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Paul Murphy | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Woodhorn colliery museum tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Woodhorn colliery museum

The former Woodhorn colliery at Ashington in Northumberland has been turned into a museum to show a past way of life. It was a working mine from 1894 to 1981
This is well worth a visit and shows part of the heritage of the North East, and indeed the UK, now sadly defunct.
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