Nostalgic memories of Craghead's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I was born 5.10. 1939 in Craghead, above the shop of Robert Oswald, Master Butcher, my mother being Robert's sister Jane Agnes Oswald and my father Frederick Gustavus King from South London. I went to Craghead primary school (I seem to remember it being on a hill top). My mother and father met in London, when she was a nurse there and we all came up to Craghead at the outbreak of the war. My father joined the ...see more
I am searching for descendants of George Emmerson and his wife Ellen Edwards who lived at 11 Wylam Street in Craghead and of William Emmerson and his wife Sarah Alice Craig who lived at 3 Wylam Street (and where my grandmother Rachel Ann Emmerson was born), 11 Wylam Street and 40 Thomas Street (which is where Sarah died in 1912). Also searching for descendants of Sarah's parents Stephen Craig ...see more
Does anyone have any info on the Emmerson family Craghead. I think they lived on Railway Terrace Thanks
Does any one out there remember the Welch Family of Craghead. My great grandmother Rachel Welch nee Todd was still living there up till her death in 1944. Her husband Johnson Welch died from lung damage from the mines in 1908 and was one of the first buried in St Thomas Church Craghead. The family lived at 12 Thomas Street, 18 Wylam Street and in John Street. My grandmother Madeline Welch married James Pearson ...see more
I am trying to establish contact with my Grandfather's descendants - the Watsons - who once lived at 10 John Street. My Grandfather was a miner at Cradhead pit.