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mining
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The ‘Hell Pit’ of Seaham (NZ410496)
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[From an article which appeared in the Sunderland Echo of 22nd July 1992 ] The Seaham Colliery Disaster of 9 th September 1880 was one...
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
New Hartley Pit Disaster (NZ308768)
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On 16th January 1862 one of the worst mining accidents in British history befell the workforce of New Hartley Colliery, a little to the no...
Friday, 8 October 2010
Radcliffe R.I.P (NU270025)
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Though it is still marked on the map, the village of Radcliffe effectively no longer exists. It once lay a little to the east of the curren...
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