Hear All Sides: BROWNEY COLLIERY

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    Northern Echo 29th July 2002. Letter from Miles Harker, Seaham. "....I lived at Brandon and started work at Browney when I was 16. Two-and-a-half years later, the pit closed, in August 1938. I am almost 83 now and I am wondering if I am the last man to have worked there. Most of the men lived locally and, if there is anyone who worked down that pit and is still with us, I would like to know. After just three weeks without a job I stared work at Bowburn Colliery. I left in 1965....."
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    Northern Echo
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    Link: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7065207.hear-all-sides-browney-colliery/
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 5 months ago
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