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Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 02-02-2014, 09:26 AM
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Posted By Alan J.
I would put the incident in the 1957/58 area as I...

I would put the incident in the 1957/58 area as I faintly remember it and as you say the pit went electric. This caused a problem with supplying ready charged lamps to the outlying drifts such as...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 07-07-2013, 07:37 AM
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Posted By Alan J.
Morph, your info' is on the Togston/ Broomhill...

Morph, your info' is on the Togston/ Broomhill site complete with map showing your shafts just above the Hope bridge.
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 05-07-2013, 11:08 AM
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Posted By Alan J.
Colliery shafts.

Those were the shafts of Togston Colliery, just a bit past the Hope Bridge, on the right, from Amble. There were two, one surrounded by brick the other a stone wall. This is covered at length in...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 18-01-2013, 09:23 AM
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Posted By Alan J.
Dawsons drift.

Spot on Coquet, as you can see it used the same tramway to the colliery as East togston did.
The fire on the heapstead at Broomhill was assisted by the fact it was constructed of wood apparently,...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 14-01-2013, 02:20 PM
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Posted By Alan J.
Roadways to West.

Due to the incline and length I would guess at them bisecting other seams on the way down which would be then worked and the coal brought up to the East Togston engine plane to come to the surface...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 14-01-2013, 11:45 AM
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Posted By Alan J.
Moor House drift.

As I was never down there I would guess that the dogleg was where the drift bottom met the end of the haulage road from the East Togston drift. The squared area would possibly be the loader where the...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 07-02-2012, 06:56 PM
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Posted By Alan J.
Broomhill colliery.

We are beginning to wander from this site, this should possibly be on the Broomhill site. If you want to move it over I can give you more info ref. the layout of the colliery which would perhaps fit...
Forum: Togston, Broomhill, Hadston and Red Row 07-02-2012, 02:13 PM
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Posted By Alan J.
Broomhill colliery.

There was no connection between Broomhill shaft and Hauxley. All of Broomhill workings to the N E were from surface drifts namely East Togston,Dawsons and Coldrife, the coal from these was...
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