Boldon Colliery
The Boldons are a team of 3 small towns in the north eastern of England - East Boldon, West Boldon as well as Boldon Colliery - north of Sunderland, eastern of Newcastle and southern of South Shields and Jarrow. They have a population of 13,271. Existing within the historic limits of County Durham, the villages are first recorded in print in 1170. Their names developed from words "Bold" or "Botl", suggesting a structure, and also "dun", meaning a hillside. In 1866, work began sinking a pit that began generating coal in 1869, and was then referred to as Boldon New Winning. The town that created close by in the 1870s came to be known as Boldon Colliery. When the mine was deepened as well as extended in the 1910s, more housing to accommodate the workforce was developed to the south of the pit in an area called Boldon New Town. Till 1974 the area was carried out as an urban area of County Durham, yet ever since has actually belonged to the district of South Tyneside. In 1976, the Boldon Colliery Band appeared in episode 13 of the television series When the Boat Comes In. The mine enclosed 1982 but even more jobs became available when an Asda supermarket opened up in 1987. Current advancements include Boldon Business Park. Boldon Colliery also has its very own multi-screen cinema run by Cineworld. The primary secondary school in the area is Boldon School, a specialist sports university.
