Westoe Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 5/40 — Plans - Westoe Colliery, Bensham and Hutton Seams, 1922, 1936. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]. Also plan of Manor Wallsend Colliery, High Main Coal Seam, c. 1920. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
• Ref: NCB 5/39 — Plans - Westoe Colliery, Yard Seam, 1921. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/17 — Colliery specification, Westoe Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 31/9 — Report of the private committee of enquiry into unconstitutional stoppages of work, Whitburn, Harton and Westoe Collieries, February 1954 - March 1954
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 113/2 — Report on unconstitutional stoppages of work at Whitburn, Harton, and Westoe Collieries, March 1954
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/11 — Construction of tower winding house, Westoe Colliery, September 1955
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/8 — Construction of tower winding house and ancillary works, Westoe Colliery, August 1956
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 85/6 — Reconstruction, Westoe Colliery, June 1957 - September 1959
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 85/5 — Alterations to Westoe Central Coal preporation Plant, September 1959 - October 1960
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 85/11 — Proposed alterations to the Westoe Central Coal preparation Plant, Stage two, September 1959 - July 1961
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 74/2 — Face replacement meetings, Westoe Colliery, May 1970 - June 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 58/2 — Underground flooding, Westoe Colliery, September 1970 - October 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 36/2 — Accommodation, Westoe Colliery canteen extension, October 1972 - April 1973
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 77/1 — Meeting minutes, unclassified, Westoe Colliery, March 1974 - September 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 21/7 — Photographs of underground installations, Westoe Colliery, April 1974 - June 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 135/1 — Capital expenditure, Westoe Colliery, April 1974 - May 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 144/8 — Friction winders, Westoe and Wearmouth Collieries, April 1974 - October 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 174/4 — Rope test reports, Westoe Colliery, April 1974 - September 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 130/3 — Westoe development and planning meetings, January 1979 - November 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 161/2 — General correspondence, Westoe Colliery, January 1980 - October 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 91/7 — Major project minutes, Westoe Colliery, May 1981 - June 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/2 — Minutes of colliery meetings, Westoe Colliery, October 1981 - February 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 112/2 — Dangerous occurences and incidents at pits, Westoe Colliery, March 1982 - October 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 134/2 — Cross measure drifting, Westoe Colliery, November 1982 - October 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 23/3 — Minutes of planning meetings, Westoe Colliery, January 1984 - February 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 86/11 — Five year development plans, Colliery meetings with production managers, Westoe Colliery, February 1984 - October 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 218/6 — Serious reportable accidents, Westoe Colliery, August 1985 - May 1986
• Ref: NCB 24/97 — Public Relations Office Files - Westoe colliery, 1 March 1986 - 30 April 1992
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 228/2 — Serious reportable accidents, Westoe Colliery, June 1986 - December 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 229/10 — Dangerous occurences and incidents pits, Westoe Colliery, November 1986 - October 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 228/1 — Serious reportable accidents, Westoe Colliery, January 1987 - December 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 3/4 — Committees, conferences and meetings, Westoe Colliery, April 1987 - January 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 233/1 — Serious reportable accidents, Westoe Colliery, January 1988 - November 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 3/3 — Committees, conferences and meetings, Westoe Colliery, February 1988 - November 1988

• Ref: 707/19-20 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-9