What was "New" during 2002!

• 13th December 2002
• Days Out section updated with some Visitor Attractions in Cumbria.
• More Mines Inspectors reports have been added to the disaster reports section.


• 1st December 2002
• Regular monthly update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies


• 24th November 2002
• Gallery updated with more pictures from Dave Edwards


• 20th November 2002
• Gallery updated
• Memorials updated


• 5th November 2002
• Minor updates and corrections.


• 2nd November 2002
• Regular monthly update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Minor updates to many other areas
• Gallery updated - many of the new pictures were supplied by Dave Edwards
• Photographs of the 2002 Miners' Gala by Roy Lambeth are now online


• 1st October 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details and companies sections.


• 17th September 2002
• Disasters from the rest of the UK are now shown on the main index page and also in the lists of disasters by decade.


• 1st September 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details and companies sections.
• List of Mines updated.
• New texts added to the e-Books section.


• 17th August 2002
• More pictures added to the Main and Railway Gallery sections.


• 1st August 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details and companies sections.
• New section - provides a name index to the managers and under-managers listed in the list of mines section. This provides an index to the Colliery Management listed prior to Nationalisation.


• 1st July 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities and colliery details sections.


• 15th June 2002
• Picture of the Burradon Disaster memorial added to the Memorial section.


• 7th June 2002
• Pictures of the Roachburn and Thrislington Colliery memorials added to the Memorial section.


• 3rd June 2002
• Pictures of the Montague View Pit memorial added to the Memorial section.


• 1st June 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details, companies and who's who sections.
• New text added to the e-Books section :– A Glossary of Terms used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham — by G. C. Greenwell (Colliery Viewer) — 1888
• Two major sections added to the Colliery information area :-
• List of Mines — a number of the annual list of mines for the Northern area - this includes mines for which we do not (yet) have a specific colliery page.
• Abandoned Mines — shows the seams abandoned mainly during the period 1929-1938, there are also links on the main colliery page for details of any abandoned seams for that specific colliery.
• Mining Occupations page updated.
• Index to names mentioned in the text of the Disaster Reports updated.


• 17th May 2002
• More Mines Inspectors reports have been added to the disaster reports section.


• 8th May 2002
• More pictures added to the Main and Gala Gallery sections.
• Memorial section updated.


• 1st May 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details, companies and who's who sections.
• New text added to the e-Books section :– Mines & Quarries Act, 1969
• Gallery updated with more colliery photographs
• Two major sections added to the Gallery for the Miners Gala and Colliery Railways.
• Images of the Gresford Memorial added to the Memorial Section.
• Extracts from the Mines Inspectors Annual Reports added to the Disaster Reports section.
• Index to names mentioned in the text of the Disaster Reports now available.


• 21st April 2002
• Some superb pictures added to the Gallery section - for 'Collieries from the air'.


• 13th April 2002
• More pictures added to the Gallery section, both the Gallery and Memorial section have been enhanced to provide better navigation options.


• 11th April 2002
• More pictures added to the Gallery section - for 'Miners at work', some posters for the Miners' Gala and a new section for Thornley Colliery.


• 1st April 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details, companies and who's who sections.
• New text added to the e-Books section :– Coal Mines Act, 1911


• 21st March 2002
• More pictures added to the Gallery section - for the 1994 Miners' Gala.


• 13th March 2002
• More Mines Inspectors reports have been added to the disaster reports section.


• 1st March 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details, companies and who's who sections.
• New section e-Books added, where we will have the full text of a number of books and Acts of Parliament relating to the Coal Industry.
• New area added to the Gallery section - for the Durham Miners' Gala.
• New text added to the Archives section from 1893 describing the method of working at Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries.
• Days Out section updated with the 2002 Bowes Railway leaflet and the 2002 Tanfield Railway leaflet has been added.
• A list of all the Durham Miners' Gala dates and the speakers has been added to the History section.
• A brief history of the Durham Miners' Association has also been added to the History section.


• 19th February 2002
• More pictures added to the Gallery section - for Conishead Priory.


• 3rd February 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities, colliery details, companies and who's who sections.
• Links to www.old-maps.co.uk from the colliery pages have been removed as they have changed their site and the links no longer work.
• We have included lists of unnamed fatalities from the early Mines Inspectors reports on the appropriate colliery page - ideally we would like to put names to these fatalities, as we do, they will be removed from the unnamed section.


• 29th January 2002
• More pictures added to the Gallery section.


• 23rd January 2002
• Gallery updated.
• Some typos in the text of the West Stanley Disaster report have been corrected.


• 15th January 2002
• Gallery updated.
• More Mines Inspectors reports have been added to the disaster reports section.


• 5th January 2002
• Regular update of mining fatalities and colliery details.
• New section on Mining Companies added - provides some snapshots of the mines that the companies owned.
• New section Who's Who added - where possible it provides some brief biographical details and shows their involvement with the various mining companies etc.
• Links provided on the colliery details pages to link back to the company pages where appropriate.