| Plashetts |
1930-08-09 |
Presentation made to Dr. J. Graham Miller at Plashetts on Saturday 2nd August upon his retirement. He had been a family doctor for 35 years. |
| Plashetts |
1931-05-30 |
Owing to the closure of Plashetts Colliery, Mr. James Cunningham, the headmaster at Plashetts Council School, has been transferred to other work and an uncertificated mistress appointed. |
| Plashetts |
1931-07-04 |
Plashetts School. |
| Plashetts |
1931-12-05 |
It had been decided to close Plashetts School on 18th December as there were only three pupils on the register and one of them was about to leave the district. Plashetts Colliery closed down about four years ago. Compare article in November 1931. |
| Plashetts |
1931-12-19 |
Plashetts School is to remain open for another three months. |
| Plashetts |
1932-04-30 |
Plashetts Ejectment of workers. |
| Plashetts |
1932-09-03 |
Black Damp Fatality ? the tragic death of Mr. Joseph Slater, the owner of Plashetts Colliery, who died on Monday 29th August 1932, aged 62 years, despite valiant attempts to rescue him from the pit at Plashetts. He was buried at Stannington. |
| Plashetts |
1932-09-03 |
Plashetts village in decline. Compare 29/10/1932. |
| Plashetts |
1932-10-29 |
Plashetts Colliery was reported to be re-starting in ?an out-of-the-way valley among the heather-clad hills.? |
| Plashetts |
1933-12-02 |
Villagers began to return to Plashetts, which had been virtually derelict since the closure of the mine. The re-opening of the mine had prompted 20 families to return. |
| Plashetts |
1955-05-13 |
The decision was taken to slaughter most of the 60-strong herd of wild goats at Plashetts in case they destroyed the newly-planted trees. |
| Plashetts |
1955-07-01 |
Despite a concerted effort by the Forestry Commission to round up a wild herd of goats at Plashetts, they nearly all escaped. Some broke out of the enclosures, while others evaded capture. Around 60 of the animals regrouped. |
| Plashetts |
1956-11-30 |
(25 YEARS AGO) Closure of Plashetts School on 18th December 1931 because, after the colliery closed about four years ago, there were only three pupils ? and one of these was about to leave the district. |
| Plashetts |
1959-04-10 |
Poor travelling facilities at Plashetts. |
| Plashetts |
1962-11-02 |
The old North Tyne colliery village of Plashetts was razed to the ground by the Forestry Commission because the buildings had fallen into a state of disrepair. |
| Plashetts |
1980-06-13 |
?Very soon the last of the buildings in Plashetts, Hawkhirst, Mounces, Otterstone Lea and Lewisburn will disappear as the demolition programme reaches its conclusion?. |
| Plashetts |
1984-03-23 |
Article on Plashetts Colliery and the pit lying under a lake. |
| Plashetts |
1990-09-08 |
Coal mining in the North Tyne came to an abrupt end in September when the last surviving privately-owned drift mine shut down. The Falstone-Plashetts mine, employing 14 men in its heyday, produced an average of 100 tonnes of coal a week for the local market. |
| Plashetts |
2014-05-09 |
Colliery closures: South Tyne, Haltwhistle, 1931, Plashetts, 1935, Acomb, 1952, West Wylam, 1961, Bardon Mill, 1973. |
| Railway |
1833-04-22 |
Improvements to be brought by Railway at Haydon Bridge (NJ 22/04/1933). |
