, 6 August 1896 - 10 September 1903 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 223

Oxhill Lodge Minute Book, 24 September 1903 - 6 January 1910 Loose material: receipt from Royal Victoria School for the Blind, Benwell Dene, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Oxhill Lodge of Durham Miners for subscription for 1906, 3 January 1906 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 225

Oxhill Lodge Minute Book, 18 January 1910 - 25 May 1914 Indexed. Loose material: Durham County Mining Federation Association, Dates of Joint Committee Meetings, January 1914; circular giving a special book offer, 'History of Trade unionism' and 'Industrial Democracy', 14 September 1913; circular, 'The Strike at Chipping Norton', no date Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 230

Oxhill Lodge Minute Book, 2 June 1914 - 9 March 1915 Loose material: sealed, unaddressed envelope Final meeting due to colliery closure held 9 March 1915 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 232

Oxhill Lodge, account book, 20 September 1907 - 17 January 1913 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general, sick money paid, local fund expenditure, checkweigh fund, money sent to Durham, Whitley Home fund; with names of recipients of sick pay Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 327/7

Oxhill Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 3 January 1913 - fortnight ending 12 March 1915 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, checkweigh fund (to 11 September 1914), general (and sick) fund; with lists of recipients of sick payments Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 1 April 1898 - fortnight ending 11 September 1903 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/5

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 8 July 1898 - fortnight ending 8 September 1905 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/6

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 26 September 1902 - fortnight ending 14 June 1907 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/7

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 29 December 1906 - fortnight ending 2 September 1910 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/8

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 20 September 1907 - fortnight ending 22 December 1911 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/9

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 23 December 1910 - fortnight ending 13 March 1914 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/10

Oxhill Lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 3 July 1914 - fortnight ending 13 March 1915 Note ' Pit closed on Dec. 31 [19]14' Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/11

Penshaw Lodge No 3194, Annual Festival Programme, 20 February 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 269/4

Philadelphia Lodge, Dorothea Colliery - minutes of local deputation and agreements etc., 1956, 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/9

List of payments recorded on cards, July - December 1951 No names are given only numbers Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 67

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 21 March- 8 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/53

Ramshaw Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 3 January [1958] - fortnight ending 28 December 1962 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, one-fifth local purposes, one-eighth local purposes, political Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/10

Ramshaw Lodge, lodge secretary's receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 28 July 1961 - fortnight ending 28 December 1962 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, national political, district political, local fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/4

Ramshaw, re prices for driving drifts, 27 January 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/22

Ramshaw Colliery, re Moorhill Drift, 16 April 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/28

'Ravensworth 'Ann' and 'Betty' Pits: Cavilling Rules and General Information: Cavilling Rules Revised and agreed to, 3 July 1937; Cavilling Rules for Pneumatic Pick Hewers, 'Ann Pit', Busty Seam, 7 February 1942; Hewers, Maudlin and Hutton; Putters: Rules for the guidance of Putters' Cavils in Ann and Betty Pits'; Stonemen: Coal Cutters; General Information to Workmen concerning union membership and benefits; Supplementary Allowance; Scheduled Diseases; Rules Governing Ravensworth Medical Aid Fund; Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham Miners' Association: Overtime and Week-End Work, 2 January 1942; Basis Wages of Boys Working Underground: Agreement, 10 December 1941; table of Flat Rate Allowances for Clothes and Tools for Colliery Workers employed at collieries in the Durham Area; list of 'other items of expenditure' and list of 'Trade Union Contributions'; table of 'Piece Rate Classes' and table of 'Adult Datal Classes''; printed by Veitch, Printer, Durham, n.d., 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/9

Ravensworth Ann Pit - Towneley Seam: method of hoist and skip working, also, the Towneley seam, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/7

'Cases for Umpire': Ravensworth Park Drift, 6/4 seam; Ravensworth Betty, High Main; South Pelaw, Brass Thill seam, 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/6

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 21 -23 June 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/54

Rowlands Gill Lodge [?] (Blaydon Burn Colliery ?) Minute Book, 19 July 1954 - 6 January 1957 Final meeting due to colliery closure held 6 January 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 238

Rowlands Gill Lodge, General Fund, Local Fund, Political Fund, Income and Expenditure Book, 23 July 1954 - 18 January 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 305/7

Ryhope Lodge, receipts and payments book, 22 December 1967 - 16 November 1973 Lists local income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, political (to 11 June 1968), [death] grants (5 July 1968 - 25 October 1968), compensation expenses (5 July 1968 - 25 October 1968), area retention (5 July 1968 - 25 October 1968), returned to fund (5 July 1968 - 25 October 1968), local officers' commissions (5 July 1968 - 25 October 1968) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/12

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 2 -24 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/55

Pioneer's Diploma presented to Philip Elmy, to commemorate 50 years' membership of the Durham Miners Association, n.d. [c.1950] Philip Elmy was born 1887 and died 1961, aged 74. He worked at Ryhope Pit for more than 50 years. He was Ethel Pearce's grandfather

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, June 1932 - 2 September 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 193

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 2 September 1936 - 23 July 1937 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 194

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 10 August 1939 - 16 April 1941 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 195

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 17 April 1941 - 14 April 1943 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 196

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 15 April 1943 - 3 January 1945 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1943 and June 1944. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 197

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 10 January 1945 - 29 December 1946 Indexed Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1945 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 198

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 8 January 1947 - 9 March 1949 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 199

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 10 March 1949 - 23 May 1951 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 200

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 24 May 1951 - 28 May 1953 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 201

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 7 June 1953 - 2 June 1955 Indexed. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 202

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 5 June 1955 - 28 June 1956 Indexed Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 203

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 4 July 1956 - 22 May 1958 Indexed Loose material: hand written telegram giving notification of an 'unconstitutional work stoppage', 5 June 1957; 'Seaham Lodge N.U.M. (Durham Area) Proposed Agreement for Full Time Lodge Secretary', has two handwritten amendments; 'Seaham Lodge N.U.M. (Durham Area) Proposed Agreement for Full Time Lodge Secretary - drawn up by the Lodge Committee in accordance with instructions of the Annual Meeting, and recommended to the Special Meeting on Sunday, 2 June, 1957 for acceptance' - is fully signed and dated; Seaham Lodge DMA Election of Officers, June 1957; Invitation to nominate member for representative at 1958 Trades Union Congress, Invitation to nominate member for representative at 1958 National Union of Mineworkers' Annual Conference, Invitation to nominate member for representative at 1958 Labour Party Annual Conference, Invitation to nominate member for representative at 1960 National Union of Mineworkers' Annual Conference, Election of Labour Party Conference Representatives 1958 - First Vote [list of nominees]; Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 204

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 25 May 1958 - 3 April 1960 Indexed Loose material: Rota of turns for Executive and Conferences 1958 - 1962 (lodges); Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 205

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 6 January 1962 - 30 May 1963 Loose material: committee meeting minutes; Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 206

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 6 June 1963 - 24 June 1965 Indexed Loose material: Rota of turns for Executive and Conferences 1960 - 1969 (lodges); Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1963 and 1964 [page with committee meeting minutes dated 2 December 1965 moved to 208] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 207

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 27 June 1965 - 27 June 1967 Indexed. Book has been in contact with liquid and small amount of text is affected Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1965; circular 'National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area, Programme for Council Meeting, 17 June 1967; page of committee meeting minutes dated 2 December 1965 [moved from 207] - minutes are also written up in book Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 208

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 13 June 1967 -7 June 1969 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1966, 1967 and 1968; Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 209

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 21 June 1969 - 1 July 1971 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1970; circular 'National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area, Election of Executive Committee', 1971 Loose front cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 210

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 4 July 1971 - 2 July 1972 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1970; newspaper cutting - 'Deputies face human barrier as heat is turned on at Seaham', 1972, newspaper unknown Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 211

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 6 July 1972 - 31 January 1974 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1972; Loose front cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 212

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 7 February 1974 - 13 November 1975 Loose material: lodge contributions card for 1980 - 1988; circular N.U.M. Durham Area Special Area Conference, 9th April 1983; Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1973 and 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 213

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 20 November 1975 - 15 September 1977 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 214

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 22 September 1977 - 28 June 1979 Loose material: correspondence re: transfer of Seaham men on salvage work, 10 May 1979; Some loose pages Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 215

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 1 July 1979 - 16 July 1981 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1978 and 1980; circulars giving names of Gala speakers, 1980 and 1981; Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 216

Seaham Lodge Minute Book, 23 July 1981 - 26 January 1984 Loose material: Seaham Lodge DMA election of officers, June 1981 and 1982; correspondence re: incentive bonus, 16 January 1984 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 217

Seaham Lodge Minutes of Joint Meetings with Colliery Manager, 11 January 1945 - 6 February 1947 Indexed Contains: members attending meetings, details of matters discussed including working practices and wages Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 237

Seaham Aged Miners' and Associate Funds Committee Meeting minutes, 15 June 1973 - 26 October 1979 Contains: members attending meetings; correspondence and reports read; repairs and maintenance; bills to be paid; Widow's Coal scheme; decision was made to wind up the Widow's Coal scheme and to transfer funds to the Christmas fund, 1977 (no specific meeting date given); after 1973 the meetings occur once a year Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 240

Shildon Lodge Minute Book, 24 June 1955 - 25 June 1959 Final meeting due to colliery closure held 25 June 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 218

Shildon Lodge, lodge treasurer's political fund receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 29 March 1946 - fortnight ending 19 June 1959 Lists fortnightly political fund income and expenditure These details are duplicated in D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/9

Shildon Lodge, lodge secretary's political fund receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 5 July 1946 - fortnight ending 19 June 1959 Lists fortnightly political fund income and expenditure These details are duplicated in D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/8 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/8

Shildon Lodge, lodge treasurer's local fund receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 6 July 1956 - fortnight ending 19 June 1959 Lists fortnightly local fund income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/9

Shildon Lodge, [lodge secretary's] local fund receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 6 July 1956 - fortnight ending 19 June 1959 Lists fortnightly local fund income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/7

Correspondence and papers relating to Shotton Lodge and Shotton Colliery, including tonnage of coal produced, for weeks in August and September 1948, 1948; Plan of sections in East Coal Seam, as at 12 July 1948, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 322/20

Miners' Bond used at Shotton Colliery, 1860, signed by Peter Lee, 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/1

Silksworth Colliery, Account of Work Wrought in the No 2 North Pit, Maudlin Seam, 18 December 1909 - 1 January 1910 Includes names of hewers Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/12

Silksworth Colliery, Account of Work Wrought in the 5/4 Pit in the 5/4 seam, 1 January - 15 January 1910 Includes names of hewers Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/11

Number not used

South Moor No.1 Lodge, receipts and payments book, 26 March 1959 - 29 December 1961 Lists income and expenditure for the following accounts: [general], local fund, local purposes fund, political fund, aged miners, benevolent fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/3

South Moor No.2 Lodge, [?lodge treasurer's] receipts and payments book, 1 January 1959 - 26 January 1962 Lists quarterly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, political fund, aged miners' levy, special levy, D.C.L. aged miners' homes, industrial injuries fund, benevolent fund, local fund From 28 February 1959 these details are duplicated in D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/1

South Moor No.2 Lodge, lodge secretary's receipts and payments book, 28 February 1959 - 26 January 1962 Lists quarterly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, political fund, aged miners' levy, special levy, D.C.L. aged miners' homes, industrial injuries fund, benevolent fund, local fund These details are duplicated in D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/2

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 29 August - 21 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/56

South Pelaw Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 24 June 1977 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, political (to 3 January 1968), aged miners (to 11 December 1964); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death nominations; payments - one-fifth, district local purposes, political retention, death benefits (to 13 December 1963), local officers' commissions, average takers' allowance, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/7

List of deaths of South Pelaw Lodge death benefit beneficiaries, January 1975 - May 1976 Gives names, dates of death, ages , marital status and death benefits paid out Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/84/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/8

Spen Lodge, receipts and payments book, 29 January 1958 - 2 June 1961 Lists income and expenditure for the local fund, 29 January 1958 - 2 June 1961, and political fund, 12 September 1958 - 2 June 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/3

Spen Lodge, receipts book, fortnight ending 26 September 1958 - fortnight ending 30 June 1961 Lists income under the following headings: national general, district general, national political, district political, local purposes, district purposes, local Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/12

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 31 May - 12 August 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/57

Springwell Lodge Contributions Book, January 6 1950 - 3 February 1950 Fortnightly members' and widows' contributions to the following funds: National Political, District Political, Local, Other Local Funds Loose sheet of names and figures for week ending 3 February Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 242

'Springwell Colliery: Stonemen's and Face Canchmen's Cavilling Rules and Conditions', printed by R. Heslop, Printer, Felling, 3 June 1919 The Rules are annotated in an unidentified hand Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 329/2

Springwell Lodge contributions for week ending 3 February 1950 Previously enclosed in D/DMA 17/86/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 242

Unidentified lodge [?Stargate], receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 6 July 1962 - fortnight ending 5 July 1963 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, weigh fund, local fund, political fund, home fund, aged miners' homes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/14

Tanfield Lodge, Analysis of General Aged Miners Band Political Local and Hospital Funds, July 1955 - March 1964 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 267/1

Tanfield Lea Lodge, Income and Expenditure Account Book, August 1961 - March 1964 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/3

Thornley Colliery, Account of Work Wrought in the Coal Seam, No 15 Pay, 1869 Includes names of workmen Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/18

Thornley Colliery, Account of Work Wrought in the Coal Seam, No 19 Pay, 1869 Includes names of workmen Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/19

Thrislington Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 January 1966 - fortnight ending 14 January 1969 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure, 1 April 1966 - 14 January 1969, in the following accounts: local, political, convalescent (to 29 December 1967), hospital and infirmary (to 27 September 1968), inspectors (to 30 September 1967); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 7 January 1966 - 29 December 1967, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political; payments - national one-fifth, district local purposes ('one-eighth district' from 6 January 1967), political retained, deaths, local officers' commissions, average takers, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/5

Thrislington Colliery, Cavilling Rules, revised April 1927, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/9

'Is Water Wet', allegory written by an anonymous author on the theme on the claim for wet payments by timber leaders travelling road five quarter seam in Thrislington Colliery, c1950s Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/6

Towneley Lodge Minute Book, 24 June 1919 - 26 July 1923 Contains: movers and seconders; charity appeals and associations supported, e.g. Aged Miners' Homes; correspondence and reports read; issues to raise with management or Durham on behalf of members; working practices; welfare of members; wage issues Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 243 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Towneley Lodge Minute Book, 9 August 1923 - 26 June 1924 Contains: movers and seconders; charity appeals and associations supported, e.g. Aged Miners' Homes; correspondence and reports read; issues to raise with management or Durham on behalf of members; working practices; welfare of members; wage issues Has list of officials for 1924 written in front Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 244 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Towneley Lodge Minute Book, 14 May 1967 - 20 April 1969 Loose material: 'Dipton and Burnopfield District Mines Inspector's Association' ballot paper for officials and committee members for 1968 - 1969 Also includes final meeting due to colliery closure held 20 April 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 219

Circular, issued by Towneley Lodge of the DMA, defending Sam Cotterill, one of its members, 6 July, n.y. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/25

Towneley Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 31 December 1965 - 25 April 1969 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure, 31 December 1965 - 25 April 1969, in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political, aged miners (to 1968); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 31 December 1965 - 30 June 1967, under the following headings: receipts - full, halves, national political, re-entrance fees, district, district political, returned monies, death nomination fees; payments - national local purposes, district local purposes, political levy retained, death benefits, local officers' commissions, average takers, local auditors; (3) banking transactions, 30 December 1965 - 25 April 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/6

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 28 March - 14 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/58

Bill of Costs paid by the DMA to Patrick Bennett, Maddison and Wainwright, solicitors, on behalf of Trimdon and East Hetton Lodge, concerning compensation for miners, employed by Walter Scott Ltd. (in liquidation), 22 August 1934 - 6 October 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 321/4

Tursdale Lodge, receipts and payments book, 31 March 1944 - 12 April 1946 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/2

Twizell Burn Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 9 November 1956 - fortnight ending 26 September 1958 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political levy, West Pelton aged miners' homes, Christmas treat fund With statement of accounts at 10 October 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 298/4

Ushaw Moor Lodge, account balances book, fortnight ending 1 January 1960 - fortnight ending 17 March 1967 Shows fortnightly balances on the following accounts: local fund, weigh fund (to 22 April 1960), political fund, aged miners' fund (to 24 March 1961), gala fund (to 1 July 1960, and 7 April - 14 July 1961) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/7

Ushaw Moor Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 30 September 1966 - fortnight ending 23 December 1966 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local fund, political fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/5

Letter from G. Connor, Ushaw Moor. concerning the roofing of Ushaw Moor Miners' Institute, 22 April 1947 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 1 February 1883 - 12 February 1891 Includes attendance register of committee members, movers and seconders Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 2 July 1892 - 26 June 1894 Includes register of committee members, movers and seconders Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 27 June 1894 - 13 November 1895 Includes register of committee members, movers and seconders Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/3 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 19 April 1898 - 29 June 1899 Also Includes register of committee members, movers and seconders, minutes from Stonemen's meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/4 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 11 July 1899 - 8 August 1901 Also includes register of committee members, movers and seconders; minutes from Stonemen's and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/5 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 16 December 1901 - 18 December 1902 Also includes register of committee members, minutes from Stonemen's, Cavilling and Quarterly meetings. Has no front or back cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/6 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 20 December 1902 - 14 June 1904 Also includes register of committee members, minutes from Stonemen's and Quarterly meetings. Front cover and first few pages are coming loose Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/7 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 14 June 1904 - 15 March 1906 Also includes minutes from Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Front cover is coming loose Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/8 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 5 February 1909 - 15 April 1910 Loose material: pamphlet, DMA Rules, revised January 1904; 2 completed DMA Proposal Form, To be Filled in by Persons wishing to become Members for Death and Sick Allowance (For Unmarried Men), 27 September 1909, Correspondence from management re: 8 Hours Act, 25 November 1909, 3 Doctor's notes for named members, printed DMA Minutes of Committee Meeting, 21 September 1909; Also includes minutes from a Hall Committee meeting and Federation meeting as well as Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/9 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 1 August 1917 - 4 June 1919 Includes quarterly averages for September 1917 - December 1918; minutes from Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/10 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 10 June 1919 - 23 March 1921 Includes quarterly averages for June 1919 - December 1920 (some gaps); minutes from Cavilling, Joint Band and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/11 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 30 March 1921 - 10 October 1923 Loose material: Two Doctor's notes for named members; Includes quarterly averages for September 1921 - June 1923; minutes from Cavilling, Joint Band and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/12 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 19 October 1928 - 24 June 1931 Includes quarterly averages for March 1928 - May 1931 (some gaps); minutes from Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Loose pages at front Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/13 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 14 April 1934 - 10 February 1937 Includes quarterly averages for February 1934 - November 1936; Durham Gala Levy Discussions, 9 August 1931 - 16 August 194[2]?, separate before minutes; minutes from Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/14 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 12 February 1937 - 30 August 1939 Includes quarterly averages for November 1936 - August 1939; minutes from Cavilling and Quarterly meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/15 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 3 September 1939 - 20 May 1942 Includes quarterly averages for August 1939 - May 1942; minutes from Cavilling and Annual meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/16 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 27 May 1942 - 8 July 1945 Loose material: Correspondence from Aged Mineworkers' Homes Association re: a vacant property, 19 June 1945; from The Washington Coal Co. Ltd re: Usworth Pithead Baths, 25 June 1945; from DMA re: Hostels for Mining Trainees, 22 June 1945; ballot papers; tally for ballot for local officers for 1945 - 1946; handwritten notes re: compensation and cases Includes quarterly averages for May 1942 - August 1945; minutes from Cavilling meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/17 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 11 July 1945 - 14 April 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 21 April 1948 - 1 November 1950 Includes quarterly averages for May 1948 - October 1950; minutes from Cavilling meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/19

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 5 November 1950 - 22 January 1952 Includes quarterly averages for February 1951 - April 1952; minutes from Cavilling meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/20

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 25 June 1952 - 7 March 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/21

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 10 March 1954 - October 1956 Includes quarterly averages for April 1954 - October 1956; minutes from Cavilling meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/22

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 28 October 1956 - 19 June 1960 Includes quarterly averages for January 1957 - April 1960; minutes from Cavilling meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/23

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 22 June 1960 - 2 December 1962 Includes quarterly averages for July 1960 - October 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/24

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 9 December 1962 - 2 October 1965 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/25

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 9 October 1965 - 23 November 1968 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/26i

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 23 November 1968 - 16 October 1971 Loose material: Circular from Northern Regional Council of the Labour Party re: Anti-Common Market Campaign, 1971; circular from NUM (Durham Area) re: Election of Gala Speakers 1972, 27 August 1 971; pieces of paper with names on [used for cavilling]?; report of manning of Zone 45 No.8 Plough Face, cavilled with names given Pages of minutes loose at end Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/26ii

Usworth Lodge Minute Book, 24 October 1971 - 16 November 1974 Loose material: Usworth Colliery Fatal Accident Agreement, signed, [c.1968]? Committee members attending some meetings Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/27

Usworth Lodge Stonemen's Minute Book, 16 June 1904 - 16 September 1909 Loose material: list of men with reason for absence, 16 and 30 November, no year No back cover Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/28 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Stonemen's Minute Book, 22 September 1909 - 2 July 1912 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/29 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Colliery Forces 'Welcome Home' Fund Minute Book, 7 September 1944 - 20 January 1946 Loose material: List of names handed in up to 18 December 1945 and other names; list of names giving address, rank, date of enlistment, when released from the army, no date; list of names, no date; notes from recipients of the fund giving permission for someone else to collect the money Committee meeting minutes giving the details of the amount kept of pay notes of the colliery workers, eligibility and application process to receive money from the fund and the amount to be given, names and addresses of men submitted for pay out and whether they have been paid Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/30 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Membership Book, 13 November 1962 and 23 June 1964 List of lodge members; names are ticked off before 1962 but no dates given. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/46

Letter from Wm. Mark Pybus & Son, solicitors, Post Office Chambers, St. Nicholas Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Miles Hann, enclosing a Declaration of Trust by the Trustees of the Usworth Lodge of the DMA, of land purchased from the Birtley Co-operative Society, 14 January 1903 The Declaration of Trust has not been found Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/77/2

7 November 1903 (1) Richard Olds of 3 Gardiners Terrace, Washington Village, miner; Joseph Lewin Ramshaw of Middle High Row, Usworth, miner; Miles Hann of 9 Railway Terrace, Usworth Colliery, miner; William Pallister Richardson, of 29 Railway Terrace, Usworth Colliery, miner; George Vasey Barker of Quarry Row, Usworth Colliery, miner (2) Ada Emeline Chambers of Washington Village; John Brack of New Rows, New Washington, miner; Thomas Richardson of New Washington, checkweighman Mortgage from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land, and buildings thereon [149 sq. yds.] in New Washington, bounded on the north by a street called Co-operative Freeholds; on the south by a back lane 16 feet wide; on the east by land belonging to Sir Wilfred Lawson; on the west by land belonging to the Birtley District Co-operative Society Consideration: £150; 4% interest; repayment of capital £12 per quarter Endorsed: 19 June 1906 (1) Ada Emiline Chambers; John Brack; Thomas Richardson; (2) Richard Olds; Joseph Lewins Ramshaw; Miles Hann; William Pallister Richardson; George Vasey Barker Reconveyance of mortgaged property Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/77/1

29 June 1912 (1) Richard Olds of Elliott Terrace, Usworth Station Road, Washington; Joseph Lewins Ramshaw of Railway Terrace, Usworth Colliery; Miles Hann of 16 Coxons Row, Usworth Colliery; William Pallister Richardson of 2 Manor View, New Washington; George Vasey Barker, of Quarry Row, Usworth Colliery (2) Lloyds Bank Limited Mortgage from (1), as Trustee of Usworth Lodge, to (2) of property conveyed from The Birtley District Co-operative Society to (1) on 17 December 1902 Endorsed; 1 August 1913 (1) Lloyds Bank Limited; (2) Richard Olds, and others Reconveyance from (1) to (2) of mortgage property Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/78

Insurance policy, issued by Lloyd's, London, to 'The Miners of Usworth Colliery per Miles Hann, to cover against damage, by war, bombardment, military or usurped power, or by 'Aerial Craft', to 28 Manor View, New Washington, 16 July 1915 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/82

29 April 1929 (1) The Usworth Miners' Lodge, Durham Miners' Association, Miners' Hall, Usworth Colliery (2) The County of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Company Limited, Carliol House, Newcastle upon Tyne Wayleave agreement, for 5 years from 1 April 1929, for (2) to attach electrical wires to the Miners' Hall, Usworth, property of (1) Plan attached Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/79

6 May 1949 (1) John William Drummond of 30 Edith Avenue, Washington, miner; John Walmsley, of 32 Elliott Terrace, Washington, welfare officer; Ralph Dunham of 2 Hann Terrace, Washington, miner; James Walmsley of 62 Hartburn Gardens, Washington, miner; Trustees of the Miners' Hall, Usworth Colliery (2) Durham County Council Lease, for one year from 13 December 1948, from (1) to (2) of a small room to right of the entrance hall, the assembly hall, and a room at the rear adjoining the cloakroom, in the Miners' Hall, Manor Road, Usworth, for use by pupils formerly attending High Usworth County Junior Mixed School, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Rent: £110 10s. p.a. Attached: list of furniture provided by the Trustees of the Usworth Colliery Miners' Hall and used by the County Education Authority, 18 March 1949 Endorsed: 31 December 1949 (1) James Walmsley, of 62 Hartburn Gardens, Washington, miner; John Walmsley of 32 Elliott Terrace, welfare officer; John William Drummond of 30 Edith Avenue, Washington, miner; Trustees of the Miners' Hall, Usworth Colliery (2) Durham County Council Lease from (1) to (2) of an extra room on the first floor in the Miners' Hall, to be used for storage Rent: £7 p.a. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/83

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, October 1903 - May 1919 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/37 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, April 1911 - December 1920 Coal and Maudlin Tub loaders; Coal and Maudlin Seam averages; Victory Pit, Murphy's Pit and Marshall's Pit averages; Usworth Colliery Averages, all seams combines; Coal Tub loading Flat; Busty and Brockwell Seam averages; Tillers Coal; Wagonway Men; Onsetters and Wagonway Men; Bargains; Seams' averages Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/38 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, December 1920 - January 1927 Onsetters and Wagonway Men; Fillers and Coal Cutters; Tub loaders; Seams' averages Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/39 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, January 1914 - March 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/40

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, October 1915 - January 1916 Has index of token numbers at back Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/47

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, December 1920 - January 1927 Onsetters and Wagonway Men; Fillers and Coal Cutters; Tub loaders; Seams' averages Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/41 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, January 1920 - September 1928 Record of Stonemen's, Bordroom-men's, drawers, and repairers wages Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/44 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, March 1921 - 3 June 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/42 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, March 1927 - January 1933 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/43 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, January 1934 - June 1934 Loose material: wage slip Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/48 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, June 1934 - December 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/49 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, December 1934 - May 1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/50

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, May 1935 - November 1935 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/51

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, November 1935 - April 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/52

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, May 1936 - October 1936 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/53

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, October 1936 - April 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/54

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, April 1937 - September 1937 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/55

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, October 1937 - March 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/56

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, March 1938 - August 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/57

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, August 1938 - February 1939 Loose material: wage slip Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/58

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, February 1939 - August 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/59

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, August 1939 - January 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/60

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, January 1940 - July 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/61

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, July 1940 - February 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/62

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, March 1941 - September 1941 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/63

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, September 1941 - May 1942 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/64

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, May 1942 - January 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/65

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, January 1943 - October 1943 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/66

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, October 1943 - May 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/67

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, May 1944 - December 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/68

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, August 1940 - November 1941 East pit, Low seam Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/69

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, March 1943 - July 1944 East and Frederick Pits Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/70

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, November 1944 - December 1946 Drillers and Windy Picks Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/71

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, December 1946 - May 1948 Drillers and Windy Picks Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/72

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, July 1946 - December 1946 Putters Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/73

Usworth Lodge Wage Book, May 1949 - August 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/74

Usworth Lodge Shift Book, no date List of men and number of shifts worked, arranged by occupation Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/75

Usworth Lodge Strike Loan and Repayments Book, 19 May 1921 - 23 June 1921 and 25 September 1926 - 7 January 1927 Contains names and addresses of members and their loan repayments from strike periods Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/76/2 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Lodge, Coals Fund, July 1946 - December1948 Contributions to coal fund for retired members and widows. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/45

Usworth Lodge Cavilling Decisions, 8 September 1915 - 9 November 1941 Loose material: circular 'House or Rent and Firecoal', 18 June 1920; copy of Hylton Low Cavilling Rules, signed by Usworth cavilling secretary Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/32

'Usworth Colliery, cavilling rules, tonnage rates, yard prices, local and county agreements', October 1924 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 328

Letter from C.S. Carnes, Harton Coal Company, South Shields, to T. Richardson, Washington Station, enclosing a 'Statement showing the prices at present paid per square yard for packs, these having been washed out on the same statement to an equivalent inch price per yard. In each case there are two or three different prices, upon one of which it will I think be necessary for us to agree', and referring to an arbitration at Usworth Colliery, 15 October 1909 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/80

Draft table of prices per inch for shooting and prices per inch for wedging in the Beaumont, Fanny Hutton, Drift Low Main, Staple North, Staple South, Barmston and Coal Seams, December 1909 List of proposed conditions for working 'face' caunches, n.d. [c.1909] List of proposed conditions for working 'wagonway' caunches, n.d. [c.1909] The table and list of proposed conditions are annotated Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/81

'Usworth Case No. 20 Stonemen at Face Canches Prices' and 'Usworth Case No. 22 Stonemen at Waggonway Canches Prices'; list of prices paid for different types of stonemen's work in Coal, Hutton, Beaumont, Low and Maudlin Seams, n.d., c.1909 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/85

Draft agreement, and duplicate, describing how stonemen are to perform their work, n.d., c.1909 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/84

'Plan of Wilson's Brockwell', showing the roadways in the Busty Seam, Beaumont Goaf, faults in the Beaumont Seam and in the Brockwell Seam, the site of Frederick Pit and Victory Pit, the position of Atkinson and Lloyd, who died, and of Wilson, who was rescued and revived, n.d., early 20th c. Scale: 1:2500 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/86

Notes, possibly made by J. Nesbitt, Secretary to the Usworth Miners' Lodge, concerning the organising of pickets during the miners' strike of 1974, February 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/6

List of picket sites, issued by NUM, in the NUM Durham Area, 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/4

Circulars, issued by NUM, 222 Euston Road, London, to Area Secretaries and sent on to, inter alia, the Secretary of Usworth Lodge, concerning the national strike called by the NUM, 8 - 20 February 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/2

List of 13 special centres in the Northern Region where people involved in the 'Mineworkers' trade dispute', may claim Social Security benefit, February 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/5

Letter from Durham County Council, Social Services Committee, Area Social Services Centre, Blue House Lane, Washington, to J. Nesbitt, Secretary, Usworth Miners' Lodge, Washington, welcoming the offer of three members of the Lodge to provide help in encouraging people to apply for 'priority certificates' and to accompany employees of the Social Services Department when they supply coal to 'homes in urgent need', 22 February 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/3

Circular, issued by the NUM (Durham Area) to the Secretaries of Lodges, sent to the Secretary of the Usworth Lodge, concerning the NUM Election Manifesto and the National Ballot on the Productivity Incentive Scheme, 25 February and 11 November 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/1

Circular letter issued by the Treasurer, Chairman and Secretary of Usworth Miners' Lodge, thanking the 'Trade Unions and the General Public' for their support during the successful miners' strike, 6 March 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/94/7

Usworth Colliery Miscellaneous Agreements and Deputations, 1882 - 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/31

Usworth Lodge Deputations Copy Book, 14 June 1912 - 7 May 1914 (some gaps) Contains carbon copies of deputation requests, 14 June 1912 - 4 July 1913 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/76/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Compensation and Average Book, No.1, 6 October 1899 - 24 March 1911 Contains Averages for Maudlin, Coal Seam, Tub Loaders for these seams, Busty Seam, West Maudlin, North East Maudlin, combined for these seams, all seams combined Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/33 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Compensation and Average Book, No.2, 30 September 1899 - 19 September 1908 Contains averages for North Pit Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/34 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Compensation and Average Book, No.3, 30 September 1899 - 13 December 1913 Loose material: Sample Averages Sheet, 1899 Contains averages for East Side of Pit Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/35 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Usworth Compensation and Average Book, No.4, 3 November 1899 - 4 January 1913 Contains averages for Caunch Men Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/36 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

NCB Durham Division - No. 1 Area: Method Study Branch: Usworth Colliery Harvey East Drift: Job Specification recommending the way in which the Drift should be worked and the number of, and type of, workers who should be employed; with a diagram of the sequence of, and time to be taken, by the daily work; list of estimated operational times; list of proposed manpower, list of required equipment; estimate of materials consumed; diagram of drilling pattern; plan of distribution of shotholes and delay detonations in a Burn Cut; plan of the general arrangement of Usworth Colliery Harvey East Drift; plan of slide extension rail; sketch showing arrangements of manifolds for drilling and loading in drifts; traced by D. Hutchinson, 11 December 1959, n.d., c.1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/88

NCB Durham Division No. 1 Area: Production Department (Method Study Branch): Usworth Colliery: Study of Power-Packing in the Left Tail Gate and Centre Gate of the Harvey Seam: Anbau-hobel Plough Face, 2 - 5 February 1960 Includes: description of the study, charts measuring the sequence of action in power packing in the Centre Gate, 2 - 4 February 1960, and in the Left Gate, 2 - 4 February 1960, diagram of actions in the Centre and Left Tail Gate, diagrams showing time lost in the Centre and Left Tail Gate, summary of the reasons for lost time, description of present method of working Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/89

NCB: Durham Division: No. 1 North East Durham Area: Method Study Branch: Calculation of Task Assessment for the Harvey East Back Winning at Usworth Colliery, 30 November 1962 Includes: Report on the Study of the Harvey Seam, East Back Winning at Heworth Colliery describing how coal and stone drivage was carried out on 22 - 28 November 1962, Calculation of task assessment, Diagram of tasks undertaken by 3 operatives Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/90

NCB: Northumberland and Durham Division: No. 1 Area: Method Study Branch: Usworth Colliery: Busty Seam, Zone 45, No. 5 (Plough) Unit: Work Measurement Exercise to determine the number of section men required for a 4' 0" advance, 23 November 1965 Includes: report, calculation of Section men required, calculation of available face time per shift, calculation of Section men's work relative to the advance of the face, plan of Top Busty Seam Anbau-hobel Plough Unit, calculation of deployment of Section men Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/91

NCB: Method Study Branch: Northumberland and Durham: Area 1: Usworth: Determination of Machine Standard and face manning for the Harvey Seam No. 7 Unit, 23 September 1966 Includes: note on determination of machine standard and face manning for the Harvey Seam - no. 7 unit, Face specification, Power Loaded Face Performance: Calculation of standards, Calculation of present and proposed manning, Calculation of distance sheared and ploughed during 7 shifts, Table of cutting speeds, Calculation of time taken to drill and fire Maingate Caunch, Calculation of time taken to drill and fire Maingate Stall and Heading, Calculation of time taken to drill and fire Tailgate Caunch, Calculation of time taken to drill and fire Tailgate Stall and Caunch, Calculation of time taken to deal with Face Supports, Calculation of time taken to deal with Packs Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/92

NCB: Method Study Branch: North Durham Area: Usworth Colliery: Power Loading Study of Reisshakenhobel Plough and Work Measurement of Section Men of Busty Seam - No. 15 Face, Report No. A/12/70, 18 May 1970 Includes: Review of Machine Standard and Face Manning - Busty No. 15 Face, Calculation of machine delays on 28, 29, 30 April 1970, Face specification, Calculation of standard, Calculation for manning for Q.15 as it is now, Calculation for manning for Q.15 when the full chock line is installed Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/93

Register of allotted work numbers at works no. 5, 1971 - 1974 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/87ii

'National Coal Board, Usworth Colliery, New Agreements', 1959 Previously numbered as D/DMA Acc: 2157(D)) Box 184/37

Correspondence of Lodge Secretary, 19 June - 25 June 1945 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/17 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/17/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers of Lodge Secretary concerning miners who were ill, 27 May 1907 -8 March 1909 and undated Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/29 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 322/28/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Papers of Lodge Secretary concerning the Welcome Home Fund, with lists of recipients, 23 August 1944 -5 January 1946 and undated Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/31 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Main Vol 322/30/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Deputation cases, 27 September 1912 - 7 May 1914 and undated Loose sheets of top copies and include settlements, the first bundle (2-4) is from a preceding volume - no month 1912, second bundle (5-40) is top copies from the volume, third bundle (41-51) is from the succeeding volume, 10 July 1913 - 7 May 1914; Averages, 7 October 1912 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/93 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 322/76/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Fortnightly average earnings at Frederick and Victory Pits, 7 October 1912 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/93 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 322/76/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Letter from Johnasson, Gordon and Co., Usworth Colliery, to William Shaw, concerning reductions in subscription payments to the doctors, 5 March 1913 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/93 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 322/76/1 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Minutes of Colliery Consultative Committee meeting held on 10 May 1954 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/21 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/21/1

Delivery note from George Tutill Ltd., Chesham, Buckinghamshire, for a new lodge banner, 7 July 1955 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/21 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/21/2

Report on production and absenteeism for the Usworth Pit Production Committee, 25 September 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18/1

Notes on development work at Usworth Colliery, n.d. [c.1946] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18/2

Agreement between DMA and Durham Coal Owners' Association on 'Pieceworkers sent to Datal Work when their own work is available', 14 March 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18/3

Agreement between DMA and Durham Coal Owners' Association on 'Houses or Rent and Firecoal', 14 March 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18/4

Agreement between DMA and Durham Coal Owners' Association on 'Pieceworkers Employment of Disabled Ex-Servicemen', 14 March 1946 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/18 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/18/5

Miners' Federation of Great Britain voting paper for strike action, August 1920 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/11 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/11(1)

Voting paper for election of branch chairman, n.d. [c.1920] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/16 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/16(1)

Notes of payments for work in particular areas of the pit, with combined averages, n.d. [c.1964] Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/95/25 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 322/25(1-4)

Usworth Lodge Committee Attendance Book, 21 June 1961 - 29 June 1973 Formerly numbered as D/DMA 322/87i

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 5 January 1939 - 29 December 1940 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 294

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 4 January 1941 - 3 January 1943 Partially indexed. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 295

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 3 January 1943 - 31 December 1944 Partially indexed. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 296

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 7 January 1945 - 29 December 1946 Partially indexed. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 297

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 29 December 1946 - 4 January 1948 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 298

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 28 July 1949 - 4 February 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 299

Vane Tempest Lodge Minute Book, 25 January 1951 - 27 September 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 300

Vane Tempest Lodge General Account Book, January 1949 - June 1952 Includes fortnightly Balances and Payments for the following funds: General, Local, Special Purposes, Political, Aged Miners', Benevolent, Gala; Balances for Current Account, Cash, Deposit Account, Defence Bonds, Seaham Co-op, Fixed Assets Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 301

Vane Tempest Lodge Local Fund Account Book, July 1947 - March 1951 Fortnightly local fund income and expenditure Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 302

Vane Tempest Lodge Local Fund Account Book, April 1951 - September 1954 Fortnightly local fund income and expenditure Water damage. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 303

Vane Tempest, Statements of Accounts and Balance Sheets for Half Year Ending June and December 1956 Includes Financial Statements of Cash and Bank Transactions for same period Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 27/26

Vane Tempest Lodge Gala Pay Out, July 1950 and July 1951 List of lodge members receiving pay out for the Gala and amount paid from Gala Fund and Local Fund for 1950 and 1951 Galas. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 305 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Vane Tempest Lodge Aged Miners' Rent Payments, January 1945 - March 1954 Fortnightly list of Aged Miners and rents paid on their behalf by the lodge. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 304 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Record, possibly for Vane Tempest Colliery, of the following : names of H[utton] S[eam] Tub loaders, 1947 : names of 5/4 [Seam] and H[utton] S[eam] Hewers, for Cavils beginning 24 February 1947 : names of Low Hewers for Cavils beginning 24 February 1947 : figures for output by Hutton Seam Hewers; Hutton Seam Conveyors; 5/4 Seam Conveyors; Power Loading in the 5/4 Seam; Low Hewers; Maudlin Hewers; Putters; Offhand Etc.; 5/4 Hewers; Putters Hewing H.S.; L[ow] M[ain] and Maudlin; for the week ending 1 March 1947 : Trials of output by Hewers in the Hutton Seam, the 5/4 Seam, the Lower Seam, the Maudlin Seam, 1 March 1947 : Totals of output for Conveyormen in the Hutton Seam and the 5/4 Seam, 1 March 1947 : Total of output for Power Loading in the 5/4 Seam, 1 March 1947 : Total of output for putters in the H[utton] S[eam] and 5/4 Seam, 1 March 1947 : Total of output for stonemen in the H[utton S[eam] and 5/4 Seam, 1 March 1947 : Totals for the H[utton] S[eam], 5/4 Seam, L[ow] M[ain] Seam, Maudlin Seam, 1 March 1947 : Output and totals for the week ending 8 March 1947 : Output and totals for the week ending 15 March 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 22 March 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 30 March 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 5 April 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 12 April 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 19 April 1947 : Output and tables for the week ending 26 April 1947 : Totals for the week ending 3 May 1947 : Totals for the week ending 10 May 1947 : Totals for the week ending 17 May 1947 : Totals for the week ending 24 May 1947 : Totals for the Quarter's end, 30 May 1947 : Totals for weeks ending 6, 13, 20, 28, June; 5, 12, 19, 26 July; 9, 16, 23, 30 August : Totals for the Quarter September - November 1947 : Outputs and totals for week ending 15 November 1947 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 6, 12, 20, 27 1947; 3, 10, 17, 21, 30 January 1948; 7, 14, 21, 28 February 1948 : Output and totals for weeks ending 6 March - 30 November 1948 : List of names of hewers in the Hutton Seam, November 1948 : Output and totals for weeks ending 4 December 1948 - 26 February 1949 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam and the Hutton Seam, March 1949 : Output and totals for weeks ending 5 March 1949 - 28 May 1949 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam, Hutton Seam, and Low Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 31 May 1949 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 4 June 1949 - 27 August 1949 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam, the Low Seam, and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 29 August 1949 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 3 September 1949 - 26 November 1949 : List of names of hewers in 5/4 Seam, Hutton Seam, and Low Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 28 November 1949 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 3 December 1949 - 24 February 1950 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam, and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 4 March 1950 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 4 March 1950 - 27 May 1950 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam, the Low Seam, and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 3 June 1950 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 5 June 1950 - 26 August 1950 : List of names of hewers and putters in the 5/4 Seam, the Coal Seam, and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 28 August 1950 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 9 September 1950 - 25 November 1950 [week ending 2 September 1950 was an annual holiday] : Seam drawings (coal and stone) for the quarter commencing week ending 2 September 1950 : List of names of hewers and putters in the 5/4 Seam, the Coal Seam, and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 27 November 1950 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 2 December 1950 - 24 February 1951 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 3 March 1951 - 26 May 1951 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 2 June 1951 - 25 August 1951 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 28 May 1951 : Output and totals for the weeks ending 1 September 1951 - 24 November 1951 : List of names of hewers in the 5/4 Seam, the South Low Seam, East Maudlin Seam and the Hutton Seam, arranged in their Cavils, 26 November 1951 : Outputs and totals for the weeks ending 1 December 1951 - 23 February 1952 In the volume is a circular, headed Vane Tempest Lodge, addressed to a member informing him that he is in arrears with his subscription to the DMA Written in, possibly the same hand as the entries in the volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 307

Number not used

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 28 February - 30 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/59

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 27 March - 11 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/60

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 26 - 28 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/61

Notice of a meeting of Seaham Divisional Labour Party, 26 November 1940 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/96/1 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 294(1)

Notice of motion concerning working on conveyers, n.d.; paper for Coal Production Committee concerning cavilling, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/96/3 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 297(1-2)

Agenda for Annual General Meeting, 1953 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/96/7 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 300(1)

Totals of miners' deductions, pay ending 15 September 1945; totals of miners' deductions, pay ending 22 September 1945; aged miners' to come on to Rent Fund, week ending 22 October 1948; list of [payers of] Aged Miners' Rent, 13 July 1952 Originally enclosed in D/DMA 17/96/13 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 304(1-4)

Victoria Garesfield Lodge Minute Book, 30 September 1961 - 15 July 1962 Loose material: printed sheets removed from [compensation committee minutes?]; list of members selected for scraper team; correspondence, 9 October 1961, with attached list of putters to be upgraded Also includes final meeting due to colliery closure held 15 July 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 220

Unidentified lodge [?Victoria Garesfield Lodge], receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 13 July 1962 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death benefits (from 29 June 1962); payments - one-fifth, district and local purposes ('one-eighth retention' from 20 April 1962), political retention, death benefit (from 26 January 1962), local officers' commissions (from 9 February 1962), local auditors (from 9 February 1962), average takers (from 23 March 1962) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/2

Correspondence between the Secretary of Watergate Lodge, and the NCB, Northern Division, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning Urgency Committee Cases, 27 November 1948 - 19 January 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/5

Watergate Lodge, checkweigh fund receipts and payments book, 29 June 1956 - 1 December 1962 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/8

Watergate Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 25 June 1965 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political, home and treat fund, full time secretary fund ('weigh' from 28 December 1962); (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half (to 11 December 1964), national political, district contributions, district political, relief allowance (to 28 December 1962), death nominations (10 January - 11 December 1964), refunds (from 8 January 1965); payments - one-fifth retained, district local purposes (to 29 June 1962), political retained, death benefits, local auditors, secretary and treasurer ('officers' commissions' from 11 January 1963, 'local officers' from 8 January 1965), relief allowance (to 28 December 1962) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/2

Watergate Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 9 July 1965 -28 July 1976 Lists (1) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 9 July 1965 - 23 December 1966 and 17 March - 29 September 1967, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national political, district, district political; payments - one-fifth retained, balance retained, half political retained, local officers' commissions; (2) fortnightly income and expenditure, 9 July 1965 - 28 July 1976, in the following accounts: local fund, local purposes (to 28 December 1973), political fund (to 28 December 1973), weigh (to 28 June 1968), home fund (to 28 December 1973) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 302/9

Unidentified lodge [?Waterhouses], receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 January 1944 - fortnight ending 10 July 1953 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure for the following accounts: local purposes fund, local fund (from 5 September 1952), political fund (from 5 September 1952) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/10

Report of Inspections on behalf of the Workmen at Wearmouth Colliery, September1978 and September 1979: and at Westoe Colliery, September and October 1978 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 276/14

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 3 April - 13 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/63

West Auckland Lodge, Account of General Purposes and Political Fund, March 1972 - December 1973 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 307/3

West Cornforth Lodge, Account of the Local and Political Fund, September 1968 - December 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 307/1

Letter from F. Blenkinsopp, Secretary, Westerton Lodge, Coundon, to 'Dear Sir', informing the latter that the members of the Lodge request that James Robson, Agent, act for them in the case that was sent to Report on 11 June, 25 June [1918] Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 103/2

Haggs Lane, West Thickley, minutes, 3 April 1959 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 82/27

Wheatley Hill Lodge Agreements of Urgency Committee, 2 September 1893 - 9 December 1922 Copies of Awards and Agreements relating to Wheatley Hill with location in the Joint Committee Records, 2 September 1893 - 9 December 1922; reports of Urgency Committees held relating to other lodges, 12 September 1898 - 8 March 1921, majority are 1915 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 245

Wheatley Hill Colliery Account of Work Wrought in the Harvey and Hutton Seams, Low Seam, (26 January 1929: and in the Hutton Seam, 30 March 1929, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/8

Wheatley Hill Colliery No 1 Pit and No 2 Pit, Account of Coal Cutting 26 October - 2 November 1929 Includes names of workmen Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 310/10

Notes, headed Wheatley Hill Arbitration Case - 8 May 1962, concerning fixing prices for Composite work, Cutting, Drilling and Drawing in the Low Seam, [1962] Enclosed with 322/24 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 322/25

Whitburn Colliery: agreements and arbitration including miscellaneous correspondence, 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/13

Whitburn Colliery, interpretation of agreement, December 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/1

Wingate Lodge, Fortnightly Return, July - September 1945, and copies of death certificates Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/16

Wingate Grange Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 8 January 1965 - January 1980 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure, 8 January 1965 - January 1980, in the following accounts: local, political (to 24 November 1967), local purposes; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, 8 January 1965 - January 1970, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national political, district contributions, district political; payments - one-fifth national, district local purposes, political retained, local officers' commissions, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/7

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 2 - 23 June 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/65

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 4 -25 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/66

Winlaton Bessie Pit Lodge Minute Book, 4 December 1920 - 20 October Minute book listing minutes of General, Special and Committee meetings Contains: committee members attending meetings; sending sums of money to other Lodges; charity appeals and associations supported, e.g. Aged Miners' Homes; correspondence and reports read; issues to raise with management or Durham on behalf of members; working practices; welfare of members; wage issues Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 246 Indexed in 'Mining Durham's Hidden Depths' https://durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/search-options/search-durhams-hidden-depths/

Witton Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 January 1962 - fortnight ending 12 November 1965 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political, gala; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political; payments - one-fifth of national contributions, district local purposes, political retained, local officers' commissions, average takers' allowance (to 25 June 1965), local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/6

Witton Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 26 November 1965 - fortnight ending 7 January 1966 Lists (1) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments, under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political; payments - one-fifth of national retained, district local payments, local political retained, local officers' commissions, local auditors; (2) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, local purposes, political, gala Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/6

Witton Lodge cash summaries Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/30

Woodland Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 25 September 1942 - fortnight ending 12 June 1959 [closure of lodge] Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: C[onis]h[ead] P[riory] l[evy](to 30 March 1951), DMPF (to 30 March 1951), g[eneral] p[urposes] f[und] (to 30 March 1951), local fund, local levy (14 April 1950 - 24 October 1952), nat[ional] gen[eral] (from 30 March 1951), n[ational] p[olitical] l[evy] (from 30 March 1951), d[istrict] p[olitical] l[evy] (from 30 March 1951), dis[trict] gen[eral] (from 30 March 1951); with bank balances, 30 March 1951 - 15 September 1952, at back of volume Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/12

Wooley Lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 4 January 1963 - fortnight ending 19 June 1964 Lists fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local contributions, home purposes, weigh fund (to 24 April 1946), district political, aged miners', football, welfare, and band Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 299/11

NUM, Durham Area, unidentified lodge, Income and Expenditure Account Book, December 1955 - January 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 266/8

Unidentified lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 21 September 1956 - fortnight ending 2 November 1956 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, local purposes fund, political fund, aged miners fund, inspectors' fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 304/11

Unidentified lodge, local fund account book, fortnight ending 23 September 1960 - fortnight ending 22 March 1963 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/8

Unidentified lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 7 July 1961 - fortnight ending 22 December 1961 Lists income and expenditure in the following accounts: general fund, aged miners' homes fund, local political fund, local purposes fund Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 303/1

Unidentified lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 5 January 1962 - fortnight ending 21 December 1962 [closure of lodge] Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local fund, political fund, Conishead fund, banner fund; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national general, national political, district general, district political; payments - one-fifth national retained, one-eighth national and district less one-fifth national, half political retained Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 301/3

Unidentified lodge, receipts and payments book, fortnight ending 12 July 1963 - fortnight ending 9 July 1965 Lists (1) fortnightly income and expenditure in the following accounts: local, ambulance, old people's, other purposes, political; (2) fortnightly general fund receipts and payments under the following headings: receipts - national full, national half, national political, district contributions, district political, death nominations, death benefits (from 10 July 1964); payments - one-fifth retained, one-eighth retained, political retained, death received and retained, local officers' commissions, average takers' allowance, local auditors Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 300/9

Application for the post of Colliery Manager, 3 April 1947 (copy not signed) Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/25

Minutes of certain meetings, concerned with Lodge reports, January - December 1952 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/42

Sketch plan of unidentified colliery showing '6th South No. 2' '6th South No. 1', roadways; 'West Flat' roadway; '5th South roadway', 'East Way'; 5 South Goaf, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 99/1

Unidentified lodge, contributions book, fortnight ending 5 January 1900 - fortnight ending 28 March 1902 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/12

Unidentified lodge, cash and bank account book, 7 March 1947 - 10 January 1958 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 326/13

Account book, [c.1925] Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc.2157(D)) Box 267

Crookhall Lodge, Fortnightly return, 29 September 1944, with copy death certificate Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 25 July - 14 November 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/18

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 22 September - 12 December 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/19

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 16 February - 14 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/20

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 10 March - 30 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/21

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 20 May 1946 - 20 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/22

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 1-6 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/26

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 28 September - 7 October 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/27

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 6-21 November 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/28

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 14-22 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/29

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 8-16 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/30

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 11 May 1947 - 29 July 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/34

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 9-22 March 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/36

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 23-24 May 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/38

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 14 June - 9 September 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/40

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 27 May - 29 June 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/46

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 12 - 14 April 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/60

Correspondence between the DMA and the NCB, Northern Division, concerning an Urgency Committee case, 14 November - 9 December 1949 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 72/64

Pick head, with initials 'T.H.P.' Formerly numbered as D/DMA 329/21