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Local Records
1779
April 30. — Felling colliery, on the river Tyne, belonging to Charles Brandling, esq., was won, when he gave a plentiful dinner and a hearty regale to the workmen ; and on the 4th of May he gave a grand entertainment at Gosforth house on the occasion. [LRS]
May 23. — About two o’clock in the morning, a French frigate of 24 guns, two cutters, and a schooner appeared a little to the southward of Tynemouth, when they fell in with a large fleet of laden colliers and other vessels from Shields, several of which the enemy took. A small brig called the Mary, mounting only three guns, fought her way through both the cutters for near an hour, and escaped, much shattered in her masts and rigging. A shameful neglect appeared on this occasion in the want of ammunition at the Spanish battery, at the mouth of the river. [LRS]
September 20. — The wagons began loading the coals from the new won colliery on Waldridge Fell, near Chester-le-Street (being the first from that colliery, belonging to William Jolliffe, esq.), to Fatfield staith. Some thousands of people attended, preceded by a band of music, colours flying, &c. In the afternoon they returned to the houses near the colliery, where an excellent cold dinner was provided, consisting of a sheep roasted whole, six sheep in quarters, and half an ox, which was washed down with 18 barrels of good ale. The bells at Chester were rung at intervals during the day. [LRS]
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- LRS — Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, published in 1833 in two volumes
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