Situated on the East Durham coast the three villages of Easington Colliery, Horden Colliery and Blackhall Colliery are very close to each other, and linked by the shared name of 'Colliery'. Each village owed its existence to the collieries they each had. Before the collieries came, the villages did not exist. The strength of these three mining communities and the extensive pollution left on the coast would make it be easy to conclude that these villages had been involved in mining for many, many generations. This is not so. Easington Colliery, Horden Colliery and Blackhall Colliery are now...