| Description | DOB: 1776
DOD: 1846
He grew up in Felling, Tyneside.
His father, from learning woodworking, picked up how to make waggons and waggonway.
Married twice, with children.
In 1799 Anthony completed his apprenticeship in waggon-and-waggonway-wright.
He left Felling Colliery in 1811, after working there for 18 years, to Percy Main Colliery.
In 1814, he joined Fawdon Colliery, north-west of Newcastle.
He moved again to work under the Brandlings, his apprenticeship employers, in 1816, working in the Kenton and Coxlodge collieries.
In 1818 he moved further from Tyne and joined Backworth colliery.
By 1821, he moved back closer to the Tyne, to work at Walker colliery.
Being a skilled tradesman more than a collier, he does not mention the vast array of strikes taken by colliers and other local workmen.
He was a devoted Catholic although he did not openly talk about it.
This is a typed autobiography, with biographical notes and analysis, totalling 91 pages.
Colliery, Waggonway-wright, Mines, [Trades], Religion |