My mum told me stories of lovely trips to the park in Morpeth. Also for picnics to Bothal

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I remember a Ces Hunter who came from Blyth to Cottam around 1968, as a Unit Operator. I had transferred from Dungeness A . Regards Terry Johnson in New Zealand

Oh- just how I remember it when we were staying with Granny and Grandpa. Wouldn't be surprised if my 6 year old self isn't somewhere in that crowd. Such very happy memories.

Thanks for uploading, some serious propaganda

My home Town

Few realise but Blyth Power Station was actually a test bed for coal fired generating technology. That world class innovative technology could be found all the way through the site. The power station was so important as a monument to British generating technology that English Heritage actually tried to get the site saved and turned into a monument of industrial heritage. Obviously costs were too much and so a full photographic survey was undertaken before the site was finally demolished. Frustratingly, English Heritage refuse to digitise or offer copies of that photographic survey. I should know - I've tried!

I’m from Ashington and still am living there. Proud to say I do.

Glorious days

What's inside the big building that's left there now?

What's inside the big building that's left?

Best place I’ll ever work.

I knew a miner from Ashington. He said “best smell underground was the smell of someone peeling an orange. Worst smell was, someone having a shit on a shovel!”

Newbiggin lad living in Canada my mom still lives in a Pit house in Newbiggin where my dad worked

excellent thank you

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Excellent Thank you.

I was there 2 weeks in 1987 with the NCB, heck of a town 😏

Everyone of them closed :( Was Shilbottle and Whittle not the same pit?

Shout out to my great uncle David at 2.49!

I went here as a child to explore my family heritage. Was such a great experience

I'm the first one to comment here for many years, but if anyone else is still here - I'm wishing you all good health <3

Sadly it never got the chance to go for the one million hour record. My father was really chuffed when this milestone was achieved as he worked there as a rigger for most of his working life.

aye , records count for nowt these days

its just a pile of rubble now..............so sad

Electricity is supplied from a national grid system which means power generated almost anywhere in the uk can moved to where it's needed. Most of the smaller coal power stations closed like Blyth, Stella and Dunston have been replaced by natural gas fuelled power plants, there has also been a big increase in the number of wind turbines producing energy.

So where do they get their power from now? Stella, Dunston, all huge power stations.....how do they replace this lost energy?

Cracking it most certainly is! Hard to believe it's no longer there.

cheers for uploading this. cracking video.