Memories
4 memories found. Showing results 1 to 4.
Early Years
Where do start?! I (then Aidan Jackson) moved to Burnhope at the age of 3 in 1944. I lived at 1 Jaw Blades (now demolished) with my grandparents, uncles and mother. I started school at the old infant/junior school in October 1946. ...Read more
A memory of Burnhope in 1946 by
A Little Girls War
My memories are very clear of being ten years old and attending Burnhope Primary School. While I didn't realise it at the time, every teacher was brilliant. Miss Mary Dowson taught me in my last year at that school and eighteen of ...Read more
A memory of Burnhope in 1942 by
Happy Times
I was born on August 2 in 1949 at Croxdale Hall Durham. It was seconded after the war from the Salvin family presumably because of shortages of materity hospitals. My mother was Elda Stonebank, one of 13 family and well known in the ...Read more
A memory of Burnhope in 1949 by
Woodlands Terrace [Now Durham Road Leadgate]
I was born at Richard Murray Hospital at Shotley Bridge, County Durham on 09/07/1942. My parents Winnie and Jack Kershaw, my mam's maiden name was Burnhope and my dad's family were the Kershaws, lemonade ...Read more
A memory of Leadgate in 1942 by
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