On the subject of Tyneside or rather Newcastle I did transcribe a book the other week and stick it on the other website. It appears to be absent from elsewhere on the internet:
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The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne".. etc 1807. A little before Jobling's time.
It is out of our jurisdiction but it does include a layman's visit to East Kenton Colliery. I assume things would be similar elsewhere in Northumberland pits at the time. This colliery curiously had a 3 mile access tunnel from the staiths on the Tyne and was popular with lady visitors as you did not have to descend down the shaft to get in. (last chapter on the webpage " DESCRIPTION OF A VISIT TO A COAL MINE.")
I wonder if the tunnel is still open?? (was Kitty's Drift
according to this)
"Kitty's Drift, an underground railway was apparently built from East Kenton Colliery to staiths on the Tyne in 1770. A subterranean tunnel and the colliery ("Kenton E.t") is shown on Lambert's map of 1807. " Lambert's Map online