Jeremy -
Another reference from Galloway's book is :
'On December 4, 1831, 1.000 pitmen riotously assembled at Waldridge
Colliery, stopped the pumping engine while thirty or forty men were in the
pit, and threw tubs and corves down, with the intention of killing those at
work. A reward of five hundred guineas was offered for the apprehemsion of
the parties concerned in this outrage. Six men were tried at the ensuing
Durham Assizes and sentenced to imprisonment for various terms (Sykes's Loc.
Rec.). The rioters here and at other places are stated to have been
protected by the union (Scrutator's 'Impartial Enquiry, p. 9.).'
Ref Jolliffe pit, the NGR which I should have quoted is NZ 307 538.
Alan.
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