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Forum: Widdrington 05-10-2017, 10:26 AM
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Posted By Coquet
Here's the lamp being used in not-so-ideal...

Here's the lamp being used in not-so-ideal conditions? :)
Not Stobswood, probably a Scottish Colliery.



http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/carbide-lamp-coal-mining.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 16-01-2017, 03:38 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Good question. What gets me in those films...

Good question.

What gets me in those films is the carbide cap lamps. There's a guy on the face filling coal with a one inch flame sticking out of the front of his lamp. :eek:
Forum: Widdrington 15-01-2017, 06:42 PM
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Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
I missed this on my visit to Stobswood. I can be...

I missed this on my visit to Stobswood. I can be forgiven as you were supposed to not notice it. :D


http://www.coleshillhouse.com/stobswood-auxiliary-unit-and-operational-base.php
Forum: Widdrington 15-01-2017, 06:39 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Welcome back Rick. Are your videos on line...

Welcome back Rick. Are your videos on line anywhere?

Some of those bricks I bet must have been specialist refractory bricks. Probably quite rare to find one in the wild now.
Forum: Widdrington 15-08-2016, 11:15 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
It does make you wonder why he was at Stobswood....

It does make you wonder why he was at Stobswood. The army was still demobilising in 1946. I can imagine things would not be normal at that time.
Forum: Widdrington 14-08-2016, 04:34 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Not sure if we've got Thomas Young recorded...

Not sure if we've got Thomas Young recorded somewhere? Janwhin's mining records?

Anyway; Morpeth Herald 6th Sept. 1946 -

KILLED BY FALL OF STONE
Thomas Young (54), of Front Row, Gate,...
Forum: Widdrington 14-08-2016, 04:25 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
This grave is in Amble West Cemetery: In loving...

This grave is in Amble West Cemetery:
In loving memory of my dear husband Thomas Young, who was accidentally killed at Stobswood Colliery Sep. 4. 1946
...
Forum: Widdrington 18-07-2016, 12:22 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Wonderful. So Axe was a brand or type name for...

Wonderful. So Axe was a brand or type name for their refractory bricks. Simples.

Some underground footage of Stobswood Colliery in 1947:

Film 1...
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 06:05 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
I've googled about and checked the online...

I've googled about and checked the online newspaper archives for some information on the name 'Burn-Axe' in relation to the brick works. I've not found anything, although some websites have pictures...
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 03:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Stobswood Colliery coal (99% likely) :):):) ...

Stobswood Colliery coal (99% likely) :):):)
last mined in 1965


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-colliery-coal.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 03:04 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Stobswood colliery. Large circular concrete disk....

Stobswood colliery. Large circular concrete disk. No evidence of anything ever being fixed to it. Shaft capping??


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-colliery-shaft-cap.jpg

...
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 03:00 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Stobswood Colliery ...

Stobswood Colliery

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-colliery-site-2.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:58 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Stobswood Colliery site. ...

Stobswood Colliery site.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-colliery-site.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:54 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Old faithful 'Radcliffe' brick on the Colliery...

Old faithful 'Radcliffe' brick on the Colliery site. Highly likely to predate the establishment of the Stobswood Brickworks.


...
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:49 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
More bricks: Just a few of this type about...

More bricks: Just a few of this type about "Burn-Axe". I assume early production???



http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/burn-axe-brick-stobswood.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:46 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks. Rail tracks ...

Brickworks. Rail tracks


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-7.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:31 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks ...

Brickworks

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-6.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:27 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks. Long deceased hydraulic hose. ...

Brickworks. Long deceased hydraulic hose.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-5.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:25 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks ...

Brickworks

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-4.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:21 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks ...

Brickworks


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-3.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Burn Brick ...

Burn Brick


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/burn-brick-stobswood.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:04 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Brickworks ...

Brickworks

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-burn-brickworks-1.jpg
Forum: Widdrington 17-07-2016, 02:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 69,007
Posted By Coquet
Stobswood Colliery & Burn Brickworks Today

Some photos of the site today for the record.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/images/stobswood-colliery-east-coast-railway-line.jpg


Above: Grangewood Terrace Stobswood and the east coast main...
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