Fourstones & Newbrough Gallery

Fourstones & Newbrough Gallery

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1860: Newbrough Silver Band outside Red Lion

c1890: Nuns Bush cottage along Woodbine Bank, rear elevation, thatch roof, two elderly women in garden

c1890: Nuns Bush cottage, front elevation from Woodbine Bank

c1890: Fourstones & Newbrough Industrial & Provident (Co-operative) Store, shopworkers outside

c1890: Newbrough Silver Band

c1890: Newbrough Silver Band outside Newbrough Park

c1890: Newbrough cricket team

1900s: Stonecroft Mine, general view of shaft and buildings

1900s: Stonecroft Mine pumping shaft, 'spears' and most of the 128 workers

c1900: Settlingstones mine, Ellen shaft with 'Cornish' pumping engine house

c1900: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, Frank Thornton shown with horse-drawn flat-bed wagon carrying quarried stone

c1900: Prudham Quarry, quarrymen grouped around a Hunter stone-dressing machine (installed 19/10/1877), From left - W Thorburn J Turnbul1 J Dargue J Hunter J Rutter ? Keenlyside and J Clark

c1900: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen's wives and children outside cottages

c1900: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen's wives and children outside cottages, close-up details of clothing

c1900?: Settlingstone mine, Frederick shaft viewed from the W

c1900: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen's wives and children outside cottages - close-up showing details of clothing

c1900: Fourstones Colliery, group of pitmen on pit bank with tools

c1900: Fourstones Colliery, pitmen being hauled from pit mouth (possibly posed as all fully-clothed and clean), steam pipe for power tools entering mine

c1900: Fourstones Colliery, pitmen with assorted tools in front of hauler house on pit bank, main drive wheel visible.

c1900: Fourstones railway station, station staff with Station Master Aitchison in centre, 2nd Class Cheap Day Return ticket (Newcastle to Fourstones) inset

c1900: Prudham Quarry, quarrymen in front of steam crane

c1900: Newbrough (?), blacksmith and joiner shops, carts and agricultural machinery, from left Mr Oliver Jim Oliver Jack Whitfield Sr. Jack Whitfield Jr. Jeff Whitfield

c1900: Newbrough, Lodge Cottage at entrance to Newbrough Lodge , two women a man and a dog, cottage was later dismanted and re-erected at rear entrance

c1900: Jack Charlton haulage contractor of Crossgate and Joe Cousin, heavy horses harnessed for haulage

c1900: Newbrough, T Charlton & Son's workmen in front of 4 stone houses under construction at Butt Bank

c1900: Newbrough, Kartoum S elevation with family in garden

c1900: Newbrough Leek Club committee with cups

c1900: Newbrough, school boys class with 3 teaching staff outside Methodist Church on Stanegate

c1900: Newbrough, school girls class with 2 teaching staff

c1900: Newbrough, Red Lion public house R G Surtees (licensee) and family (7) outside front door

c1900: Fourstones Colliery, miners at coalface, supporting beam clearly visible

1904: Newbrough, Kartoum N elevation from W along cobbled road, stone stairs to upper storey, women and children outside

1905: Settlingstones mine, group photo of miners, candles and fuses

c1905: Newbrough, school boys class with 2 teaching staff outside Methodist Church on Stanegate

1906: Butt Bank looking W, signpost to Allerwash and Haydon Bridge

1907: Newbrough looking N, junction of Stanegate and North Road (to Thornton Tower), Red Lion on left, after a flood

1907: Fourstones, view of houses looking W along Stanegate from Butt Bank junction

c1910: Mr Milburn Manager of Greyside Mine seated in car outside Greyside Cottages his home

c1910: Mr Milburn Manager of Greyside Mine and family outside Greyside Cottage

c1910: Settlingstones mine, detail of Hawthorn Davey beam pump at Ellen shaft

c1910: Settlingstones mine, Hawthom Davey steam pumping engine Ellen shaft

c1910: Settlingstones mine, Hawthorn Davey steam pumping engine Ellen shaft, pumping room with two workers

c1910?: Settlingtones mine, west (Frederick) shaft from the W

1910: Settlingstones mine, horse-drawn flat-bed wagon (rolley) inscribed 'The owners of Settlingstones Mines Limited Fourstones' at a picnic, C Heslop named

1910: Prudham Quarry, quarrymen grouped in front of the steam dilly (locomotive)

c1910: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen grouped showing picks and quarried stone

c1910: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen grouped in front of steam cutter

1910: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, quarrymen grouped on and in front of steam crane

c1910: Frankham (or is it Prudham?) Quarry, steam boiler on rail track with quarrymen at quarry face viewed from above

c1910: Prudharn Quarry, head and shoulders close-up of quarrymen showing workwear in detail

c1910: Prudham Quarry, quarrymen grouped in front of two steam railway engines used for cutting stone - good view of engines at quarry face

c1910: Horse-drawn flat-bed wagon outside quarry blacksmith's shop with draymen and blacksmith

c1910: Locomotive "Byreness" bought by Bensons after completion of Catcleugh Dam for hauling lime coal and stone wagons to the main line

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, close-up rear view of coal hewer seated with pick at coal face

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, close-up side view of coal hewer shovelling coal, pit props and wagon

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, rear view of putter shoving his tub into mine working watched by his Deputy

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, single cylinder steam hauler installed in mine, main drive wheels with two workmen

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, machine shop at the lime yard shown with mechanics

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, detail of Cameron steam pump attended by N & Ned Robley

c1910: Fourstones Colliery, drift mouth with two colliers guiding loaded tubs being hauled from mine

c1910: Fourstones Paper Mill female workers in cutter house showing rollers, Lizzie Telford on right

c1910: Fourstones Paper Mill female workers in cutter house

c1910: Fourstones Cycling Club in club uniform with penny farthing bicycles

c1910: Newbrough (?), Annie Taylor shown with cat and dog in front of shop, A Taylor Confectioner, shop later became post office

c1910: Newbrough, Jane Reed (seated) and Miss Reed, schoohmistress at Girls School

1910: Newbrough, Sunday School scholars and teachers shown in front of Methodist Church

c1910: Road-making gang with horse-drawn water tanker and steam roller, foreman "Tar" Mac on right

c1910: Fourstones Paper Mill, male workers with pulping vats, shaft drive mechanism

1911: March to celebrate Coronation of George V, Warden and Newbrough

c1910: Rookhope Saxhorn Band outside the Rookhope Inn

c1910?: Little Matty seated on pony , local character worked at Fourstones Lime Kilns and lived at Brokenheugh

c1910: Newbrough, group of men and boys outside Red Lion

c1910: Newbrough, Mr J Harrison butcher at Archway House riding on horse-drawn delivery cart

c1910: Fourstones Cycling Club in cycling strip with trophies in front of Wm Wharton's bicycle shop

c1910: Newbrough, women and girls in front of maypole

c1910: Billy Whitfield (postman) with two children carrying lunch pails in front of mine working?

c1910: Boys' football team with supporters (standing) Edwin Nicholson H Henderson B Smith; (team) F Smith E Robley A Smith F Telford JH Smith J Hodgson J Bell Ralph Hunter

c1910: Newbrough cricket team

c1910: Newbrough, Methodist Sunday School with Jack Rutter and George Parker

1911: Settlingstones mine, police officer escorting workers during 1911-12 strike

c1911: Settlingstones mine, group of men, print entitled 'Settlingstones Miners Lock out Coun Sherwood & Phillipson the Sec'

c1911: Settlingstones mine, group of strikers prior to parade

c1911: Settlingstones mine, police sergeant and seven constables on guard during strike

c1911: Settlingstones mine, non-union men marching past Red Lion public house in Newbrough during lock-out

c1911: Settlingstones mine, non-union men marching past Red Lion public house in Newbrough during lock-out

1913: Newbrough looking West. Red Lion and houses

1913: Newbrough, Red Lion and adjoining houses looking W

c1914: Newbrough, charabanc shown outside Red Lion carrying troops and civilians between village and Northumberland Fusiliers camp

1914: Town Hall Newbrough. Front elevation looking NW, iron railings in front

c1918: Settlingstones Ladies Tug-of-war Team at rest

c1918: Newbrough, school girls class with 2 teaching staff

c1919: Unidentified group, Vulcan charabanc, The Seagull, of William Wharton

c1920: Settlingstones Mine, The Terrace from the NE, Model T Ford belonging to M Charlton & Sons, railway line in foreground

c1920: Settlingstones mine, buildings and wagonway at Ellen end, winding gear

c1920: Settlingstones mine, Ellen shaft power station

c1920: Settlingstones mine, Ellen shaft headgear (Ellen shaft served as alternative exit and ventilation downcast vent)

c1920: Settlingstones mine, Frederick shaft headgear tubs and other buildings

c1920: Settlingstones mine, view of Frederick shaft from Terrace road end

c1920: Settlingstones mine, close-up of Frederick shaft, tubs ready to go down shaft

c1920: Settlingstones mine, endless rope balance bogey at corner of power house, Roman terracing visible on fell in distance

c1920: Settlingstones mine, Sentinel steam wagon being loaded with Witherite from hoppers at Frederick shaft, driver John Bell

c1920?: Settlingstones mine, blacksmith's shop, forge and anvil

c1920?: Settlingstones mine, Tom Caukwell and son Harold drilling in fore end, power drills and tub

c1920?: Settlingstones mine, Frederick shaft headgear, loaded tubs in foreground

c1920?: Settlingstones mine, Hertz jigs in mineral dressing plant

c1920?: Settlingstones mine, Alf Angus(left) and Joe Hodgson shown drilling in vein near surface

c1920: Fourstones railway station, station staff with Station Master Aitchison

c1920: Butt Bank SW. Looking N, slag heaps in distance

c1920: Butt Bank and Frankham Newbrough. Looking N, slag heaps on skyline

c1920?: Newbrough, looking N from Wharmley on S side of River Tyne, prior to building of Sidgate estate, United Methodist and White Houses visible

c1920: Charabanc loaded for Whitley Bay, Bill Wharton checking engine

c1920: Wharton's fleet of one Vulcan Charabanc and two Reo buses, Bill Wharton standing in road

c1920: Newbrough Silver Band parading led by bandmaster Ned Hindmarsh

c1920: Newbrough Silver Band

c1920: Five Charlton brothers all at same school at the same time: (from left) Roy George Bobby Jack and Rex (seated)

c1920: The Royal Eagle, a Wharton's Reo bus at Butt Bank Fourstones

c1920?: Road to Thornton Tower. Newbrough, looking N corner of Red Lion on left, up to Kartoum

c1920: Newbrough, Mr E Harrison butcher at Archway House standing by horse-drawn delivery cart

c1920?: Newbrough, Lych Gate with St Peter's church in background

c1920: Newbrough, charabanc loaded with men bound for the Lake District outside Town Hall

c1920: Newbrough, John Charlton Grocer and General Merchant outside his shop approximately on current site of Wentworth House, Gordon Hetherington JW Nicholson and Eric Tinling also shown. Shop later taken over by JW Nicholson

c1920?: Newbrough, Jack Nicholson (John Willie's father) with horse and cart

1924: Newbrough Village. Looking W, Red Lion and other buildings

1925: Group of children, Billy Sowerby P Jewitt Olive Armstrong and John Heslop

c1925: M Charlton & Sons wagon transporting the flag mast from Allerwash Hall to Newbrough Park for Commander Swan

c1925: Newbrough, Kartoum N elevation from E, door below stone stairs

c1925: Newbrough, John Charlton and wife in 2-seater Ford

c1925: Newbrough cricket team with supporters (standing) Alex Bell Joe Wardle Bob Melville Tony Turnbull Joe Bell John Coates A Thorburn Bob Green Matt Smith; (seated) Mamy Wardle Gill Watson John Benson Harry Wardle Billy Thorburn Jack Oliver

c1925: Newbrough, school girls class some in Girl Guide uniform

c1925: Thomas D Charlton and Rose Charlton in a 1920 Ford Model T tourer, 1923-25, X5321

1927: Newbrough Girls School class (on Butts Bank?)

1928: Tom Cleminson with fishing rod and biggest salmon ever caught in the South Tyne at Allerwash (33.5 lbs)

c1928: Newbrough, group portrait of violin class, teachers in centre

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, old buddle for washing slimes shown in action

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, house containing vibrating tables for washing slimes, surface workers manhandling tubs

c1930: Settlingstones mine, interior of old washing plant

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, house containing vibrating tables for washing slime, surface workers manhandling up-ended tubs

c1930: Settlingstones mine, boys picking off impurities from conveyor belt (1930 weekly wage - 12s)

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, vibrating tables for washing slimes

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, hopper for drawing off mineral from stope

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, waterwheel for driving buddies situated inside sharp bend in road NW of dressing plant

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, yard in front of dressing plant, overhead wagonway

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, yard in front of dressing plant, buddle

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, Frederick shaft from Terrace road end, early chimney buildings and hoppers

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, Ellen shaft along railway line from the Terrace

c1930?: Settlingstones mine, Ingersoll Rand 600 cf air compressor

c1930: Settlingstones mine, workers bagging dressed Witherit for export in cwt bags

1930: Settlingstones mine, the Directors (from left) Mr Ward Mr Douglas Mr Wilkinson Mr Trestrail (Manager) Mr Deas

c1930: Settlingstones mine, workers loading bagged Witherite into railway wagons

c1930?: Stonecroft mine, taken from Stonecroft Fell

c1930?: Fourstones, Broadfield or Store Bank looking NE, store and signpost at junction with B6319

c1930?: Newbrough Park, front elevation, stone pelicans

c1930?: The Island Allerwash. Track crossing railway lines

c1930: Danny Hetherington (left) and Bobby Marshall shown with Sprinter bus

c1930: Newbrough, school orchestra posed outside school

c1930?: Newbrough looking NE along Stanegate, Women's Institute building and adjoining houses

c1930?: Settlingstones Mine West Shafts. Frederick shaft from W viewed from roadside

c1930: Fourstones Co-operative Society van shown with Wilf Blackburn and Bill Hetherington

1935: Settlingstones mine, Manager's house and car

Post-1936: Settlingstones mine, electric winder at Ellen shaft, motor and main winding wheel

Pre-1936: Settlingstones mine, steam winder at Frederick shaft, converted to electric in 1936 when grid system reached valley

Pre-1936: Settlingstones mine, main winding wheel and pistons of steam winder at Frederick shaft

Pre-1936: Settlingstones mine, front view of Lancashire boilers used to generate power for steam winder at Frederick shaft

Post-1936: Settlingstones mine, Bellis & Morcom steam generator (550v DC 250kw. Triple expansion engine 600rpm - generated pressure of 1501b per square inch)

c1936: Settlingstones mine, Rotary converter (as in HL0801), R Telfer and J Elliot

c1936: Settlingstones mine, Rotary convertor built Edinburgh installed when grid arrived in 1936. Converted 440v AC to 550v DC later replaced by a motor generator.

1939: North Road Newbrough. Looking N Red Lion on left, shop and petrol pump, up to Kartoum

c1940: Newbrough, No.4 Platoon C Company Northumberland Fusiliers, Home Guard (formerly Local Defence Volunteers),outside Town Hall

c1940?: Newbrough Looking East.

c1940: Newbrough, ladies football team: (top row) Joy Thompson May Thompson Joyce Waugh; (middle) Mary Sowby Tilly Huddleston Ellen Wardle Margery Hodgson; (bottom) Monica Wharton Jean Hetherington Margaret Brown Mrs Delgarno

c1940: Charlton transport fleet , TY-4469 Chevrolet motor waggon, Newbrough Hall Estate

c1942: Settlingstones mine, posed group of women and children workers at dressing plant

c1942: Bill Wharton with motor bogey he built for farmers during WW2, petrol pumps behind

c1950: Settlingstones Boy Scouts, group portrait with cups and shields, (back row) W Benson N Foggin J Heslop C Shevels (front row) B Shevels E Shevels A Robinson J Shevels N Robinson and I Heslop

c1950: Lane Foot cottages from N

c1950: Newbrough, Town Hall, Pantomime full cast curtain call

c1950: Newbrough Women's Institute choir

c1950: Newbrough, Women's Institute choir with trophies

c1952: Newbrough Women's Institute choir with trophies

c1960?: Settlingstones mine, Ellen shaft showing Dressing Plant buildings with dressed mineral in foreground

c1960: Settlingstones mine, posed group of miners underground,P Charlton V Haines H White A Beadle M Hall G Waugh D Marshall and D Whitehead

c1960?: Settlingstones mine, W Nichol and N Glendinning descaling Babcox & Willcox water tube boiler

c1960?: Settlingstones mine, external view of Babcox & Willcox steam boiler, generated steam pressure of 150lb per square inch

c1960: Settlingstones mine, W Nichol and S Westall building 2 combustion chamber for l00hp oil engine

c1960?: Settlingstones mine, mine office and main chimney

1967: Settlingstones mine, W Nichol with tubs at shaft top when the mine closed

1967: Settlingstones mine, BBC television news crew at final sale of mine

1967: Settlingstones mine, group of miners on the fell with pit pony following closure of the mine

1967: Settlingstones mine, pit pony being brought out of mine following closure

1967: Settlingstones mine, site of power station following bulldozing

1967: Settlingstones mine, last man leaves the cage as the pit closes

1967: Settlingstones mine, W Nichol N Mennim and F Marshall after erecting a gate closing road to mine following closure

Pre-1967: Fourstones railway station N (eastbound) platform with station buildings semaphore signals and station furniture

c1970: Maurice Nichol and wife with Mini Moke

c1970: Lane Foot cottage (now demolished), front elevation from Woodbine Bank, man and women outside

c1970: Newbrough Lodge

c1980: Newbrough Silver band outside Town Hall

1989: Fourstones Colliery, drift tunnel uncovered during excavation for laying of new sewer pipe.

1994: Aerial view of Fourstones looking E (top), housing developments at W end of village

1994: Aerial view of Fourstones looking W (top), Newbrough in distance

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