Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW053944 / 605341)
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This was a Reservoir belonging the Tharsis Sulpher & Copper Company. It was deep & brick lined & the sides were on a 45 degree angle. When Tharsis pulled out of Hebburn the reservoir (known as the Copperworks Pond) was left unfenced & local kids played there & caught sticklebacks. I remember being there & you could look down & see the sloping sides disappear into the darkness. I think it was supposed to be about 30ft deep. In the early 1950s a lad called Colqhoun from Hebburn Quay area fell in & drowned. Because of the sloping sides, anyone falling into it was in deep water immediately. In previous years ( early 1900s) when the Company were still operating two children from one family drowned there as it was very close to the houses in Glen St. '
