It runs through Earlsfield, Colliers Wood, Morden, Mitcham, and Carshalton along the way. Among them were freighters, colliers and bulk carriers for mineral transport. Martin was born in Colliers Wood, London. Coal was delivered by flatiron coastal colliers. Dewey purchased the British merchant colliers and , retaining their British crews. Some children came from the workhouses and were apprenticed to the colliers. Trades included butchers, tailors, colliers (charcoal sellers) and brewers. With the new railroad came a terminal and coal piers where the colliers were loaded. Chokers were popular into the 1920s and again in the '40s as "colliers de chien". They were shipped there on colliers (coal-carrying ships). Southbound, the route runs unbroken to Colliers Wood. In 1833, nine ships and 440 colliers entered the harbour. Kolchak's fleet was successful at sinking Turkish colliers. Wrexham did however retain the use of Colliers Park for Youth and Reserve fixtures. The protests resulted in the deaths of three striking colliers.