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Backwoth Collieries
« on: Saturday 17 March 12 14:37 GMT (UK) »
Does anyone have information about Backworth Collieries.
My uncle Frank Dack of North Shields worked for them around the 1940's

Ann
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Hunworth, Norfolk
Salsbury

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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 17 March 12 17:31 GMT (UK) »
Hi Ann,

Durham Mining Museum has a lot of info.  Depends what you're looking for, I suppose.

http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b014.htm

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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 17 March 12 22:35 GMT (UK) »
thank you, this will give me a start
Dack
North Shields, Northumberland.
Hunworth, Norfolk
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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 18 March 12 01:37 GMT (UK) »
If you've been on the DMM site I'm sure you'll have figured out by now that the place is called Backworth.

Backwoth is how it sounds when we say it  ;D

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Re: Backworth Collieries
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 18 March 12 19:39 GMT (UK) »
Sorry it was a typing error.
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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #5 on: Monday 19 March 12 00:39 GMT (UK) »
Ah - I thought you'd gone phonetic  ;D

If you don't find anything of interest on DMM let me know and I'll see if any of my contacts have any info.

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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 31 March 12 12:56 BST (UK) »
Try this website.

http://www.backworthcollieryband.org.uk/history/backworth_collieries.php

I used to live in Earsdon in the 40s , 50s and 60s and there were a few collieries still working in the Backwortharea then

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Burnett - Northumberland & Scottish Borders
Dickson - Scottish Borders/ Northumberland
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Powell - Shropshire
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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #7 on: Monday 18 June 12 20:17 BST (UK) »
Backworth Colliery c. 1955

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Re: Backwoth Collieries
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 27 June 12 15:37 BST (UK) »
Re Backworth Collieries.

I was born in Backworth. My family lived and worked in and around the  village for 4 generations. I have a wealth of information about the area, It depends on what you would like to know!

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Bill
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Brassell
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