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Chester Le Street, County Durham
Chester Le Street photos
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Chester Le Street maps
Historic maps of Chester Le Street and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Chester Le Street maps
Historic map of Chester Le Street
Illustrated Victorian map of County Durham
Historic Map of any Chester Le Street postcode
Chester Le Street books
Displaying 2 of 3 books about Chester Le Street and the local area. View all Chester Le Street books
County Durham Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
Durham Photographic Memories
Paperback
$26
2 Chester Le Street photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Chester Le Street
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I was born in Newfield,about three miles from the Street, and recall the pictures very vividly and the comments by one other person about the Empire Ballroom. We used to go there every Friday night for the dance, dressed in our best togs, and had a great time, all for a shilling. We had to run down the main street to... [more]
Shared on 26 November 2009
Chester-le-Street Heritage Group are building an archive of photographs and memories relating to Chester-le-Street and the surrounding area.
If you would like to share your memories and/or allow us to scan your photographs for inclusion in the Group's archive, then please get in touch we would love to hear from you.
We hold 'Drop-In Sessions' every Tuesday morning at the... [more]
Shared on 25 September 2009
I didn't live in Chester-le-Street (I lived at Fence Houses) but I used to work at Brough's Grocery Store at the top end of the main street and then I went to work at RODNEY DRESSES factory as the wages were a bit better and I was very happy there. My friends and I enjoyed going to the Empire (?) Ballroom... [more]
Shared on 17 April 2009
County Durham memories
Chester-le-Street Heritage Group are building an archive of photographs and memories relating to Great Lumley and the surrounding area.
If you would like to share your memories and/or allow us to scan your photographs for inclusion in the Group's archive, then please get in touch we would love to hear from you.
We hold 'Drop-In Sessions' every Tuesday morning at... [more]
Shared on 25 September 2009
This is not actually a memory, but after finding this photograph I just had to write and say that in the little ferry going across the River Wear is either my great grandad or great granduncle, if that is the right terminology. I am an ancestor of James Curry who along with his brother were the ferry men on that ferry.... [more]
Shared on 07 March 2008
I was born in Lumley, so was my mum, so I was very happy growing up there. My grandad worked at the pit, his name was Thomas Moore and he lived at 26 Lumbley Terrace, my grandmother was Bettrix Basey [Moore] and my mum Marjorie Vera Ward. If anyone in the village knew them, it would be lovely to hear from... [more]
Shared on 27 October 2006
My grandfather Thomas Harrison lived there until early 1953. I visited last month but the street no longer exists - was wondering when it was redeveloped.
Sandie Urquhart
Edinburgh
Shared on 05 April 2008
I CAN REMEMBER MANY PEOPLE AND PLACES FROM MY CHILDHOOD LIVING IN 16 PINE ST ,BILL LOAN,LES PEARSON,WILLIE AND TINKER GORDEN,CHRIS LOWERY TO NAME BUT A FEW,AND THE PLACES WE USED TO GO TO ,DOWN "THE LINE" TO THE "GREEN HILL" UP THE OLD FARM TO PLAY JAPS AND ENGLISH OR ACROSS TO THE PIT HEAPS.
OTHER PLACES WERE THE SHIP... [more]
Shared on 06 January 2008
Extracts From Chester Le Street & County Durham books
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County Durham Photographic Memories
The tower and spire of the parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert dominates the skyline in this market day picture. There was a church built of stone on the site as early as 1056; before that, Saxon bishops ruled County Durham from Chester-le-Street's timber-built monastic cathedral, where the bones of St Cuthbert himself were interred from 883 to 995.... [more]
This is an extract from County Durham Photographic Memories.
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County Durham Photographic Memories
We can see from the size of the bus queues that private car ownership was still something of a novelty. In 1954, sales of new cars in the UK totalled 394,362, with just 4660 imported cars. In 1955 sales were 511,420 with 11,131 imports, but growth was stymied by Government interference. Purchase tax on new cars was increased from 50 to... [more]
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This wonderful photograph shows a beautiful convertible car, probably belonging to one of the landed gentry; the two delivery men enjoy a break whilst their horses tuck into their nosebags; and the little boy watches the cameraman at work. The spire of St Nicholas's dominates the Market Place. In 1857 this Victorian church replaced an earlier church of St Nicholas, which dated from the... [more]
This is an extract from Durham Photographic Memories.
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