| Category | Information Held |
|---|---|
| Views of the Pit: |
Selection of photographs showing Wheatley Hill pit Pit Baths Lamp cabin Fred Armstrong & Hutton Seam Winder Hutton Seam Winder Jack Graggs, pump man Wheatley Hill Pit Yard (coloured) |
| Band and Banner: | Selection of photographs showing Wheatley HIll band and banners Video of Wheatley Hill banner at Durham Miners Gala 2000/01 Photo of bandsman Peter Gair, 1930's British Pathe Footage of 1935 Durham Miners Gala with Wheatley Hill Banner being paraded up Cemetery Road, Wheatley Hill British Pathe news clip of 1935 Gala on DVD 1968 photograph of the Miners Gala |
| Workers at the Pit: | Selection of photographs showing workmen at the pit |
| Retained Fire Service: | Selection of Photographs |
| Sinking: | Poster - Rules for sinking Wheatley Hill Pit 1860's Map showing coal winning area of the Thornley Coal Company |
| 1884 Sale notice: | Sale Notice and other particulars including maps of the sale of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill Collieries in 1884. |
| Winding Engine: | Video of Wheatley Hill Colliery winding engine working
in 1968 Set of slides showing various equipment at the pit both on the surface and underground including winding engine Details and audio tape recording of winding engine safety tests Drawings by J K Harrison of the vertical winding engine Decorative plate attached to No 2 winding engine |
| Closure: | Newspaper articles from Hartlepool Mail, Durham Advertiser and Northern Echo 1968 dealing with closure of Wheatley Hill Pit |
| Payment of Wages: |
Pay notes: 1915, 1940, 1943, 1957 and 1960 Wages sheets from December 1928 and April 1929 - includes details of amounts paid to detal workers and lists of workers and their marras 1969 pay note Overman's bill for Wheatley Hill Pit, Hutton Seam - August 1929 |
| Shaft & Underground: | Drawings of shaft sections of Wheatley Hill pit 3 photographs showing underground views Underground photos of Yorkshire Pits |
| Miscellaneous: | Authorisation ticket for Deputy 1930, Overman 1947,
Signal Rapper 1956 Death Fund Rules 1932 for Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill Poem "Wheatley Hill Colliery" by Ben Aitken Newspaper articles and elctronic copy of articles from 1830 - 1885 from Durham Chronicle about Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill that made up the research for our Book on the Thornley Coal Company Map of the Miners Heritage Trail - a walk that connects the villages of Wheatley Hill, Thornley, Wingate, Trimdon, Station Town and Huitton Henry. Certificate of Training, 1955 - Brian Maddison Plan of Wheatley Hill Colliery heapstead Photograph of Yellow Tanky Death Fund Booklet - Thornley Colliery |