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Durham County Council buys Peterlee bus station and announces plans to repair damage and coordinate bus services across the county.
LE PAVI 909 — Apollo Pavillion, Peterlee,...
From my bought collection, United 1231, C74UHN, Peterlee Depot.
From my bought collection, United 1226, TDC856X, Peterlee Depot.
United Leyland National 2, 3126 - APT126W, sen in Easington Village, 1985, when allocated to Peterlee.
Shotton Colliery, Peterlee. 721 likes · 9 were here. Shotton Colliery, The location was built from the existence of the Colliery
Courtney Hadwin, 13, from Hesleden, near Peterlee, in County Durham, won herself a place in the America's Got Talent live shows after impressing judges with her audition.
Company: Jayline Fleetnumber: N/A Registration: G291TSL Chassis: Mercedes Benz 709D Bodywork: Alexander Location of Photo: Peterlee Bus Station Previous Registrations: N/A New to: Magic Bus (Fleetno: 291) Other Notes: N/A Company: Jayline Fleetnumber: N/A Registration: KCZ5771 Chassis: Mercedes Benz 811D Bodywork: Alexander Previous Registrations: G116PGT New to: London Buses (Fleetno: MA116) Other Notes: N/A
As a companion to my recent modern image from Sunderland station, here is a shot from about forty years ago showing a first generation DMU leaving with a service for (apparently) Middlesbrough. The photo is from either late 1979 or early 1980, probably the latter. I have absolutely no records for this image so it is an educated guess. What I do know is that I made a trip to the North East around that time with a fellow student. I think this is a pair of twin car Class 101 Metropolitan-Cammell DMUs. The leading set (if not both) is refurbished, as evidenced by the lack of a two-character headcode panel which would have been installed originally. I referred to railcar.co.uk to help identify the type of unit. Massive credit is due to those responsible for writing and maintaining that site - the level of detail available there is insane! If you have not had a look at railcar.co.uk I thoroughly recommend it. The viewpoint for the photo is just off Burden Road, where the railway plunges into Sunderland South Tunnels. On my February 2020 visit to Sunderland I arrived in the city by bus from Peterlee and alighted in Burden Road, just by the war memorial in Mowbray Park. Little did I realise at the time that it was only a few yards from the place where I'd made this photo all those years before.
Blackhall Colliery, the village, is on the North Sea coast of County Durham, to its north is Blackhall Rocks that the above pictured Horden Railway Station served . The North Eastern Railway began construction of a Seaham to Hartlepool line in 1899 - a project that required the construction of substantial viaducts over four large denes and some lesser ones. The most visually impressive being that of Seaton Carew. Note ; in the counties of Durham (and Northumberland) a dene is a steep-sided wooded valley through which a burn flows, two local examples being Castle Eden Dene and Crimdon Dene. When Dawdon Railway Viaduct was completed in 1905 Hartlepool, Hart, Blackhall, Horden, Easington (Colliery), Seaham, Ryhope (East) and Sunderland were linked together. Blackhall Colliery, was named after a local farm which had existed for centuries. The place-name for the colliery village built to serve the new pit came only with general public knowledge and as the workers houses became occupied as its streets were built and named. [It had the same owners, the Horden Coal Company (effectively Pease & Partners), as Horden.] The pits first coal was brought up in 1913. The Blackhall pit sinkers - those who dug and constructed it - and their families had to live in huts and even caves on the beach. Initially the only road into Blackhall Colliery village was from Hesleden and Castle Eden. The coast road from Hartlepool to Easington came much later. Blackhall's coal pit ( closed in 1981 and now completely dismantled ) was sunk circa 1910/1913 during years of coal mining profitability. Blackhall Colliery - the village, Blackhall Rocks and its neighbours Castle Eden Dene, and Castle Eden Dene Mouth are on the A1086 Harden to Peterlee and Hartlepool road. www.flickr.com/photos/lenton_sands/25109449919/in/datepos...
