Pete Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 i thats a football pitch know! floods al the time! There used to be a railway line run up there from the Old pit to take the coal away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickypotts Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 No, I remember the pit heaps they were still there when I left. I have been up there regularly over the years but I can't say that I have ever noticed that they had gone.Aye aah remember the tips in years gone past, and aah remember slidin doon em on aad conveyor belt pieces an sumtimes landin ina hot spot where the tip was on fire... it was aaal gud fun back then evin if ye got hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cross Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Spending too much time in the Railway Pete ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Spending too much time in the Railway Pete ??Canny pub that Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cross Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Canny pub that Brian Yep I agree, should be in there for a pint myself in the new year,is Mick and Vicky still there.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickypotts Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 No, I remember the pit heaps they were still there when I left. I have been up there regularly over the years but I can't say that I have ever noticed that they had gone.Back in the 60,s and 70,s the pit heaps were used as a giant sliding board, we used to get an old piece of conveyor belt and curl up the front bit with our hands and off we went, the bad part was when you went over a hot spot that caved in and you got burned!!! the real challenge was going off the station heap which seemed to be twice the height and much steeper the the dr pit. walking down the drift was another one of our dares, I never made it to the bottom but some lads claimed they did, it was full of muckle size rats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Pimp Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Yep I agree, should be in there for a pint myself in the new year,is Mick and Vicky still there.?Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Yes.Was in last Friday and its had a refurb, not bad mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasyx Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 when i was a kid (any years ago lol) we used to play armies in the planters. then later in life, take ya girlfriends (or whatever) for a `romantic walk` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasyx Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 AND the Pit Heap used to smoke and smell of beans lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Darn Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 when i was a kid (any years ago lol) we used to play armies in the planters. then later in life, take ya girlfriends (or whatever) for a `romantic walk` Whilst the younger ones played armies and spied on you! lol....ahhh, the good old days, made me into the pervert i am today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTessi Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Can someone settle a debate for me regarding the Bedlington woods. If someone said to you 'Bluebell woods' where in Bedlington would you think they were refering to? Is it Plessey country park or is it the 'other' side of humford across the square stepping stones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Over the stepping stones turn right! right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTessi Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 thanks Vic. Thats where i thought it was. But when you try to find the info on google it says they are plessey woods! remember them from when my Dad used to take us as kids and want to carry on the tradition with mine. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Patterson Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hi Tessi, I have always called the woods by Hartford Hall Plessey Woods, (junction of A192, Shields Road and A1068) they used to have a motor hill climb there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cross Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Did not know they had made the pit heaps into a park, something else to have a look at when I come up there.Have you been to Gallagher park yet Pete, i enjoyed walking through there when i was home last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH PIT WILMA Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 (edited) Much,much better than the big heap it was before they lowered and planted it!It was the biggest pit heap in the country,burning fiercely constantly,in one night of Hurricane force winds,the flames were whipped up so hot that they melted the bogie rails what took the stones up to thi top the heap!We kids climbed up to the top after the storm died down,and the heavy rails were melted and distorted like bent pins!!One day when the contractors were preparing the site to build Bower Grange housing Estate,the Safety Officer from Bates Colliery,was called out to the site.A huge JCB machine and its driver,plunged 20 feet into a hole which turned out to be old mineworkings from the days when the monks used to mine coal primitavely.The coal seam was very low,and roadways had been "natched"out from the solid coal,without any explosives,with walls and sides straight as a dye!!I am just waiting to hear of a house disappearing down a hole,like the one in Florida! Edited March 7, 2013 by HIGH PIT WILMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith lockey Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 It'll be like PAINT YOUR WAGON, HPW, when the town disappears. There must be shafts all over Bedlington. My dad was a cutter and died when the roof caved in at Dr. Pit - 1956 - two months before I was born.I used to see that pit heap every morning when I drew back my bedroom curtains. It was like a mountain on your doorstep. The residents of Rothsay Terrace must have feared for their lives in case there was another Aberfan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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