Crowd waiting for news outside the pit at Easington Colliery following its 1951 pit disaster. I was 14 year old at the time. My father was in the pit when the disaster occurred. He survived as he was working in a different seam from the explosion. He later helped with the salvage work. I also had four uncles and a number of cousins working at the pit then. None were killed. Many escaped by being on different shifts to those who were killed. All were deeply devastated.
Four articles of mine concerning aspects of the history of Easington Colliery can be found via the links below. They all appeared in annual publications of the journal of the North East Labour History Society called "North East Labour History".
They can be accessed fully via the following links. Just click into the top one and scawl for the rest.
Pages on this link are 47 to 57 as double pages. Those in the journal being 88 to 108.
http://nelh.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/North-East-History-Issue-43.pdf
http://nelh.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/North-East-History-Issue-43.pdf
Pages on this link are 78 to 96. Those in the journal now on single pages being 76 to 94.
http://nelh.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/North-East-History-Issue-44.pdf
Pages on this link are 106 to 124. Those in the journal being 104 to 122.
http://nelh.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/North-East-History-Issue-48.pdf
Pages on this link are 83 to 91. Those in the journal being 81 to 89.
Also see the item below this one on this blog. There also is a link at the close of this for 30 items on "Easington".
Also see the item below this one on this blog. There also is a link at the close of this for 30 items on "Easington".
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