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Historically part of County Durham, the town was subsumed into the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in 1974. The deputy was near him at the time. At this colliery there occurred a terrible explosion in May 1812, which was attended by great loss of life and damage. In 1894 the first Felling Urban District Council sat at Felling.

Two of the dead were killed immediately by a fall of rock from the roof, the other two by afterdamp. To ensure the air circulated throughout the mine some boards were blocked off with stoppings either of brick or timber. The town centre has seen massive investment over recent years, with the complete redevelopment of the main shopping centre and addition of a new Asda superstore, a Greggs bakery, Card Factory shop, Subway sandwich outlet and a local taxi business. [2], To ensure adequate ventilation two shafts were dug, John Pit and William Pit. Hodgson wrote for an interested public, not for practical miners, and as such explains mining terms and procedures. The gauze had to have small spaces so that a flame could not pass through, but could admit methane, which then burned harmlessly inside the lamp. This station to the west of Felling and is approximately five minutes walk from Gateshead International Stadium. Its surrounding walls, gate pillar and gate are also listed. One of the oldest passenger stations in England, BR...not British Rail but Brandling Railway, Sunderland Road area(update: most, if not all, Heritage Trail Signs have now been vandalised to extinction), The High Street about the time my Dad was about the age of these kids. Felling, like nearby Deckham, is a rapidly growing area with more and more people from other countries settling in the area. I remember Father Bernard Aloysius Stronge who reigned from 1946-1985.
In place of industry came housing. The suggestion was made that the pit be stopped up to extinguish the fire. He became sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1524, was mayor of Newcastle five times and was knighted by the Duke of Somerset at Mussleburgh. In the 2010 UK General Election, Mearns was elected with a majority of 12,549 over Frank Hindle.

Look below at the last brick in the wall and see that Wm Foster, perhaps, did not have the CWS gig all to himself.

The industrial decline was matched by continuous residential growth, so that by the Victorian era those industrial elements which survived were met by a large sprawl of housing from the south where High and Low Felling had effectively merged. [11] However two paragraphs down he observes that the dust in the barrow-ways was burnt to a cinder.

However, local recollections of three men who had survived for 40 days in a pit near Byker led to shouts of "Murder" and obstruction.[6].

At High Felling, land use is predominantly residential but there is around 25% green-space, including a park, cricket ground and urban open space to the south at Albion Street. There were several quarries with the largest being Kell's Quarry, providing sandstone and grindstone. In the morning of the eighth, Straker, Anderson, Haswell and six others descended William shaft and found the air cool and wholesome. One of the Felling's industrialists, Thomas Gallon who manufactured paper had it built, indeed it was the first house on Holly Hill field. [f][15] Chapman had not noticed anything, but being at that time in charge of the pit he went off to investigate.

[15] Six miners were killed, four outright and two died of their injuries over the following two days. In 1894, Whellan reports that the colliery employed 685 men and boys. [3][c] Because of the firedamp they used Spedding mills to light their way. Click the above link to see more on the burning brand, People still to this day write and speak "The Felling" and I once studied a Facebook page to see the percentage usage and non usage of the definite article.

The church presbytery is also a Grade II listed building. Davy was asked to help because lots of people knew that he was good at making scientific discoveries. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M.