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Miners 1984-85 Strike
Not long into married life we both walked into a miners strike that lasted until 1985. This was very hard having to adjust to married life and without no money because of the strike we both lost our first home. Soon after the strike started i became pregnant with my first son Graham I became pregnant with him in the strike and gave birth in the strike we struggled to buy prams and cots and other essentials for a baby With the help of my dear grand parents we came through this difficult period. Soon after the strike we went into a colliery house as we lost our first home due to not been able to pay the morgage. Both my husband and i have lived in Easington all our married life Jeff came from Easington.We met at The Easington colliery club Coming up to 26yrs ago Quite frightening really because it does not seem that long ago.
I Karen was Hairdressing at the time of the strike and... Read more
RAF Cold Hesledon
I was posted to the RAF radar unit in Hawthorne from 1954-1955 and had some of the happiest memories of my service in Easington Colliery. We attended most of the dances in the Welfare Hall after having coffee in Moscardininis? cafe. I was particularly friendly with Eileen Quinn who lived in the Station Hotel and often wondered what happened to her. Everyone in the village was so friendly and there was never any trouble. I live in the North East and paid a nostalgic visit to the Welfare Hall and the memories came flooding back. Great place - great people.
Tracing People
I am looking for any infomation of any relative to Herby and Annie Cummings. They lived in the council estate at the bottom of the village.
Earning Extra Cash
I lived in Easington village in the 1950s and recall my brother and I would wait at the colliery gates for the trucks coming out to deliver coal to the miners' houses. There was a void up the centre of the back of the truck and when the driver was turning and creating a blind spot we would jump into the void and get a lift to the drop zone. We got 2 bob for shovelling a load into a hatch to the coal shed. Believe me, it was hard work, but honest.
Bede Street
This is the year I married Muriel Smeaton, also from " the colliery". We lived behind the butchers shop in Bede Street before moving to Peterlee. I joined RAF and moved away from the area but still remember the happy times we had in Easington. Dances in the Welfare Hall to Gilbert Ridley and his band being one of many. My two mates Tommy Elves and Bobby Carro l(both dead now I'm afraid). Relations still in the area are Mark and Dorothy Hewitson.
Dances at The Welfare Hall
I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I loved going to the 'Miners Hall' as it was known then, we dressed up and danced to local groups such as the Zephyrs, they used to sing such hits as ' Speedy Gonzales' and then the hits of 'Telstar' where played, The floor was one of the best to dance on, all bouncy and wooden, we used to buy pop and crisps, and I remember the local JP coming in and sitting with the local "Teddy boys" (You know who you are) I don't remember my eldest brother 'Keith Fortune' using the dances, but then there was the billiard room downstairs for the lads, I would then look towards the Church of the Ascension when we were leaving, It was there that I took my first communion. Happy days,... Read more
Happy Days
This photo brings back so many memories of going to weddings. It was taken from the steps of the church. To the right is the old wooden church hall where we had the youth club and table tennis club. After the wedding we would stand on the steps of the church and have the photos taken, then walk across the road to the Welfare Hall and go upstairs for the meal. Everyone would be talking, and the kids would be running across the dance floor then fall over and slide on the shiny wooden floor. It was great fun till your dad got hold of you and told you to 'Stop that, look at your new trousers!'. The Welfare is still there but all of my family have gone now and I moved away when I got married. I still see some of my friends when I go to Sunderland for the football and have a pint, that has not changed.
Family History in Easington
My mother's family came from Easington and most lived there until their deaths. I wondered if anyone knew of them or remembered them?
The family was called Miller, and I know that my oldest uncle was Willy (William) who had a wife Ivy and my other uncle was Jack Miller, who had a wife called Mim. These two worked all their lives at the pit there, and Jack lived in Angus Street and Willy in Argent Street. Their sister Olga was married to a man called Bob, also a miner.
My grandparents were Elizabeth and William Miller, I believe they lived round Cavell Square way. They died in the 50's and must be buried in one of the cemeteries in the village somewhere. They had 7 children and came from pit families.
It would be nice if anyone remembers them.
