Beneath the Surface: Uncovering the Untold Stories of the Woodhorn Disaster

On 13 August 1916, 13 men were killed following an explosion at Woodhorn Colliery. The event devastated the local community and was later well memorialised in the area.This talk revisits the 1916 Woodhorn Colliery Disaster, focusing on the lives lost and the questions that followed. Through these lesser-known stories, it explores how history is shaped not only by what happened, but by how those events are told, recorded, and remembered.