Notes 'Ashington'

Regarding recording at Ashington Colliery 15/09/1963 ; detail of content: 1. NCB No. 14 built by Hawthorn Leslie ; 2. NCB No. 8 built by Peckett and Co ; 3. Ex WD Saddle tank NCB No. 45 ; 4. Ex WD Saddle Tank NCB No. 45 ; 5. Pithead winding engine ; 6. NCB No. 8 built by Peckett ; 7. Ex WD Saddle Tank NCB No. 45

These notes relate to a recording in a collection of original un-edited audio recordings made between 1960 and 1965 by John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse for the BBC radio programme Railway Roundup. It is part of the larger Railway Roundabout collection donated by the makers of the programme, John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse. They produced films on contemporary British and foreign railways for the BBC Children's programme 'Railway Roundabout, broadcast monthly between 1958 and 1962 on BBC Television. The commentary was created and broadcast live, so the original films in the collection are silent. The Railway Roundabout collection includes the original masters and prints of Railway Roundabout programmes as well as other films (non-Railway Roundabout) made by the John Adams and Patrick Whitehouse and a small number of films made by others.