![Atop Empire State- in construction; Chrysler Bldg & [Daily] News in middle foreground. (1931)](http://2-www-accel-pss.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?container=accel&gadget=howtobearetronaut.com&debug=0&nocache=0&v=u8u7jnqbdijrtp344779jt5bjs&rooe=1&html_tag_context=img&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.retronaut.co%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2FAtop-Empire-State-in-construction-Chrysler-Bldg-Daily-News-in-middle-foreground.-1931--199x123.jpg "Balancing on the Empire State, 1920s")
‘In March 1993, came the announcement that Westoe Colliery was to be closed and many of the working men there carried out their last shifts on 7th May 1993. Westoe Colliery was situated south of the River Tyne, South Shields and was the last pit on the Tyne.
- Tyne & Wear Archives Museums
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All images by Les Golding
Thank you to John Coburn
