What was "New" during 2003!

• 7th December 2003
• Main Gallery updated
• Reports Section updated
• Links page updated


• 2nd December 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• Main Gallery updated
• Adverts Gallery updated
• Managers Certificates updated


• 3rd November 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online
• Managers Certificates updated


• 22nd October 2003
• Due to the increasing popularity of this web site we have undertaken some technical design changes to help balance the load and to increase capacity. Hopefully (!) these changes will be transparent, but there is the chance that you may experience some problems over the next few days as the changes ripple their way over the internet to all the various ISPs...
• For those of you that have emailed us over the past week or so - we are sorry for not replying so far, but now that we have completed the design changes, normal service will be resumed!


• 1st October 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• New Gallery section showing Mining Related Adverts from various years
• Major update to the Railway picture Gallery with images from the The Restoration & Archiving Trust kindly supplied by Tony Bowles
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online
• More articles from Mine & Quarrying Engineering Magazine now online


• 1st September 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• Major update to the Main picture Gallery with images from the John Ryan collection kindly supplied by David Kitching


• 10th August 2003
• Minor updates to Colliery details and Mining related fatalities sections
• Managers Certificates – sample exmaination papers now online
• Text from the official reports into the 1882 Trimdon Grange and West Stanley disasters now online
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online
• Gala Gallery updated


• 1st August 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• New sections added:
• Managers Certificates – a list of all those who obtained a managers certificate (up to 1910)
• Mining History – Reminiscences
• Mining History – Details - detailed articles on aspects of mining. The section starts with an account of the 1826 Stargate disaster from Geoff Nicholson.
• New section for reproductions of articles from Mine & Quarry Engineering Magazine.
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online


• 9th July 2003
• Main picture Gallery updated and a slight redesign of the main index page


• 6th July 2003
• More images for the Gala Gallery now online, 1960 & 1965 Galas now included
• Minor updates to other areas.


• 1st July 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• There have been design changes to the Companies and Who's Who pages - consequently every page has been updated


• 11th June 2003
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online


• 1st June 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• Who's Who
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online
• Main picture Gallery updated


• 4th May 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online
• Main and Gala picture Galleries updated


• 19th April 2003
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online


• 12th April 2003
• Main and Gala picture Galleries updated


• 1st April 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies


• 24th March 2003
• Gallery updated with pictures from David Kitching


• 17th March 2003
• Main and Gala Galleries updated.


• 1st March 2003
• Regular update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online:
• 1930 - A Colliery Water-Treatment Plant
• 1930 - A Notable Forerunner (George Stephenson)
• 1931 - A New Chock Release
• 1932 - A Pneumatic Separation Plant
• 1932 - Developments at Vane-Tempest Colliery


• 16th February 2003
• Links added to the Companies Section to appropriate articles reproduced from the Colliery Engineering Magazine
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online:
• 1927 - Ashington Colliery II
• 1928 - Low-Temperature Carbonisation at Dunston
• 1931 - Mainsforth Colliery


• 1st February 2003
• Regular monthly update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• More Mines Inspectors reports have been added to the disaster reports section:
• 1880 - Seaham Explosion
• 1896 - Brancepeth Explosion
• 1925 - Wallsend Edward Explosion
• 1925 - Marley Hill Explosion
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online:
• 1929 - New Mining Department, Armstrong College
• 1930 - A Novel Colliery Ropeway
• 1931 - Broomhill Colliery


• 19th January 2003
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online:
• 1928 - The Morrison Busty Pits
• 1930 - Lord Londonderry's Vane-Tempest Colliery
• 1930 - Pelaw Main Collieries
• 1930 - Improvements at Horden Colliery


• 15th January 2003
• More articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine now online.


• 1st January 2003
• Regular monthly update, major areas affected are:
• Colliery details
• Mining related fatalities
• Companies
• New section for reproductions of articles from Colliery Engineering Magazine.