Choppington Colliery

06/06/2021

Does anyone remember John Routledge born 1933 used to work at choppington pit
His father was joseph Routledge
Mother was Florence
Their other children were
Flo
Louie
Edna
Sally
Nancy
And brother Joe
X2 other children who died
They lived in the colliery rows
He went to guidepost school played football for the school

05/12/2019

Take a trip back to the past, what do you remember?

19/08/2019

Has everyone seen this?

This candid, observational Tyne Tees TV news feature powerfully communicates the raw experience of a pitmans shift at Dawdon Colliery in 1967 the heat, dirt, cramped tunnels and deafening noise of coal-cutting machines and conveyors. Without commentary, this film recalls a vanished era of courage and camaraderie for the miners working in hellish conditions two miles out and 1,000 feet below the North Sea, off the Durham coastline.

Grit, grime and graft fathoms beneath the North Sea for coal miners at Dawdon Colliery.

12/07/2019

A Collection of photos relating to Choppington Colliery and The surrounding area