Posted by Keith House on 11/12/2004, 11:50 am, in reply to "Locations of Mines around West Auckland" There is a very good map showing location of mines and waggonways at this site. http://www.geocities.com/waggonways/ You will see location of Broken Back House between St Helens Colliery and Woodhouse Close Colliery. There does not appear to be a mine called Broken Back so my guess is it's St Helens Colliery. --Previous Message--
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John
: My father and uncle used to talk of
: "Brocken Back". Probably
: "Broken Back Colliery which, if
: I remember correctly their
: "crack" was on the Warner
: site at St Helens. They were born
: and brought up in Dent Street at
: Tindale so they would have known. St
: Helens colliery is shown on your map
: on the opposite side of the road.
: Was "Brocken Back" a slang
: name for St Helens Colliery or was it
: different? The Durham County Mining
: Museum web-site hasn't this
: information.
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