Collecting scrap at Hetton Station Goods Yard, mid 20th Century (TWAM ref. 220). These images are part of a small series of photographs produced and accumulated by Hetton Urban District Council. The Council was established in 1895 under the Local Government Act 1894. The district included Hetton-le-Hole, Hetton Downs, Easington Lane, East Rainton and Moorsley. It was abolished in 1974 when the area became part of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough (later City) Council. (Copyright) We're happy for you to share these digital images within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email [email protected]
2010/05/23.RD4667. Although the German Railway Museum at Nürnberg (Nuremberg) tells the story of railways in Germany, the story starts, quite rightly, in north-east England and the first exhibit will be quite familiar to British visitors. It is a coal waggon from the South Hetton colliery in Co. Durham. Sunday, 23rd May, 2010.
35 (Hawthorn Leslie 3024/1913) shunting on the right. The left-hand tunnel leads to Deptford Junction and the right-hand serves Hetton Colliery line. The local NCB engines had rounded cabs to negotiate these tunnels. Traffic from the Hetton line was dealt with at Lambton Staiths during the railways final years. Courtesy of Sunderland Antiquarian Society.
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The Hetton colliery railway was an 8-mile (13 km) long private railway opened in 1822 by the Hetton Coal Company at Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England. The ...
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Railway sidings near South Hetton
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The following are further instances of Northern families serving with the Colours:- Mr and Mrs. E. Ellis, Silverdale Street, South Hetton: 6 sons, 3 stepsons (including W. and F. Hodgson), and a son-in-law (J. Jones). This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 13th of March 1915. During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past. The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images please comment below. Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
The Roll of Honour of men of the Yorkshire Regiment (the Green Howards) in World War 1. The Memorials to, the graves of, and the list of those who fought and fell, are presented especially for men from the North Riding of Yorkshire. Extensive use is made of data from the Beck Isle Museum in Pickering.
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