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'''Bevin Boys'''
 
During the [[Second World War]] [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|conscripts]] worked the mine. The [[Bevin Boys]] were based at a camp established off Dean Road at the southern edge of Ferryhill, near the A167.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/14925382.bevin-boys-called-wartime-mines-ran-short-men/ |title=Bevin Boys}}</ref>
 
==The colliery area today==