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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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > Mines Rescue Research at http://freespace.virgin.net/kathryn.c > > Lovat Scouts Research at http://freespace.virgin.net/plg.research