Tribute To Dawdon Colliery And Its Proud Coal Miners.

Subscribe To My CZcams Channel For 200+ More Coal Mine Tributes and counting . Dawdon Colliery was sunk in 1907 by the Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, when the workings at his Seaham Colliery became increasingly costly to work from the old shafts, as the mine pushed out to the south-east. The new shafts for Dawdon Colliery were sunk at the coast on a rocky promontory known as Noses Point, near Dawdon,County Durham. At that time Dawdon was a small village of 83 houses. Dawdon was extended by Londonderry, with the building of 20 streets of new housing to accommodate the rapidly growing workforce at the colliery. By 1910 the 3,300 miners at Dawdon Colliery were producing 1 million tons of hand-hewed coal per year. In 1930 the numbers employed at the colliery reached their peak at 3,798 (3,163 working below ground and 635 working on the surface).Dawdon Colliery sadly closed on the 25th of July, 1991.

[@paulnolan1352]

Cracking footage Mike. Some good stuff on that belt at Dawdon.

[@mindfulwalksne6232]

Worked there for 4 years. Worked with some great lads. When in that area now, hard to believe it used to be there. Apart from Blast Beach.

[@lawrencebell3471]

Best colliery in the North east by far, closed by the wicked witch of the south, colliery was reported to be in the black when closed, great memories

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Lived in Sunderland ,in the 60’s I remember all the buses going past with buses to all the collieries south of Sunderland ,Dawdon ,Murton,Hawthorn shaft ,Vane tempest ,Horden ,Easington and Blackhall ,uncanny now to think they’ve all gone .

[@Cxwl9]

We have lost a great industry in this country

[@MakeAllThingsBeautiful]

doh, i got confused again, i thought this was Dordon in Warwickshire, though there wasn't officially a 'Dordon colliery' but a long time ago there was a Hall End colliery on the edge of the village, also more recently a Birch Coppice colliery which is also close, anyway i am absolutely miles off track i do apologise, i love these tribute videos and the tunes and the memories they evoke. Looking forward to Birch Coppice, Hall End, Baddesley and Coventry collieries, there were also 'Griff' and 'Binley' and Newdigate and probably many many more in north Warwickshire, we'll keep you busy Michael don't worry

[@jimmygixxer9451]

Every man in me family worked there, me dad was the last one

[@DeusDigger]

My second pit

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

Sorry forgot Seaham.