Remember that scene from "Boys from the Blackstuff" when the guy was in confession at the Catholic church. "I'm desperate Father... I'm desperate...""Call me Dan..""I'm desperate, Dan"
The pit shafts for the colliery were sunk and opened by Perkins and Thackrah in 1825. The colliery produced its first coal in May 1827. The coal was transported by the Fawdon Wagonway to Scotswood. The colliery was sketched by Thomas Harrison Hair in 1844 as part of his collection. There was for many years a scrapyard on the site, but this closed in 2011 to make way for new housing.
The original hairy Dan? Wideopen colliery The pit shafts for the colliery were sunk and opened by Perkins and Thackrah in 1825. The colliery produced its first coal in May 1827. The coal was transported by the Fawdon Wagonway to Scotswood. The collie