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Newspaper Articles about Silksworth Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 03 May 1856  Projected New Colliery
 01 Apr 1881  Presentation at Silksworth Colliery
 13 Sep 1884  Shocking Fatality To A Miner
 20 Jun 1885  Local Intelligence
Presentation
 30 Aug 1888  Inquest At Silksworth
 07 Mar 1890  The Silksworth Dispute
The Stoppage at New Seaham and Rainton Collieries
 19 Dec 1890  Capital and Labour
 26 Jan 1891  Capital and Labour
 02 Feb 1891  Capital and Labour
 11 Feb 1891  Capital and Labour
 19 Feb 1891  Capital and Labour
 20 Feb 1891  Capital and Labour
 21 Feb 1891  Capital and Labour
 09 Mar 1891  Capital and Labour
 21 Mar 1891  Capital and Labour
 18 Apr 1891  The Silksworth Evictions
More Pitmen Sent To Prison
Scenes In Court
 04 May 1891  Capital and Labour
 03 Sep 1895  News
 28 Sep 1895  Sad Fatality At Whitburn Colliery
 20 Jan 1899  Threatened Strike of Miners
 07 Aug 1900  Trade And Wages
The Putters' Dispute At Silksworth Colliery
 02 Feb 1903  Fatal Accident At Silksworth Colliery
 04 Jun 1903  Fatal Accident At Silksworth Colliery
Driver Killed
 06 Jun 1903  The Fatality At Silksworth Colliery
 13 Mar 1912  News
 02 Sep 1920  Durham Coal Deal
Sale Of Silksworth Colliery
 20 Sep 1920  Lord Londonderry's Collieries
 01 Nov 1926  Alleged Incitement to Riot
 07 May 1927  News and Notes
 22 Oct 1927  News and Notes
 01 Mar 1932  Easington Fatality
 17 Mar 1932  Surgical operation performed at Silksworth
 18 Feb 1933  Pithead Baths
 01 Sep 1933  Classes For Pit Boys
Sunderland Authority's Arrangement
Safety In Mines Education
 27 Sep 1933  News in Brief
 05 Feb 1934  Accident At Work
 19 Feb 1934  Safety In The Mines
Silksworth Boys Pass Tests
 26 Feb 1934  Not Due To Accidents
Silksworth Miner's Death
Came Home Dazed From Work
 26 Feb 1934  Work-Sharing Scheme?
Jobs For 1,200 Men At Silksworth Pit
 10 May 1934  Silksworth Pithead Baths
 02 Jun 1934  £22,000 Pit-Head Baths Opened
Hopes of Improved Trade at Silksworth Ceremony
 13 Jul 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 18 Aug 1934  Plea For Ambulance Work
 14 Sep 1934  Labour and Wages
North of England
 12 Oct 1934  Labour and Wages
North of England
 26 Oct 1934  Personal Notes
 02 Nov 1934  Obituary
 23 Nov 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 21 Dec 1934  Labour and Wages
North of England
 21 Dec 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 11 Jan 1935  Safety In Mines
 19 Jul 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 02 Aug 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 09 Aug 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 13 Sep 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 25 Oct 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 25 Oct 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 25 Oct 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 01 Nov 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 08 Nov 1935  Personal Notes
 13 Dec 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 20 Dec 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 29 Jan 1936  Badges For Pit Boys
 07 May 1936  To Broadcast Again
 06 Jun 1936  Silksworth Badge Boys
 10 Jul 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 17 Jul 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 31 Jul 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 07 Aug 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 14 Aug 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 24 Aug 1936  Miners Propose Holidays With Pay Scheme
Effects On Employment
Attitude Of Lambton Group Owners
 28 Aug 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 04 Sep 1936  Obituary
 04 Sep 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 18 Sep 1936  Personal Notes
 28 Sep 1936  Notices And Work
 02 Oct 1936  Labour and Wages
North of England
 24 Oct 1936  Silksworth Ambulance Record
 18 Dec 1936  Personal Notes
 20 May 1937  Good Openings In Pits For Young Men
But Must Have Knowledge Says Official
Silksworth Ambulance Awards
 02 Jul 1937  Labour and Wages
North of England
 03 Sep 1937  Labour and Wages
North of England
 17 Sep 1937  Labour and Wages
North of England
 08 Oct 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 01 Nov 1937  Durham Miners and Non-Unionism
Threatened Strike by 10,000 Men
 19 Nov 1937  Obituary
 19 Nov 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 17 Dec 1937  Personal Notes
 31 Dec 1937  Labour and Wages
North of England
 14 Jan 1938  Labour and Wages
North of England
 21 Jan 1938  Personal Notes
 28 Jan 1938  Labour and Wages
North of England
 28 Jan 1938  Labour and Wages
North of England
 11 Feb 1938  Labour and Wages
North of England
 14 Apr 1938  For Aged Miners' Homes
 16 Sep 1938  Notes From The Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 17 Dec 1938  Mining Lecturer Retires
 17 Jun 1939  Silksworth
 23 Jun 1939  Personal Notes
 18 May 1940  Presentations To Manager
 08 Jan 1941  Miners' Relief Fund Report
 18 Aug 1942  Damages Against Miners
 19 Jan 1949  Breakdown at Colliery
77-year-old engine
 1951  Around The Collieries
 09 Dec 1952  Pit Redundancy Plan Changed
 16 Feb 1953  Two Pit Strikes Ended
 25 May 1959  News in Brief
Redundant Miners

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