Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a group of three tiny towns in the north east of England - East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, east of Newcastle and southern of South Shields and Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historical limits of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names developed from the words "Bold" or "Botl", implying a structure, as well as "dun", indicating a hillside. In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began generating coal in 1869, as well as was then known as Boldon New Winning. The village that developed close by in the 1870s became known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was grown and expanded in the 1910s, more housing to fit the workforce was constructed to the south of the pit in an area called Boldon New Town. Until 1974 the area was carried out as a city district of County Durham, however ever since has actually become part of the borough of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared in episode 13 of the television series When the Boat Comes In. The mine closed in 1982 yet even more work appeared when an Asda grocery store opened up in 1987. Recent developments include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery also has its very own multi-screen cinema operated by Cineworld. The primary high school in the area is Boldon School, a specialist sporting activities college.
