Easington Colliery, Seaside Lane c.1955

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As very young boy from Ascot Street I recall going shopping with mam to Walter Willson' s and then over the road to Snowdons for a bag of broken biscuits. Ice creams from Equis were lush but who didn't enjoy Burdess's little meat pies....cut the top off and suck the gravy out...mmm. Saw my first film at the Rialto .... Zulu... with my dad, and had my first snog in the back row as a young ...see more

my mothers father was william routh sharp who worked for many years in easington colliery as horsekeeper and lived in 11th st. his mother was sarah jane routh, easington and father william james sharp.william routh sharp farmed at seaham harbour,sandy carr farm haswell,sheraton,castle eden, richmond,etc and spent his last 20 years or so in west auckland where he also farmed at greenfields. any rouths/relatives in the easington area pls get in touch

I have just traced my long lost birth brother; John Foulds from Ashton Street - I had searched for 30 years to find him. There's no happy ending as I found out he passed away in 2006. I have been unable to find a photo of John so I still don't know what my brother looked like. I am asking the people of Easington who remember him to have a look through their old photos just in case he is on any. He was a ...see more

I was born late 1959 at Little Thorpe Maternity Hospital. I lived in Arthur Street with my parents Alan and Ada Robson and my newly widowed grandfather Bob Mckee. My grandmother, Lizzie, sadly passed away a year before I came into the world. My dad was a welder at the colliery and this was the workplace of nearly all male members of my family. I used to play inside the pit canteen and pit baths ...see more