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Haswell maps
Historic maps of Haswell and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Haswell maps
Haswell photos
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Easington Lane| Thornley| Wheatley Hill| Sherburn Hill| Easington| Peterlee| Easington Colliery| Sherburn| Wingate| Horden| Castle Eden| Seaham| Finchale Priory| Coxhoe| Houghton Le Spring| Blackhall Colliery| Durham| Ryhope| Lambton Park| Lumley Park
Haswell area books
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Memories of Haswell
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County Durham memories
Little School And The Little Shop on The Corner And The Little Chapple on The Corner
Hi, my name is Shirley Stoke. I have lots of lovely little memories of living in Haswell, I have a really good memory. I used to live in Church Street. I loved the school across the road from my house and when I used to go to chapel on the corner. I can also remember I used to play with a little girl that used to live up on the hill among the trees in that big house right at the top, and she had lots of little chocolate eggs that she used to put along the window sill and they used to melt when the sun come out. I can also remember lying in bed on a night and listening for the big trucks coming through Haswel to the slaughter house and I can hear all the poor little animals getting shot - sorry but that's some of my memories, but they were good memories no matter what. I just love my home, town's my roots as they say.... Read more
Gray Family
Hi, does anyone remember Jack and Louise Gray who lived in South Hetton. I am trying to trace my step-father's family for him but I am having no luck tracing them. He remembers they lived at 17 Grasmere Terrace (now demolished it seems!). They had five children I believe, Mary/May, George, Reginald,Sally and John who lived in south Hetton until he became ill in 1993. Any information would be gratefully received. Thank you.
Visited as A Young Girl
My father Douglas was born here to Malcolm H McCullough and Jennie Woodifield Etherington McCullough. He worked in the mine and remembers riding the pit ponies. They were racing and he fell off one and scarred his eyebrow. I don't know what date that was. I was brought here in the late 50s and/or early 60s but I've lost touch with all those relatives.
Wesleyan Chapel Row
My paternal Grandmother, Amelia Bedford, married Paul Tennant of 1 Wesleyan Chapel Row in 1915 after her first husband died.
I can't find Wesleyan Chapel Row on a map of Shotton Colliery; does it still exist?
Terrible Place
I lived and went to school in Shotton Colliery, and hated the place. Luckily I realised that living there was not for me, so at the age of 16 I joined the RAF and was posted to Wiltshire, clean air, beautiful rolling downs, a white horse carved in the hillside, I thought I was in heaven... On top of that, the RAF gave me a trade and improved my education as opposed to the sadists I encounted at Shotton Primary, I still shiver when I think of Mr Murray (and I'm 76 years old!). One thing I will never understand is why my father Ted Falcus chose to live and work there, as he was a top gardener and could grow anything, winning countless shows at the Comrades Club. I am sure he could have got a job in the warmer south doing something he enjoyed (maybe it was the beer in the Club!). As a final note, my grandaughter Ellie living in Redlands, CA, USA, has a wonderful soprano... Read more
Pit Village in my Youth
My name is Ken Orton and I lived in Thornley from 1947 until 1974, the year I married. I was born in Shadforth but my parents moved from there to Thornley when I was about one month old. We lived at 72, Thornlaw North until 1967 and then moved to 2, St Cuthbert Road, where I lived until I met my wife and married.
My childhood in Thornley was a marvellous time and I would not have liked to have lived anywhere else than in a pit village when I was growing up. Although we didn't have much, because my dad was a pitman and there were six children in the family, everybody we knew was the same as us and so we never missed what we never had. We always had enough to eat and presents for birthdays and Christmas, although not as much as bairns nowadays. Even my bairns did better that I did but, since we didn't expect to have a great deal, we were never... Read more
Growing up in Thornley
I was born in Durham in 1969 and grew up in Thornley until I left in 1985 and moved to South Africa. I have been back a few times over the years and have seen many changes my father still lives in Thornley and will never leave the place now.
I still have great memories of the place and a lot of my school friends still live there.
