Geordstoree

I came across the following eerie story in an old newspaper clipping (Shields Gazette 2005). The story was wrapped around Boldon Colliery Pit. Boldon Colliery used to be a mining village in the North East of England. The village, more like a small town these days, is still there, but the mine workings were closed [...]

The scene below shows further changes to Railway Street Station. gone are the old style buildings to be replaced by poorly built shelters. With more and more businesses sending goods by road the passenger and freight trains that operated out of the station slowly became redundant, reducing the need for manned stations with ticket offices. [...]