Posted by (no name) --Previous Message--
on 2/15/2005, 9:03 pm, in reply to "Re: manor park developement"
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: there was a railway line near the
: entrance of the site it split in
: two, one went to etherley pits the
: other went to Barnard Castle. I was
: an opencast about 25 - 30 years ago,
: dont know if there are underground
: seams
:
: --Previous Message--
: history of this site was their a
: coal
: mine or railway yard here
:
: not been to west for nearly a year but if its where i think it is opposite the station pub or is it arther daleys it was known as collery yard spent many a happy hour down there with my dad who worked there for 30 odd years, there was a drift mine,and 2 deep shafts also a haulage yard scrap yard and other smaller units when the drift closed back in the 60s i,ll be up visiting at the weekend i will have alook
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