Westoe Colliery

Westoe Colliery

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Image Details

Title Westoe Colliery
Reference Number STH0019946
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 2 November 1967
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1960s
Copyright Shields Gazette
Further Information South Brass Thill No. 14 Face. View from return gate showing shearer controls. Shearer operator, Walter Slater, aged 41 at time of photograph. Walter started work at Westoe eleven years ago after leaving the Royal Navy.