How the Woodhorn Colliery disaster 100 years ago changed a community Two descendants of the 13 men who died on August 13, 1916 describe what it meant to their families. Comments.

Woodhorn Colliery near Ashington is now a museum dedicated to the mining industry, it hoped colleagues with a mining past will be reunited for the first time this evening. Last updated Fri 27 Sep 2013 ...

A moving memorial event is to be held on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Woodhorn Colliery disaster. At 6.45am on August 13, 1916, a gas explosion claimed the lives of 13 men, eight ...

On Sunday, August 13, 1916, an explosion of the highly dangerous mine gas, firedamp, claimed the lives of 13 men as they worked to drive a small tunnel between two seams at Woodhorn Colliery, in ...

Woodhorn Colliery Museum has secured £10m of lottery funding to turn the former working mine into a cultural attraction in Northumberland. Design consultancy Hayley Sharpe has been commissioned to ...

“Mik had a longstanding association with Woodhorn Museum, having exhibited his work there many times over the years. He would ...

A disused colliery turned museum in Northumberland could be transformed into a £15m heritage and cultural centre. It is more than 20 years since Woodhorn Colliery, near Ashington, ceased production.

Woodhorn Colliery, which opened in Ashington in 1894, was a working mine for more than 80 years, producing 600,000 tons of coal each year.

The county council and Wansbeck District Council will also use the lottery money to extend the existing Woodhorn Colliery Museum. Records office. Before it became a museum 65% of the surface buildings ...

A group of miners who worked together more than 30 years ago at a Northumberland pit are being reunited. Woodhorn Colliery, which opened in Ashington in 1894, was a working mine for more than 80 ...

Woodhorn Colliery, which opened in Ashington in 1894, was a working mine for more than 80 years, producing 600,000 tons of coal each year.