Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Village Lane

TOP OF VILLAGE LANE
( Late 1950s )
Havannah Terrace  -  Havannah Bank (Terrace Gable End, bottom-right)  -  Blackfell Army Camp (off-picture, right).

BRANDY ROW SCHOOL
Colliery Manager's House on the right.

HALFWAY DOWN VILLAGE LANE
Across a Corn Field from Village Lane, not far downhill from Lily Terrace.
Note the Tippler on the small, darker Pit Heap.

OUR LADY'S CHURCH, VILLAGE LANE
Colliery Chimney and 'F' Pit Heap from the Churchyard.

WASHINGTON VILLAGE
Looking up Spout Lane from the Bottom of Village Lane.
Cross Keys Inn on the right.

PATHWAY leading from WASHINGTON VILLAGE to USWORTH STATION ROAD
Known to locals as the Stile Inn Fields.  The Path (off-picture, right) ran from
Washington Arms (↙) passing Gardeners' Club & Stile Inn (↗).
That's Church View in the background.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From The Mill House

FROM NEAR THE MILL HOUSE
Blackfell Army Camp & Washington 'F' Pit Heap - May 1965
[ Courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums ]

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From High Usworth

TOP OF WELL BANK
No. 25 Bus - Brady Square to Newcastle, Worswick Street - passing the Entrance to Susan Peareth's School.
Note The'F' Pit Heap, the side road to The Blue Bell, and Place Farm on the right.

BOTTOM OF WELL BANK
North Avenue is behind High Usworth School.
Note the junction of Well Bank Road and the top of The Drive - halfway along Eskdale Crescent.

HIGH USWORTH
Same Day as Above Picture.

FROM PEARETH HALL ROAD - 1953
The flat Fields, used for future Donwell Village, viewed from close to Holy Trinity Church.
Note: Well Bank Road and Two 'F' Pit Heaps.  Can you see Penshaw Monument?

FROM PEARETH HALL ROAD
The lighter Fields, used for future Donwell Village, viewed from close to Springwell.
Note: Well Bank Road, Tube Investments and Penshaw Monument.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Blue House Lane

' THE PIT ROAD ENDS '
The Junction of Washington 'F' Pit Road with Blue House Lane - just off picture (left) - May 1965
The large Winding House contains today's Washington 'F' Colliery Museum and the 'Pit Road' became Albany Way.

WASHINGTON 'F' COLLIERY
Washington 'F' Pit Heap - looking across the fields from Blue House Lane.
Two Winder Houses and the Tippler track up the Pit Heap.

AGED MINERS' MEMORIAL HOMES
Tom Corrigan & Grandkids in the Garden of his House on Blue House Lane - 1961
[ Courtesy of Maureen James. ]

FURTHER UP BLUE HOUSE LANE
Looking towards Concord and The Pit Road Ends.  Work is beginning on Albany Village.
'The Pit Road Ends' was a local name for the junction where the 'F' Pit Road joined Blue House Lane.

MORE DISTANT VIEW
Washington Brickyard Chimney (far left)  -  The Pit Baths (far right)
Village Lane and Brandy Row School (off-picture, right)

VIEW FROM HAVANNAH ROAD
( Close to Blue House Lane / Well Bank Road Roundabout )
View across the future Albany Village.  Work has begun to remove the remaining Pit Heap.

FURTHER UP BLUE HOUSE LANE
( Close to Blue House )
Note the Footpath crossing the fields from Well Bank Road (left) to Village Lane & Raft Yard (right).

GRANARY ROW
( On The Pit Road - now Albany Way - looking towards Blue House Lane. )

WASHINGTON 'F' PIT and MAJOR ROADS
( 1896 )

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Heworth Road

HEWORTH ROAD
The 'F' Pit Heap as seen from Heworth Road.  Note the (waste stone) Tippler at the top - 1963
The junction with The Drive is to the right of the Van.

HEWORTH ROAD
On the left, Heworth Crescent ending at Heworth Road Shopping Terrace.
Among the shops: Handy (Woods) Shop - known to locals as Handy Wood's - and Lottie's Fish & Chips.
"Evening Rosie, two Papers and a Packet of Chips, please ... and plenty Batter!"
The men seated, centre-right are at the bottom of The Drive.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Grammar School Playing Fields

WASHINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Running Track ready for Summer Sports - Athletics, Cricket, Netball etc - May 1968

WASHINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
The partially removed Washington 'F' Pit Heap together with the Grammar School Science Block.
Viewed from somewhere near the (future) Spout Lane pedestrian underpass.

Washington 'F' Pit Heap

From The Comrades Playing Fields
Removal In Progress
( Autumn 1968 )

WASHINGTON NEW TOWN REVIEW - No.4  ( Autumn 1968 Edition )
'F' Pit Heap from THE COMRADES Playing Fields.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Fatfield Road

WASHINGTON GLEBE COLLIERY
From Fatfield Road, near the Victoria Hotel.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

Looking up Woodland Terrace

USWORTH STATION ROAD
Woodland Terrace (left) and Elliot Terrace (right)
Looking towards The Stile Inn, Front Street and The 'F' Pit Heap.
The Kings Cinema is located off-picture, bottom-right-hand corner of photograph.
( c. 1955 )
[ Did you notice the Window Cleaner? ]

Looking over Shafto Terrace

SHAFTO TERRACE
View from close to Usworth Gardeners' Club - a couple of hundred yards up The Stile Inn side street.
Looking over Shafto Terrace, Spout Lane and 'The Comrades' playing fields.
Note the Showmen's Camp Site behind Front Street.

From Usworth Pit Heap

USWORTH PIT HEAP / SINGLE ROW
Washington 'F' Pit Heap (top-left) and partially removed heap, as seen from Usworth Pit Heap.
The Burn flowed between Don Gardens and Single Row, then turned 90 degrees to follow the Pit Heap to Usworth Hall.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

From Penshaw Side of River Wear

PENSHAW MONUMENT
Washington Chemical Works - 1965
Note Coxgreen Station - bottom right corner.
[ Courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archives / Museums ]

VICTORIA BRIDGE
The Leamside Line curves south from Washington Station as it approaches Victoria Bridge.
Note the 'F' Pit Heap on the horizon.

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

Aerial View - 1964

AERIAL VIEW of WASHINGTON 'F' COLLIERY
Blue House Lane from the Junction with Wellbank Rd to the junction with Victoria Rd, near the Ritz Cinema.
The Pit Road ( centre / vertical ) to Brandy Row School at the junction with Village Lane.
[ Compilation of 6 Photographs.  Courtesy of Washinghton History Society. ]

Washington 'F' Pit Heaps

Location of the View Points in the Preceding Tabs

MAP: 1937-61