Lumley Colliery

03/08/2020

A revisit to Lumley Castle

Standing proud for more than 600 years, the magnificent spectacle of Lumley Castle dominates the County Durham landscape. Surrounded by beautiful parklands o...

19/01/2020

Who remembers the Pit Pony?

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.

16/07/2019

Lodge Banner Parade thanks to Alan Cummings‎ for the photo

A Collection of Banners, Tokens, Lamps and other memorabilia associated with Great Lumley Colliery and surrounding areas

15/07/2019

A Collection of Banners, Tokens, Lamps and other memorabilia associated with Great Lumley Colliery and surrounding areas

15/05/2019

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14/05/2019