Yoden Way c1965, Peterlee
Yoden Way c1965, Peterlee Ref: P149011
Memories of Yoden Way c1965, Peterlee
Changing Peterlee
The Photogragh of the town centre has changed a lot since it was build. This row of building is still there. They have just built around it making it into a masive complex. I often do my shopping in the town centre. We have an Asda and many more shops. I was born in 1962 but did not come to Peterlee until 1965 from Stoke-on-Trent i can remember walking up a down this street when my mother went to do her shopping. Peterlee has gone through many many changes since.
Does any one out there have some other details to fill me in on about Peterlee?
Are there any photogragh of Dene close area in the 1960s out there?
Peterlee - The Place to Be.
My mother had a few problems back in 1979 in a small village called Glossop in Greater Manchester, so she placed an ad in our local paper asking for an exchange of houses. We never knew that we would get a response from what seemed to be a lifetime journey. Peterlee. For me Peterlee was a new town, only 15 years old, it has all flat roofs, and big gardens, some people said it was like Bethlehem. As we drove past Shotton Hall School for the very first time, I was told by the people who lived there, that that would be my school if we moved up north. I knew of no bigger fear at the time, moving school was something I had never done. I remember crying for the longest time ever when I had to start school some five years ago. Leaving friends from the past was going to be a whole new life. After we made the first visit to Peterlee, we agreed to make the... Read more
Peterlee, Passfield Way And Thames Road Area
I remember Peterlee before the new houses on Grampian Drive were built. Me and my friends and brothers used to play in the cornfield that used to be where Grampian Drive and Christchurch Place are now. And I remember going to pick blackberries from the bushes that lined the path going up Passfield Way right up to the council offices where Okerside is now built, and the farm that used to be right at the top of the cornfield that was where the Black Bull is now (I think). You could not imagine Peterlee to have been like that after so many changes. Oh, and there was the swimming pool that used to be in Thames Road, many a summer's day we spent there with family and friends. If anyone has any photographs I would love to se them.
Peterlee & local memories
Read and share memories of Peterlee and County Durham inspired by Frith photos.
Playing Football
I remember playing football with you and Brian little who went on to play for Aston Villa and England I lived in 20 Kirkstone Avenue. John Orchard
Peterlee in The 50's/early 60's
I was 2 or 3 months old in 1954 when the family moved from Wheatley Hill into a newly built council house on Kirkstone Road at the Horden end. My earliest memory is of sitting on the door step waiting for my brother (Bill) who was a year older to come home from school.
I followed him to Dene House Infants a year later before moving onto the junior school. I remember our teacher Miss Patterson and a teacher called Mr Miller. The head was Mr Westgarth. Mr Miller picked the school football team and whilst in the 1st year, I along with Michael Brown and Brian Little were selected to play with lads 4 years older. The only other player I remember is Peter Wolfe who was in the 4th year. One out of the 3 of us even managed to get a full England cap at football - I wonder who that was. When we got picked for the team we had to take our strip home... Read more
The 1980s
I originally lived in Blackhills Terrace, Horden and went to Blackhills Road Junior School and like my brothers and sister went on to Dene House Comprehensive. As a kid I did not really venture a lot into Peterlee, probably if I was lucky to see the jazz bands at the carnival. Then after starting at the Comp in 1982 we moved to Southway into a 3 storey house which was great. When it snowed (and in those days it DID snow) we would all go out the back and have a snowball fight, and we all seemed to get on well with the neighbours' kids and on one occasion even the parents joined in. All around that estate there were 3 storey houses down Avon Road, Thames Road, and Helford Road, to name a few. And flats were everywhere also and funny 'T' shaped houses called canterlevers. I had really good times there and really enjoyed the atmosphere, the games of football on the field, riding my bike up and... Read more
Fun Times
I was born in 1962 and lived in Peterlee for only 6 years. I remember fun times and the holidays from school were full of activities on a big green, where you learnt how to roller skate, walk on stilts and had so much fun. Good times.
My Last Year in Peterlee
Hi, I am Kurt Kissling From Germany.
I lived with my sisters Jenny and Joan and my parents Kurt and Nelly for 2 years in Peterlee from 1956 till 1958. Then we left England. We live now in Germany 50 years but I never forget my Peterlee. I was born in Iveston.
