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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 727 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Wingate and environs: M.C.B. Arthur papers

Covering Dates: c.1885-1978

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Records of Wingate, Wingate Grange Colliery and environs, c.1896-1971 (Ref: D/X 727/1-24)
    • Photographs and postcards of Wingate and its environs, c.1885-1978 (Ref: D/X 727/25-63)
    • Photographs and postcards of the inhabitants of Wingate, c.1895-c.1964 (Ref: D/X 727/64-87)
    • Photographs and postcards of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1903 - 1978 (Ref: D/X 727/88-104)
    • Photographs of traction engines and trains, c.1910 -1966 (Ref: D/X 727/105-123)
    • Photographs of model engines, 1958 - 1963 (Ref: D/X 727/124-126)

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Records of Wingate, Wingate Grange Colliery and environs, c.1896-1971 (Ref: D/X 727/1-24)Ref: D/X 727/1

Scrapbook belonging to Maurice C. B. Arthur, containing photographs, postcards and newspaper cuttings of Wingate, Hartlepool, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Stockton-On-Tees, Durham, etc., 1898 - c. 1948 Cover of scrapbook has a hand-drawn map of north east England, centred on Wingate and entitled "A Breath of the Nor-East" For enclosures see: D/X 727/4-5, D/X 727/22 (1) Cutting from a magazine showing an air survey of part of Tyneside, n.d. [early 20th c.] (2) Photograph of a boy standing in the doorway of the corner shop of F. Sawdon, newsagent, hairdresser, stationer and tobacconist [Wingate], c. 1904 (3) Newspaper cutting from the Picture Post showing coal wagons and the village of Wingate Colliery in the background, 4 December 1948 (4) Cutting from a magazine showing trees in Castle Eden Dene, n.d. (5) Newspaper cutting showing The Castle at Castle Eden, n.d. (6) Postcard of Wingate showing photographs of the colliery, Wellfield Secondary School, Welfare Park (2) and North Road, c. 1933 (7) Postcard of Wingate Station, c. 1927 (8) Postcard of Wingate, c. 1927 (9) Postcard of an artillery procession through Wingate on Flag Day, 14 August 1915 (10) Postcard of Wingate Station, 1905 (11) Postcard of Front Street in Wingate, 1898 (12) Postcard of Station Lane, Wingate, c. 1927 (13) Postcard of Front Street, Wingate, c. 1927 (14) Postcard of Front Street, Wingate, c. 1927 (15) Photograph of Glass's Brickworks, Wingate, c. 1941 (16) Panoramic photograph of one of Wingate schools with air raid shelters in the school grounds and a pond in the background, 1941 (17) Newspaper cutting showing a photograph of the old Castle Eden Colliery, closed in 1892, taken from Hesleden, 1948 (18) Postcard of Wingate Colliery, c. 1925 (19) Postcard of the level crossing at Wingate with a Methodist Church to the left, c. 1927 (20) Postcard of Ruardean, a house in Wingate, 1931 (21) Photograph, in Wingate churchyard, of the grave of William Brough Arthur, born 13 February 1869, died 14 May 1942, n.d. [1942 - c. 1960] (22) Photograph of wreaths on a grave, possibly of William Brough Arthur, in Wingate churchyard, 19 May 1942 (23) Postcard of Church Street, Wingate, c. 1920 (24) Postcard of Holy Trinity Church, Wingate, n.d., c. 1920s (25) Postcard of North Road, Wingate, c. 1927 (26) Photograph of a demi-detached house in Wingate, September 1947 (27) Cutting from a magazine of Holy Trinity Church, Wingate, taken from the churchyard, n.d. [c. 1940s] (28) Photograph of a garden in Wingate, n.d. [1940s] (29) Photograph of a garden in Wingate, n.d. [1940s] (30) Newspaper cutting of a photograph taken in 1902 of a horse and carriage driving sightseers along Wingate High Street to see the Wingate floods, n.d. [early 20th c.] (31) Newspaper cutting of a photograph taken about 1890 of a boat on Wingate Football ground, which was once part of the bed of Parks Pond and was occasionally flooded, n.d. [early 20th c.] (32) Postcard of North Road, Wingate, c. 1927 (33) Postcard of North Road, Wingate, formerly called Salter's Lane, c. 1927 (34) Postcard of North Road, Wingate, c. 1927 (35) Photograph of Wingate Colliery, 1949 (36) Photograph of Wingate Colliery, 1949 (37) Postcard of North Road, Wingate, with a bus going to Stockton on the right, c. 1939 (38) Postcard of the Four Lane Ends, Wingate, with the Fir Tree Hotel in the background, c. 1927 (39) Postcard of the Welfare Park, Wingate, n.d. [1930s] (40) Cigarette card entitled "Rocks on the N.E. Coast", n.d. [early 20th c.] (41) Postcard of the beach at Blackhall Rocks, n.d. [early 20th.] (42) Postcard of the New Coast Road, Blackhall, n.d. [early 20th c.] (43) Photograph of football match between Wingate Albion Comrades and Horden Athletic, in the Durham Professional Cup 3rd round, which Horden won 2-0, 25 February 1922 (44) Photograph of football match between Wingate Albion Comrades and Horden Athletic, in the Durham Professional Cup 3rd round, which Horden won 2-0, 25 February 1922 (45) Postcard of the brewery at Castle Eden, n.d. [early 20th c.] (46) Postcard of Castle Eden, c. 1927 (47) Postcard of Blackhall Rocks [early 20th c.] (48) Postcard of Church Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (49) Postcard of the Hartlepool ferry and town wall, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (50) Photograph of swans on "Carr's Pond", 1947 (51) Postcard of Upper Church Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (52) Postcard of Church Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (53) Postcard of Lynn Street, West Hartlepool, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (54) Postcard of Panama Dip, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, n.d. [mid 20th c.] (55) Postcard with views of the sea-front at Whitley Bay, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (56) Postcard of The Front, Hartlepool, n.d. [early 20th c.] (57) Postcard of a photograph of the German bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914, n.d. [1914-1950s] (58) Postcard of the promenade looking south at Seaton Carew, n.d. [early 20th c.] (59) Postcard of the promenade and sands at Seaton Carew, n.d. [early 20th c.] (60) Postcard of the largest railway crossing in the world at Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [early 20th c.] (61) Postcard of Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [early 20th c.] (62) Photograph of pit ponies in a field when the Wingate pit was on strike, 14 June 1921 (63) Photograph of Roker Football Ground, Sunderland, 1920 (64) Postcard of Fenwick Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (65) Postcard of Fawcett Street, Sunderland, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (66) Postcard of Fawcett Street, Sunderland, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (67) Postcard of the New Wearmouth Bridge, Sunderland, n.d. [early 20th c.] (68) Postcard of the south side of the choir, Durham Cathedral, with the rose window in the background, n.d. [1940s - 1960s] (69) Postcard of the sanctuary knocker at Durham Cathedral, n.d. [1940s - 1960s] (70) Postcard of the promenade and sands at Roker, Sunderland, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (71) Postcard of the cliffs at Roker, Sunderland, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (72) Postcard of Seaburn promenade, Sunderland, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (73) Postcard of a drawing of the town bridges in Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1945] (74) Postcard of the Newport Bridge, Middlesbrough, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (75) Postcard of the south end of High Street, Stockton on Tees, n.d. [early 20th c.] (76) Postcard of the colliery at Horden, 8 January 1936 (77) Postcard of the Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough, n.d. [early 20th c.] (78) Postcard of the new Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1928 - 1940s] (79) Postcard of a drawing of Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (80) Postcard of a drawing of Neville Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, with the station on the right hand side, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (81) Postcard of a drawing of the railway crossing, Newcastle upon Tyne, with an express train in the centre, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (82) Postcard of a drawing of the swing bridge and high level bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d. [1920s - 1930s] (83) Postcard of Durham Cathedral taken from the north, n.d. [1930s - 1940s] (84) Photograph of the construction of the Tyne Bridge, taken from the "castle ramparts", Newcastle upon Tyne, 1927 (85) Photograph of Wingate Colliery, 1898 (86) Photograph of Wingate Colliery, 1898 (87) Postcard of Wingate Colliery, n.d. [1920s - 1940s] (88) Postcard of men standing at Wingate Colliery while rescue workers bring out miners killed in the pit disaster when 24 men were killed, 93 imprisoned underground for 30 hours, and more than 60 ponies were killed, 14 October 1906 (89) Postcard of the colliery at Wingate with miners' families standing outside and "Wingate Pit Disaster" printed at the top, n.d. October 1906 (90) Photograph of the Perseverance Headgear at Station Town Colliery, n.d. [late 19th - early 20th c.] (91) Photograph of the last chimney at Station Town Colliery being demolished, 18 May 1925 (92) Cutting, from a magazine, of Horden Colliery, taken from the air, n.d. (93) Photograph of the Lady Shaft at Wingate Colliery, 1926 (94) Newspaper cutting of a photograph of the premises of the Station Town, Seaham and Horden Co-operative Society, which were destroyed by fire, January 1932 (95) Coloured postcard of a drawing of Durham, viewed from Wharton Park, n.d. [early 20th c.] (96) Postcard of a view from Christ Church Tower, looking west, West Hartlepool, 15 July 1953 (97) Postcard of a view of the docks at West Hartlepool, 18 October 1953 (98) Postcard of a view of Tunstall Reservoir at Wolsingham, n.d. [1950s] (99) Newspaper cutting from The Northern Daily Mail of 2 October 1946, of Hartlepool High Street in 1900, taken by Rev. B. Harvey-Jellie who was then the minister of St. John's Presbyterian church, 2 October 1946 (100) Coloured postcard of a drawing of the Tyne Bridge at Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 August 1947
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 727/1(101)

Photograph of Frank Craig, engine man, checking the Lady Shaft winding engine at Wingate, 1920 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 7 cm, sepia)

Ref: D/X 727/1(102)

Photograph of the Castle at Castle Eden, 22 July 1937 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph, 4 cm x 6.5 cm, sepia)

Ref: D/X 727/1(103)

Panoramic photograph of Wingate, taken from the churchyard looking south east, 3 October 1961 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph, 17.5 cm x 6.5 cm, sepia)

Ref: D/X 727/1(104)

Drawing from memory by Maurice C. B. Arthur of the Wingate Picture palace, Church Street, Wingate, 1981 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 727/2

Front page of The Illustrated London News with art work showing the recovery of bodies after the explosion in Wingate Grange Colliery on 14 October 1906, 20 October 1906
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/3

Supplement to The Graphic containing photographs of the aftermath of the explosion in Wingate Grange Colliery on 14 October 1906, 20 October 1906 For enclosures see: D/X 727/21, D/X 727/23 (1) Ambulances and wagonettes waiting for the survivors (2) Two survivors, a rescued miner and a cat (3) A body being removed from the colliery (4) Three shaftsmen going underground to rescue trapped miners (5) The last survivor appearing at the pit mouth (6) Men waiting with stretchers for the dead to be brought out (7) A survivor leaving the colliery, having been entombed for 36 hours (8) Bishop Nickson consoling men at the colliery [note in margin: Andrew Thompson in cap] (9) The crowd waiting at the pit-head following the explosion
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/4

Photograph of General William Booth, founder at the Salvation Army, on a visit to Wingate, 3 July 1908 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph, 16 cm x 10.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/5

Photograph of Wingate Colliery Silver Band with accompanying printed list attached to the reverse identifying the musicians, c. 1910 Front row: Bob Gelson, Jack Griffiths, Nichol Proudlock, ? Second row: Arthur Black, Alec Watson, Alf Croft, Herbert Gelson, Bob Harrison "cock egg", Bill Watson, Dobson Ede, Harry Cunliffe, Bill Gelson (father) Third row: Bill Watson (father), Bob Catchpole, Jackie Pearson, - Purvis, ?, Harry Faulder, ?, ?, ?, Bernard Devine, John T. Gilchrist Back row: Jim "Barney" Bryson, Sam Lorrison, Gott Hamilton, Percy Gill, ?, ?, ?, Jack Gelson, Jack Purvis (a.k.a. Philpot), Bob Hewison, Bob Davison (in white jacket, landlord of Queen's Hotel) Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph, 21 cm x 15.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/6

C.W. Clarke, "Farewell Squalor", 1946 For enclosures see: D/X 727/8
(1 volume, printed, card bound)

Ref: D/X 727/7

Newspaper cuttings, photographs, letters and notes concerning Wingate and its environs, c.1948-c.1966
(1 envelope containing papers and photographs)

Ref: D/X 727/8

Newspaper cuttings concerning Wingate born C.W. Clarke and the building of Peterlee, 1948-1962; photographs of miners' cottages at Leadgate, Blantyre and Framwellgate Moor. Originally enclosed in D/X 727/6 (1) Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo reporting on the death of Rev. Charles Clarke (ordained 1952) who, while working as chief engineer and surveyor of Easington Rural Council began working towards a new town for the mining area, Peterlee, 19 February 1969 (2) Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo reporting on various topics concerning the new town of Peterlee, 24 March 1948 (3) Newspaper cutting reporting that Mr C. W. Clarke, from Easington Rural Council, creator of the £14,000,000 new town of Peterlee, was unable to present a paper on mining areas at the National Housing and Planning Conference at Harrogate, 12 December 1947 (4) Newspaper cutting reporting on a local public enquiry held to discuss the building of Peterlee, n.d. [1948] (5) Newspaper cutting concerning the resignation, due to ill health, of C. W. Clarke from Easington Rural Council, 20 February 1948 (6) Newspaper cutting from the Northern Daily Mail with details and photographs of the new houses in Peterlee, 18 December 1952 (7) Newspaper cutting from the Northern Daily Mail giving details of the progress of the building of the new town of Peterlee, 18 December 1952 (8) Newspaper cutting from the Northern Daily Mail reporting on a meeting, in the Council Chamber of the Easington Rural District Council, concerning the building of the new town of Peterlee, with objectors stating their case, together with a photograph of officials at the enquiry, including S. Robinson, Clerk to Haswell Parish Council, T. H. Holder, Clerk to Thornley Parish Council and S. Broughton, Clerk to Hutton Henry Parish Council, 27 January 1948 (9) Newspaper cutting from the Sunday Sun of an article by Martin Fielding on the life of Peter Lee, known as "the gentle giant", together with photographs of the land at Wingate where the Lanky house pub stood, Peter Lee and his wife Alice, 2 March 1969 (10) Cutting from the Picture Post of a photograph of C. W. Clarke on his milk round after retiring as surveyor of Easington Rural District Council (when he wrote a report "Farewell Squalor" recommending the building of Peterlee new town), 4 December 1948 (11) Page from an unidentified booklet with photographs of Leadgate, near Consett, showing open drains outside miners' cottages and, on the reverse, miners' cottages, n.d. [early 20th c.] (12) Page from an unidentified booklet with a photograph of a village ashpit and lavatories in Leadgate, near Consett, and, on the reverse, a photograph of two-storey cottages in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, n.d. [early 20th c.] (13) Page from an unidentified booklet with photographs of Framwellgate Moor, Durham, showing an open drain running down the centre of the street an, on the reverse, the back of the miners' cottages, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(13 papers, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/9

Plan of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1953 Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]
(1 plan, 132cm x 62cm, dyeline print)

Ref: D/X 727/10

Plan of Wingate Grange Colliery as it appeared on its closure in 1962, 1964
(1 plan, 110cm x 58cm, dyeline print)

Ref: D/X 727/11

Souvenir booklet of the Durham Miners' Association, Seventy-Sixth Annual Gala, 18 July 1959
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/12

Souvenir booklet of the Durham Miners' Association Eighty-Sixth Annual Gala, 19 July 1969
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/13

William A. Moyes, "Wingate, the story of the development of a mining area", 1962
(1 volume, printed, cloth bound)

Ref: D/X 727/14

"Histories of Trimdon and Wingate", 1962
(1 volume, printed, card bound)

Ref: D/X 727/15

M.C.B. Arthur, "A coal mining community for one and a quarter centuries; a chronology of events in Wingate and Station Town, 1837 - 1962", 1964
(1 booklet, typescript, card bound)

Ref: D/X 727/16

Photograph of machinery at Station Brickworks, n.d., [c. 1965-1966]
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm x 21 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/17

Photograph of Jack Watson, who had been a pumpman, standing beside the differential steam pumps at Thorpe Pumping Station, n.d. [c. 1965 - 1966]
(1 photograph, 21.5 cm x 16.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/18

Photograph of Ralph Lee standing beside a model of the winding engine of the lady Shaft at Wingate Grange Colliery, 13 November 1965
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm x 21.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/19

Photograph of Ralph Lee standing beside the winding shaft of Wingate Colliery on the 60th anniversary of the Wingate pit explosion of 14 October 1906, 14 October 1966
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm x 21.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/20

Photograph of Ralph Lee, operating a small Gavioli barrel organ owned by a Mr. Ridley of Wingate, and, on the reverse, a small newspaper cutting giving information about the organ, 1966
(1 photograph, 16.5 cm x 21.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/20a

Envelope which originally contained D/X 727/16-20
(1 envelope)

Ref: D/X 727/21

Newspaper cutting of a photograph of a wounded soldiers' outing to Seaton Carew (c.1914-1918) and a letter giving details about the outing, 24 July 1968 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/7
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/22

Photograph of R.A.F. Vulcan bomber crash behind Station Lake, Wingate, 8 January 1971 Originally enclosed in D/X 727/1
(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 727/23

Newspaper cutting with a photograph of the widening and repair of a railway bridge at Castle Eden, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/X 727/7
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 727/24

Miners' pit tokens for Wingate Grange Colliery, n.d.
(2 tokens)

Photographs and postcards of Wingate and its environs, c.1885-1978 (Ref: D/X 727/25-63)Ref: D/X 727/25

Photographs of Old Mill, Parr's Cottage and Parr's Pond, 1885 - 1890
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/26

Photograph of a man in a boat on Parr's Pond, with the Old Mill and Parr's Cottage in the background, c. 1885 - 1890
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/27

Photograph of Front Street, Wingate, in the flood of 1902, with Ned Thompson, wagonette driver, and Bob Murray next to him, October 1902
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/28

Photograph of Ned Thompson, driver, and Bob Murray, next to him, driving down Front Street, Wingate, in the flood of 1903 [1902], with October 1903 [1902]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/29

Photograph of children in Church Street, Wingate, with the school next to the telegraph pole in the background, c. 1904
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/30

Photograph of Church Street, Wingate, with the level crossing in the foreground, c. 1904
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/31

Postcard photograph of an unidentified house in the centre of Wingate, 1906
(1 postcard, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm, sepia)

Ref: D/X 727/32

Photograph of unveiling of Wingate Grange Colliery disaster memorial, 21 December 1907
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/33

Photograph of Salters Lane and Vicarage Gardens, Wingate, c. 1910
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/34

Photograph of Wingate Vicarage, with the Rev. H. J. Oldroyd and family sitting in the garden, c. 1918
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/35

Photograph of the Castle, Castle Eden, 22 July 1937
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 7 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/36

Photograph of the Castle at Castle Eden, 22 July 1937
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 7 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/37

Postcard photograph of Salters Lane, Wingate, looking south, 1956
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/38

Postcard photograph of North Road, Wingate, 1956
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/39

Postcard photograph of Durham Road, Wingate, 1956
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/40

Photograph of Heaton Terrace, Station Town, 1956
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/41

Photograph of cross-roads by the Fir Tree, Wingate, 1956
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/42

Photograph of house at the south end of New Row, Wingate, (later known as Stratford House), 15 October 1959
(1 photograph, 8 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/43

Postcard photograph from Wingate churchyard, 3 October 1961
(1 postcard, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/44

Postcard photograph from Wingate churchyard, 3 October 1961
(1 postcard, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/45

Photograph of back of New Row, Wingate, 22 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/46

Photograph of two ladies walking up the back of New Row, Wingate, (looking north), 22 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/47

Photograph of wateland in the centre of Wingate, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/48

Photograph of a field, behind the main street, Wingate 23 october 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/49

View of the countryside around Wingate, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/50

Photograph of the railway station at Wingate, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/51

Photograph of 'Ruardean', Church Street, residence of Dr. W.M.B. Arthur, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/52

Photograph of the interior of Wingate Church, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/53

Aerial view of Tonk's Yard, Wingate, c. 1963
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 8 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/54

View of Wingate taken from Wingate Grange Colliery canteen, 10 July 1964
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/55

Photograph of back of Church Street, Wingate, 10 July 1964
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/56

Postcard photograph of Wellfield Road and the Fir Tree Inn, Wingate, 1966
(1 postcard, 14.5 cm x 9 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/57

Photograph of 'Ruardean', Church Street, Wingate, with level crossing the in foreground, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/58

Photograph of "Ruardean", Church Street, Wingate, with level crossing in the foreground, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/59

Photograph of two houses in Wingate, endorsed "Uncle Jimmy's [Dr J Arthur] old house (left) and Bullick's old house (right)", 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/60

Photograph of the grave, in Wingate churchyard, of William Brough Arthur and his wife, Louise Elizabeth Arthur, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/61

Photograph of end wall of the Temperance Hall, Front Street, Wingate, 1978
(1 photograph, 5 cm x 5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/62

Photograph of Wingate Lane Ends, n.d. [late 19th c. - early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/63

Postcard photograph of Wingate showing the colliery, the secondary school, Welfare Park and North Road, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 postcard, 13 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Photographs and postcards of the inhabitants of Wingate, c.1895-c.1964 (Ref: D/X 727/64-87)Ref: D/X 727/64

Photograph of Dr. James Arthur, sitting beside a skeleton, c. 1895 - 1900
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/65

Photograph of a parade for the return of soldiers from South Africa, c. 1902
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/66

Photograph of three blacksmiths, G. Sanderson, S. Corner and Jim Cairns, at work in the courtyard of Wingate Colliery, c. 1906
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/67

Photocopy of a photograph of Wingate Albion A.F.C., 1906 - 1907
(1 paper, photocopy)

Ref: D/X 727/68

Photograph of Wingate Junior Cricket Club, 1907 back row: Hugh Meadowcroft, John Pender, Watson, Percy Gill Front row: Joe Luxmore, Norman Pickup, A. Pearson, W. Booth, R. Barclay On ground: 2 unidentified boys
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/69

Photograph of Wingate Primitive Methodists' outing to Finchale Abbey, endorsed with names of some of the people, July 1913
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/70

Photograph of a motorised tricycle, driven by John H. Stephenson, with a passenger, P.C."Ginger" Neil, seated at front, c. 1913
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/71

Photocopy of a photograph of Wingate Salvation Army band, c. 1914
(1 paper, photocopy)

Ref: D/X 727/72

Postcard photograph of 1st Wingate Troop, Baden Powell Scouts, on camp at Hart, c. 1913 - 1914 Endorsed with names of scouts: back row: Mr Lewis, R. Bailes, E. Todd, George, D. Forster, T. Christopher, W. Harrison, Matthews, Graymore, Matthews, W. Farmworth, T. Appleton, D. Wigham Middle row: Todd, P. Lee, H. Weightman, M. Arthur, A. Bullick, Dr W. B. Arthur Front row: T. Hill, Croft, L. Arthur, (Mick)
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/73

Postcard photograph of 1st Wingate Troop, Baden Powell Scouts, c. 1914 Endorsed: Standing l. to r.: W. Farnworth, J. Newton, ? Taylor, A. Brown, - lake, N. Garrett, A. Lewis (scoutmaster) Squatting: H. MacArthur, T. Hill, ? Lake, R. Garret, ? Kilburn, L. Arthur, M. Arthur
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/74

Postcard photograph of 1st Wingate Troop, Baden Powell Scouts, at Castle Eden Brewery, 1914 Endorsed: Top row: N. Garret and D. Wigham Bottom row: W. Hornby, R. Garret, M. Arthur and W. Burns
(1 postcard, 13.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/75

Postcard photograph of 1st Wingate (Col. Burdon's Own) [Scout] Troop at Blackhall Rocks, 1915 Endorsed: Extreme back row includes coastguards S. V. Batten and Colwill Back row l. to r.: R. Renton, R. Bullick, J. Devine, J. Tarren, Dent, T. Trudgill, Lake, Lake, P. A. Lee, W. S. Farnworth Middle row: F. kilburn, A. Brown, C. Pace, W. Laws, - A. Lewis, W. B. Arthur, ?, F. Greenwell, P. Brown, W. Croft, W. Cuthbertson, M. C. B. A., W. Howe Front row: ?, Hedley, G. Powers, - N. Coverdale, Kellett, F. Foggin, F. Corner, - Thompson, Bennett
(1 postcard, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/76

Photograph of Wingate Rechabites Lodge, c. 1919 Endorsed: Back row: Billy Harrison (Low Main deputy), Tom Christopher (tailor at Richardson's), Sam Luxmore, Fred Glass, Jim Manchester Front row: "Young" Billy Price (Salvation Army), Gray (Hutton deputy), ?, and Billy Lake
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/77

Photograph of J. H. Adams, chief draughtsman, and Jack Foster, chief electrician, in Wingate Colliery drawing office, 1919
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 7 cm, sepia)

Ref: D/X 727/78

Photograph of Jack Howe (at front next to flag) in his first charabanc with a group of men; Jack Killan (with beard) next to second door handle, c. 1919
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/79

Photograph of Humphries' first charabanc, a Napier, with Bob Humphries in front and a group of men sitting inside; driver is a Napier employee who delivered the charabanc, c. 1919
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/80

Photocopy of a photograph of Wingate Primitive Methodists' A.F.C., c. 1921
(1 paper, photocopy)

Ref: D/X 727/81

Postcard photograph of a group of men in an office [probably colliery administration], c. 1925 Endorsed: Standing: Oswald Grey (clerk); Percy Goldsworthy (clerk), Ernest Good (deputy keeker), Chris Hughes (app. draughtsman), Bob Hetherington (clerk), Alec McCutcheon (surveyor's office), Leslie Bedford (app. surveyor) Sitting: W. M. Wight (cashier), Elias T. Bailes (surveyor), W. M. Owen (chief clerk)
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/82

Photograph of Tommy Wilkinson, a miner, standing next to end of a boiler which had exploded at Wingate Colliery many years before, killing one man, 1964
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 14 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/83

Photograph of a man, possibly the proprietor of the "Fir Tree House", Wingate, and his family, n.d. [late 19th/early 20th c.]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/84

Photograph of Willie Cuthbertson (1902-1964) of Wingate, who emigrated to Western Australia, n.d. [c. 1920-1940]
(1 photograph, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/85

Photograph of Wingate Wesleyan Chapel concert party, n.d. [early 20th c.] Includes: Back row, next to policeman, Mrs Luxmore and front row, middle, Mrs Manchester
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/86

Photocopy of a photograph of Wingate Albion A.F.C., n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 paper, photocopy)

Ref: D/X 727/87

Photocopy of a photograph of Wingate Lodge (Durham Miners' Association) banner and members of procession, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 paper, photocopy)

Photographs and postcards of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1903 - 1978 (Ref: D/X 727/88-104)Ref: D/X 727/88

Photograph with a general view of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1903
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/89

Postcard photograph with a general view of Wingate Grange Colliery, c.1925
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/90

Photograph of pump headgear at Harvey Shaft, Hutton henry (Station Town) Colliery, post 1952
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/91

Postcard photograph with a general view of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1958
(1 postcard, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/92

Photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery from the rear of the Victoria Inn, 15 October 1959
(1 photograph, 11.5 cm x 7 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/93

Photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery from New Row, 22 October 1963
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 12.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/94

Photograph of headgear at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/95

Photograph of headgear at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/96

Photograph of abandoned buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/97

Photograph of abandoned buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/98

View of washer, washer tank, weigh cabin and other buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, from the former colliery offices, 10 July 1964
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/99

Photograph of Wingate Colliery and pit heaps, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/100

Photograph of Wingate Colliery, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/101

Photograph of the buildings at Wingate Colliery, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/102

Photograph of winding gear at Wingate Colliery, 5 October 1966
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/103

Photograph of pit heaps at Wingate Colliery, taken from the side of the Howden Arms, now used by the football club, September 1978
(1 photograph, 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/104

Cutting from a magazine of a photograph of E. D. Hughes, master mason, standing in the doorway of the mine fan installation at Wingate Colliery, n.d. [early 20th c.]
(1 paper, printed)

Photographs of traction engines and trains, c.1910 -1966 (Ref: D/X 727/105-123)Ref: D/X 727/105

Photograph of an engine at Wingate Flower Show, with Ted Dunlop holding the reversing lever and Mr Sanderson also on the engine, c. 1910
(1 photograph, 12 cm x 7.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/106

Photograph, taken at Wingate, of a McLaren engine, no. 995, 'Endeavour', owned by E. G. Dunlop, 19 July 1942
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/107

Photograph, taken at Wingate, of a McLaren engine, no. 995, 'Endeavour', owned by E. G. Dunlop, 19 July 1942
(1 photograph, 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/108

Photograph of E. G. Dunlop's McLaren engine, no. 995, 'Endeavour', taken in his yard at Wingate, 9 July 1945
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/109

Photograph of Ted Dunlop's Marshall engine, no. 415215, in Dunlop's yard, Wingate, which was built in 1906 and bought by Mrs Alice Dunlop, mother of Ted, in 1907, and broken up on 15 September 1947 onwards; plate on tender "A Dunlop Steam Thresher, proprietor, Wingate", 9 June 1945
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/110

Photograph of Ted Dunlop's Marshall engine in his yard at Wingate, 9 July 1945
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/111

Photograph of an engine, no. 13475, from Ransome, Sims and Jefferies Ltd., Ipswich, taken at "Paddy Leavy's Yard", Station Town; engine bought by P. Leavy from a Sedgefield firm and sold immediately for £9 10s. to a Shadforth firm, 9 August 1947
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/112

Photograph of a Marshall engine, 45215, U.P. 2419, belonging to E. G. Dunlop, steam thresher proprietor, 17 September 1947
(1 photograph, 7 cm x 5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/113

Photograph of a Marshall engine, 54986, belonging to E. G. Dunlop of Wingate, 17 September 1947
(1 photograph, 5 cm x 7 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/114

Photograph of a Marshall engine, 54986, belonging to E. G. Dunlop of Wingate, 17 September 1947
(1 photograph, 7 cm x 5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/115

Photograph of a diesel engine and empty wagons outside the colliery buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, June 1956
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/116

Photograph of a diesel engine and empty wagons outside the colliery buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, June 1956
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/117

Photograph of a diesel engine and full wagons, passing Deaf Hill pit heap, June 1956
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/118

Photograph of a diesel engine and full wagons, passing Deaf Hill pit heap, June 1956
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/119

Photograph of an engine and wagons, N.E.R. 'Q-6' class locomotive No.63440, loaded with coal, on the Wellfield-Castle Eden loop with the houses of Wellfield Road in the background, December 1965
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/120

Photograph of an engine and wagons, N.E.R 'Q-6' class locomotive, loaded with coal, stationary at the bridge over the Wingate to Castle Eden line between Station Town and Hartbushes, shortly before the line closed in October 1966, August 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/121

Photograph of N.E.R. 'K1' class locomotive hauling coal wagons from Trimdon Grange, passing over the bridge to Heath View on Station Town loop, October 1966
(1 photograph, 12.5 cm x 9 cm, colour)

Ref: D/X 727/122

Photograph of a freight train, taken by D. Proudlock, travelling through snow near Wellfield Station on the Stockton line, n.d. [1940 - 1960s]
(1 photograph, 14 cm x 9 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/123

Photograph of a Roberts Tours bus, which had crashed through a wall, being recovered by a British Road Services recovery vehicle from Wingate, Front Street, n.d. [c. 1940s - 1950s]
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Photographs of model engines, 1958 - 1963 (Ref: D/X 727/124-126)Ref: D/X 727/124

Photograph of Mr R. Paul of Trimdon Village, and his model of Wingate Grange Colliery's winding engine, made by Mr H. Curry of Wingate and shown at Grangetown Miniature Locomotive Club's exhibition at Middlesbrough, 3 - 8 March 1958, March 1958
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/125

Photograph of a model twin cylinder steam engine, built in the early twentieth century by Jack Neasham, lamp-cabin foreman, and Tom Thomas, fan engineman at Wingate Grange Colliery, which was exhibited at county shows, 11 May 1963
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)

Ref: D/X 727/126

Photograph of a model beam engine, built in the early 1900s by Jack Neasham, lamp-cabin foreman at Wingate Grange Colliery, which was exhibited in county shows, 11 May 1963
(1 photograph, 13.5 cm x 8.5 cm, black and white)



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