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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1220 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Easington Colliery records and plans; other colliery plans

Covering Dates: 1952-1993

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Minutes (Ref: D/X 1220/1-15)
    • Reports and Memoranda (Ref: D/X 1220/16-25)
    • Correspondence (Ref: D/X 1220/26-29)
    • Plans (Ref: D/X 1220/30-52)
    • Easington Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/30-34)
    • Sherburn (Ref: D/X 1220/35)
    • Blackhall Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/36)
    • Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/X 1220/37)
    • Dawdon Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/38-51)
    • Deaf Hill Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/52)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1220/53-54)
    • Accident reports (Ref: D/X 1220/55-60)

Catalogue Description

Records given

22 September 1998 Acc: 2545(D)

24 September 2002 Acc: 2877(D)

Catalogue Contents

Minutes (Ref: D/X 1220/1-15)Ref: D/X 1220/1

Copy signed minutes of meetings of the Easington Colliery Safety Committee, the Federated Board, and ad hoc meetings between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers, 7 June 1962 - 10 November 1970
(33 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/2

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 28 March - 7 December 1962
(25 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/3

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 30 January - 15 December 1963
(27 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/4

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 15 January - 9 December 1964
(16 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/5

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 20 January - 30 September 1965
(6 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/6

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 11 February - 6 December 1966
(24 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/7

Copy signed minutes of meetings between the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) and a deputation of the National Union of Mineworkers, 4 January - 10 November 1967, 16 February 1973
(12 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/8

Copy signed minutes of Pit Meetings at Easington Colliery, 20 July 1962, 25 January 1963, 23 January 1964, 12 May 1964, 3 February - 20 December 1967
(35 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/9

Copy signed minutes of Pit Meetings at Easington Colliery, 3 January - 3 July 1968
(28 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/10

Copy minutes of the Easington Colliery Housing Committee, 21 June 1962 - 17 March 1964
(22 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/11

Copy minutes of the Easington Colliery Housing Advisory Committee, 11 January - 19 October 1967, 8 January - 6 October 1970
(25 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/12

Copy minutes of the Easington Colliery Housing Advisory Committee, 21 October and 16 December 1971, 16 March, 12 April and 24 August 1972, 17 May and 14 June 1973
(17 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/13

Copy minutes of the Easington Colliery Consultative Committee, 3 July - 4 December 1962
(34 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/14

Copy minutes of the Easington Colliery Consultative Committee, 8 January - 7 May 1963, 22 November 1967, 20 February - 5 March 1968
(34 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/15

Minutes of Council and Committee meetings of the National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area), 7 February, 18 May and 14 November 1981, 31 August 1982, 28 June, 11-12 July, 10 October and 5 December 1983, 18 October 1985
(11 booklets)

Reports and Memoranda (Ref: D/X 1220/16-25)Ref: D/X 1220/16

National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) reports and memoranda concerning colliery housing, wages, work rosters and accidents, 24 April 1952, 23 April 1962 - 21 January 1967
(22 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/17

National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) memoranda concerning accidents, wages, election of annual conference representatives, sick pay scheme, election of Gala speakers and election of executive committee, 26 February 1960 - 19 May 1972, 26 November 1990
(35 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/18

Shotton and District Mines Inspection Board reports, June 1961 - 1 October 1966
(7 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/19

Durham County Mining Federation Board memoranda concerning wages, rest days, sick pay, holidays, redundancy compensation, and the County Coal Pool Scheme, 9 April 1963 - 29 September 1966, 21 April 1980
(26 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/20

Memoranda from National Coal Board, Durham Area officials, to the manager of Easington Colliery, concerning coal allowances and the improvement of colliery houses, 22 January 1964 - 3 February 1970
(4 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/21

Memorandum from the Durham Divisional Coal Consultative Council to the Colliery Consultative Committees concerning first aid, 3 March 1964
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/22

Joint Agreed Notes made by the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers concerning wages and conditions of service, 20 April - 27 July 1964, 2 May 1972
(5 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/23

Copies of agreements made between the National Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers concerning wages, coal allowances, and the improvement of colliery houses, 27 July 1964 - 1967
(20 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/24

Memoranda from the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) to the secretary of the Easington Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers concerning coal allowances, the improvement of colliery houses, work rosters, and an overtime ban, 15 July 1966 - 12 September 1968
(5 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/25

Miscellaneous National Coal Board and National Union of Mineworkers reports and memoranda concerning Easington Colliery, concerning manpower deployment, wages, house improvements, and the 1982 mines accident inspection report for the North of England District, c.1962 - 19 June 1986
(22 papers and 1 booklet)

Correspondence (Ref: D/X 1220/26-29)Ref: D/X 1220/26

Correspondence between S. Rutherford, the Secretary of the Easington Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers, and A. Hesler, the General Secretary of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning the renovation of colliery houses, an overtime ban, rest days, and Incapacity Retirement Benefit; and between S. Rutherford and the National Coal Board (Easington Colliery) concerning an increase in output, coal allowances, and the training and deployment of manpower, 29 September 1962 - 28 December 1964
(59 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/27

Correspondence between S. Rutherford, the Secretary of the Easington Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers, and A. Hesler, the General Secretary of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning wages, accidents, the training and deployment of manpower, coal allowances, rent allowances, and Incapacity Retirement Benefit; and between S. Rutherford and M. & H. Mining Contractors, Morthen Road, Thurcroft, Rotherham, Yorkshire, concerning wages, 4 January - 28 December 1965
(39 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/28

Correspondence between S. Rutherford, the Secretary of the Easington Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers, and A. Hesler, the General Secretary of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning safety, wages, Incapacity Reitrement Benefit, an overtime ban, and the Easington Memorial Graves, 14 January - 2 March 1966, 11 July 1967 - 5 March 1968, 30 November 1969
(38 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/29

Correspondence between R. Garside and then A.J. Cummings, the Secretary of the Easington Lodge of the National Union of Mineworkers, and W. Malt and then T. Callan, General Secretary of the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, concerning sick pay, safety, coal allowances, T.U.C. courses, the pension scheme, recruitment and N.U.M. elections; and with Richard Reed & Co., solicitors, 3-5 Frederick Street, Sunderland, the Treasury Solicitor, 12 Buckingham Gate, London, and P. Leech & Son, auctioneers estate agents and valuers, Park House, Horden, Peterlee, concerning the sale of colliery houses; and with the National Coal Board, Easington Colliery, concerning the rent and allocation of colliery houses, 11 April 1972 - 20 October 1987, 20 July 1993
(55 papers)

Plans (Ref: D/X 1220/30-52)Easington Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/30-34)Ref: D/X 1220/30

Cross-section of shafts of Easington Colliery, February 1970 No scale
(1 plan, 50 cm.x 122 cm., waxed linen, coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/31

Plan of Yard 'G' Seam, Easington Colliery, August 1981(?) No scale
(1 plan, 46 cm. x 64 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1220/32

Plan of Yard Seam, Easington Colliery, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 38 cm., laminated paper, coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/33

Plan of Low Main Seam, Easington Colliery, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 20 cm. x 39 cm., laminated paper, coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/34

Plan of Easington, n.d. Scale: 4 cm. to 100 metres [1:2500]
(1 plan, 40 cm. x 80 cm.)

Sherburn (Ref: D/X 1220/35)Ref: D/X 1220/35

Plan of Sherburn, January 1960 Scale: 4 cm. to 100 metres [1:2500]
(1 plan, 60 cm. x 55 cm.)

Blackhall Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/36)Ref: D/X 1220/36

Rescue and firefighting plan of Low Main 'J' Seam, Blackhall Colliery, January 1976 Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 88 cm. x 66 cm.)

Chester-le-Street (Ref: D/X 1220/37)Ref: D/X 1220/37

'District HV System diagram, Chester-le-Street (East)', October 1981 No scale
(1 plan, 30 cm. x 21 cm., coloured pencil)

Dawdon Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/38-51)Ref: D/X 1220/38

'Diagrammatic sections of shafts showing tube bundle system in shafts and insets' of Dawdon Colliery, 24 September 1982 No scale
(1 plan, 60 cm. x 46 cm., waxed linen, coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/39

Cross-section diagrams of Theresa Shaft and of Castlereagh Shaft (Dawdon Colliery?), n.d. No scale
(3 plans, 21 cm. x 30 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1220/40

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Seam 'C', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 142 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/41

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery High Main Seam 'E', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 161 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/42

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Main Seam 'F', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 101 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/43

Plan of Dawdon Colliery Yard Seam 'G', June 1990 Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 159 cm. x 100 cm., waxed linen, coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/44

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Yard Seam 'G', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 163 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/45

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Maudlin Seam 'H', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 140 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pen and pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/46

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Low Main Seam 'J', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 162 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pen and pencil)

Ref: D/X 1220/47

Pumping plan of Dawdon Colliery Hutton Seam 'L', n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(1 plan, 140 cm. x 100 cm., coloured pen)

Ref: D/X 1220/48

Dawdon Colliery pumping scheme diagram, n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 33 cm. x 22 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1220/49

'Line diagram of pipework at Shaft Area' Hutton Seam [Dawdon Colliery?], 20 October 1987 No scale
(1 plan, 42 cm. x 30 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1220/50

Plan of Hutton and Harvey Seams [Dawdon Colliery?], n.d. No scale
(1 plan, 94 cm. x 83 cm.)

Ref: D/X 1220/51

Memorandum from the Unit Surveyor to the General Manager of Dawdon Colliery concerning roadways which could be subject to flooding as shown on the pumping plans, 13 June 1988
(2 papers)

Deaf Hill Colliery (Ref: D/X 1220/52)Ref: D/X 1220/52

Electrical plans of Deaf Hill Colliery, Hutton and Tilley Seams, n.d. Scale: 1:5000
(2 plans, 60 cm. x 199 cm. and 103 cm. x 110, coloured pencil)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 1220/53-54)Ref: D/X 1220/53

Durham Miners' Rehabilitation Centre: discharge of patient forms, 23 December 1965 - 26 July 1968
(21 papers)

Ref: D/X 1220/54

Advertisement for the All Star Miners' Gala at Gateshead International Stadium Riverside Bowl, 19 February 1993
(1 paper)

Accident reports (Ref: D/X 1220/55-60)

Second Deposit

(Acc: 2877(D))

Ref: D/X 1220/55

Photocopy of an accident report form concerning a fall of stone which led to an injury to Gordon Gowland, 16 November 1979
(1 paper, printed and typescript)

Ref: D/X 1220/56

Statement of G. Nicholson concerning the accident to Gordon Gowland, 16 November 1979
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 1220/57

Statement of E. Kelly concerning the accident to Gordon Gowland, 19 November 1979
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/X 1220/58

Photocopy of an inspection report concerning the accident to Gordon Gowland on 16 November 1979, 19 November 1979
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1220/59

Plan, section and location plan showing the scene of the accident to Gordon Gowland on 16 November 1979, 21 November 1979 Scales: 1:48 and 1:10,560
(1 plan, 57 cm. x 29 cm., duplicated, with coloured pencil annotations)

Ref: D/X 1220/60

Plan, section and location plan showing the scene of the accident to R. Lowery on 10 May 1988, 11 May 1988 Scales: 1:50 and 1:10,560
(1 plan, 56 cm. x 29 cm., duplicated, with coloured pencil annotations)



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