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Nostalgic memories of Stanley's local history

Share your own memories of Stanley and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Football West Stanley Boys V Kirby Boys Liverpool
Does anyone know the title of a local reference book which mentions the English schools trophy match held at the Morrison Busty football ground in the 1968-69 season
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Added 08 December 2013

Moore Family
Does any one remember the Moore family from Poplar Street South Moor. My grand father was born at number 19. As the family left school they took up trades at the Louisa Pit in Stanley. In 1925 his mother Jane Esther Moore (nee Neal) left for Australia with her teenage children Wesley, Gladys and Robert. They settled in Kurri Kurri NSW. Cheryl Mellan 1 Usk Street Mayfield NSW 2304 Australia
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Added 14 June 2013

Happy Days
Playing football on the grass at the side of the blackpath, having bonfires on the same area. Using a piece of wood and a rollerskate, and bombing from the top to the bottom. Happy days.
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Added 29 April 2013

Stanley Front Street
I remember walking from Tanfield Lea to South Moor to visit my grandmother on a Sunday morning when I was 10. I walked to save the bus fare so I could buy a comic from the man who sold Sunday papers, magazines and comics from the doorway of Broughs doorway.
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Added 08 February 2013

Anderson Family Of Railway Gardens
I am looking for any information regarding my family who lived in Railway Gardens, Stanley. Father: Thomas. Mother: Jane. Children: Cyllene, Jenny, Irene, Lawrence and Tommy. If any one has any information, please get in touch.
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Added 07 September 2012

Burns Pit Disaster
From his seat, by the fire, my grandad could see the great mound of the spoil heap of Stanley Burns Pit. It was the site of a horrific explosion, on 16th February 1909, in which 168 men and boys lost their lives. He would sometimes talk of the day he heard the enormous explosion, he was 12 years old at the time. The grandfather of Kevin Keegan (he who played football for Liverpool and England and was ...see more
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Added 08 February 2009

Front Street
We did most of our Saturday shopping on Stanley Front Street. On Monday 28th January 2002, L. Storey, of Stanley, wrote  a poem, about some MEMORIES OF STANLEY, in The Northern Echo. It brought back so many of my own memories of growing up in Stanley (not reproduced here for copyright reasons).
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Added 08 February 2009