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The colliery shown as an air shaft was in fact a seperate entity to the one near the Togston Crescent area....The housing provided for the workforce was those of Acklington and Scott streets in Amble
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That confirms with the development McAndrews refers to in his book as "
the recent undertaking"; he refers to the housing at Amble too. Looks like a partial collapse of the shaft sealed the fate of the colliery.
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The recent undertaking, the pit near the railway and at the boundary of the Royalty, was the most extensive of all—sunk to the Radcliffe bed, with all the seams on in good condition. A siding was connected with the railway, and housing accommodation for a large number of workmen was provided at Amble, together with all the requirements of an up-to-date colliery. But the same dogged ill-luck which characterised all previous Togston mining enterprises ended in this case with a partial collapse of the shaft, and Togston has, in all probability, seen the last of many unsuccessful mining ventures.
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