New to this site - coal mining films from the 1940's up to the 1970's and all now on DVD follow the link for Nostalgic DVD sales. We are looking for any old cine film (home movies) have you any that are free from copyright that we could use, click this link for more info

This website is dedicated to the men, women and children, who  worked most of their lives in the
coal industry. Many were killed.  Life was hard.... read their stories in these pages.
Mymarras - making mine history our history.
Read about the pitman of the Dolly; Peggy and Success pits. Learn about the railway and the
wagon way before that. Learn the history of mining in your own back yard. View extracts from some of the school log books from the area, schools like the Lambton School in Houghton. There are even photos in the gallery, showing the shipyards of Sunderland, once known as the biggest shipbuilding town in the world.
All this in the County of Durham - well it was before Tyne and Wear came about. Visit a former category "d" village - remember them?
Visit the colliery villages of the area including the following :
New Herrington, Newbottle; Houghton-Le-Spring; New Lambton; Penshaw, Biddick; Shiney Row; 
West Rainton; Hetton-Le-Hole; Easington Lane; Philadelphia. There is a short history on each of them. There is also a short feature on the old town of Sunderland. Read the school log books from the 1800's including New Herrington, Penshaw, Colliery Row schools and many more. Also included is a short history of Newbottle Colliery and the Rainton railway.  There is a database recording miner's bonds, pay lists (Herrington colliery 1898), Houghton workhouse inmates etc, available only to members (free membership)  also available is a members help forum.