Whilst at Woodhorn I purchased a copy of 'Blood on the Coal' which is a
brief, A4 size, booklet with snippets of history about the Woodhorn
Colliery. Worth the £2.50 but certainly no more than that. There are some
detailed photos of the pit together with details of the 1913 disaster but
the rest is fairly anecdotal.
The museum itself is extremely well laid out and a credit to Wansbeck DC.
It lacks the finesse of Caphouse but is obviously run on a considerably
lower budget. As a local government employee myself I only hope it does not
fall victim to budget cuts when times are hard.
I am sure they would benefit from the support of us all wherever possible.
Phil Clifford
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roger gosling
Sent: 14 July 2002 10:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Woodhorn Museum
The Woodhorn Colliery Museum is run by Wansbeck District Council. They
joined NAMHO in 1999, but did not renew their membership in 2001. I
understood (obviously wrongly) that they had stopped trading and that is why
they did not renew.
I have just done a google search and they have a website on
http://www.imadge.demon.co.uk/ There is quite a good précis of the
colliery's history on this site.
The google search (for 'woodhorn colliery') also turned up many other
references (over 700 it said), one of which contains quite a few interesting
photos on http://www.pitwork.net/woodhorn.htm
The WCM website mentions two books that caught my attention about the
colliery; these are:
Blood on the Coal : A History of Woodhorn Colliery by Mike Kirkup (Available
from Museum Shop Priced £2.50). ISBN 09523422 78
Ashington Coal Company : The Five Collieries by Mike Kirkup (Available from
Museum Shop Priced £9.99) ISBN 1 -902527-62-3
I expect they are also available from our local place for more books!
It certainly looks like the WCM is an interesting place to visit and I will
be writing to ask them if they would like to rejoin NAMHO.
Roger Gosling
NAMHO Treasurer
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From: "Phil Clifford" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 14 July 2002 00:11
Subject: Woodhorn Museum
> Have just returned from a brief holiday in Northumberland. Whilst there I
> chanced upon the Woodhorn Colliery Museum (Ashington) which, I must
confess,
> I had not heard of before this trip.
>
> Made a brief visit and was quite impressed with the site. They also run a
> small narrow gauge railway using an ex-British Coal loco.
>
> The two headgears are quite impressive although there was an acute staff
> shortage on the day I visited so I was unable to ask many questions. Does
> anyone on the list have more details about this site?
>
> Regards
>
> Phil Clifford
>
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