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Pelton Fell maps
Historic maps of Pelton Fell and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Pelton Fell maps
Pelton Fell photos
We have no photos of Pelton Fell, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
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Pelton Fell area books
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Memories of Pelton Fell
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Pelton Fell
My mother lived in Pelton Fell until she left to come to London where I live. Her father was Isaac Redpath. He was a pit deputy at the colliery. My mum is dead now but she said her dad was well known and respected in his community. During the Blitz and the doodlebugs of the Second World War my mum took us kids to stay with her mum and dad at Whitehill Terrace. I don't remember the earlier time but I have recollections of 1944/45. I went to school at Rosemary Primary School. I enjoyed the time in Pelton. My mum's sisters were staying there with their kids. We used to play and "fight" together Does anyone remember Mr Redpath?
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Wish to Have A Chance
Not a memory, but here's a tip of the hat from an oldest son of an oldest son, etc, for several generations.
James Pelton
Chicago
THE KITE FLYERS
THE KITE FLYERS The Second World War had just ended before I started school. In that summer the craze in the council estate was for kite flying. Me and my pal Brian used to watch the big lads, Sam,Teddy, Bobby and Ian, flying kites on the Green, just above Murray Road. The kites were made of garden canes split in two, or orange box laths split and shaved down, tied in the middle to form a cross, and the shape was made by tying string from one tip to the next. The frame was covered in newspaper stuck down with flour and water paste. The tail of the kite was a string with bows of newspaper tied on at about a foot apart. The most prize possession was the string. This was “sugar” string which was saved from parcels from the grocers and any where else it could be found . In those days people saved string as it had a lot of uses! I remember that at the... Read more
TEENAGE YEARS
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 which was in the market square at that time and also to the various cinemas which I believe do not exist any more. I now live in Buckinghamshire where I have been for more years than I like to think about, but when I go back I always visit Chester-le-Street and sometimes Birtley, as I have fond memories of both places. I feel sad as it has all changed so much.
Chester-Le-Street Memories
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 Salvation Army Citadel, Low Chare, Chester-le-Street. Why not call in between 10am & 12 noon, and meet the members, view the archive and have a free cup of coffee or tea.
You can visit our website at:
www.chesterlestreetheritage.org.uk
or email us at:
heritage.group@virgin.net
When I Was Young
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 catch the last General A bus home at 10.40. I met my first ever girlfriend at the Empire, a lovely young lass from Barley Mow, I will not mention her name in case she is on the web, and I do not want to embarass her after all these years. The picture of the paddling pool and swings at the park brings back a lot of memories as well. After spending most of Saturday there we used to call into Woolies and get up to the usual mischief of a few free pens and rubbers for school, well you know what scamps are like... I bet it is totally... Read more
Mother's Memory
My mother remembered being looked after by Olive and Jack Carr of Chester-le Street during her teenage years. Kitty, my mother, attended 'Chester-le-Street Secondary School' where she won a prize in 1932-33: the Theodore Francis Memorial Prize. I think at one time she was in class 5.7(g). Mother's name was Kitty Taylor, later to become Kitty Burridge. She moved south, to London, I believe, when she was still only 17 or 18 years old. She was the youngest sister of Minnie, Tom, Betty and Edna Taylor.
