- Blackhall Colliery
Blackhall Colliery is a village on the
North Sea coast ofCounty Durham , inEngland . It is situated on the A1086 betweenHorden andHartlepool . To the south of the Blackhall Colliery's Catholic church isBlackhall Rocks .Built around the once extensive mining industry, Blackhall's
colliery closed in 1981. There is now anindustrial estate built over part of the old colliery buildings, the colliery itself was pulled down in the 1980s. [http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=315 "Blackhall Colliery"] , SINE project (Structural images of the north east),Newcastle University ] Blackhall Colliery is on the edge ofCastle Eden Dene , and Castle Eden Dene Mouth.Over the past couple of decades, there have been many changes. Following the closure of the colliery, the once busy village has economically gone downhill. As time has passed since the closure, other industries have now begun to emerge to once again create employment in the region.
With both Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks being on the main road to
Peterlee and Hartlepool. This has meant that these villages have become commuter villages, supplying workers for the now busy and expandingcall centre s in the nearby towns of Hartlepool and Peterlee.Blackhall beach made a notable appearance in the 1971 film "
Get Carter " starringMichael Caine ; in the climactic scenes the main character is involved in a chase across a coal-strewn beach. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/23/bfbeaches123.xml&page=3 "The 50 best beach scenes in the movies"] , "The Daily Telegraph ", 23 August 2008] [http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2000/8/28/193117.html "Hoping to get Caine for coastal spectacle"] , "The Northern Echo ", 28 August 2000.] The film shows the beach black with coal spoilings, dumped there by mine's conveyor system. Since the mine closed, £10 million has been spent removing the conveyor and its massive concrete tower and cleaning tons of coal waste from the now pristine beach. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2002/feb/16/walkingholidays.unitedkingdom.guardiansaturdaytravelsection "Northern revival"] , Richard Nelson, "The Guardian ", February 16 2002]Allotments
Blackhall Colliery has a garden association, which is located around 500 yards inland from the beach front. The garden association consists of around 250 gardens covering 6 alleyways.
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External links
* [http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/b006.htm Blackhall Colliery] from the
Durham Mining Museum
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
