A view of scrapers at work on a spoil heap during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course, following the completion of opencast mining on the site

Date:
23 Apr 1953
Location:
Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, NORTH TYNESIDE
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Golf Course Opencast Coal Site, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Reference:
JLP01/08/008791
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war and in 1948 opencast coal mining took place at Golf Course Opencast Coal Site in the Monkseaton area of Whitley Bay. By 1953 the mine was closed and the land was reclaimed.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Open Cast Mine, Mining Industry