South Shields pit head is being restored

The first phase of a project to preserve a historic building from South Tyneside's coal mining past has been completed.

St Hilda’s Pit Head has been given a new lease of life after a £548,000 cash injection from South Tyneside Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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