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by Mr Alex Hillary (April 6th 2007) - as reported to Susan Hedworth, Community Care Assistant No, we don’t get the snow like we used to! Like it was in 1941, I mean. I was a taxi driver at ...Read more

A memory of Corbridge by Susan Hedworth

Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Gate in 1964 by Phil Smith

My father was deputy head porter at the hospital, he worked there for 40 years. When I came out of the Royal Air Force in 1959 I did not work for a few months until early 1960 when my father gave me a job as a porter ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge in 1960 by Alan Sanderson

I was born at 23, St George's Place, Blackhill in 1951. My name was Valerie Wyporski and I had a brother, Leslie who went to Tin Mill School. My dad was Polish and was a painter for the coal board. He was known as 'Fred'. My ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by valerie.mcnamara

My mother, Mary Rands, was christened in this church in 1929. Her Grandparents, Herbert and Mary Ann Rands, lived in a cottage at the back of the church called 'Myrtle' They passed away before the second world ...Read more

A memory of Chelmondiston by Sharon Burford

I was part of the Ship's Company that formed the admin of HMS Ganges. In the same office were two Petty Officer Writers, John Kerr and Ted Burroughs. The latter had connections with the Red Lion and was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Chelmondiston in 1958 by David Jones

I am writing this on behalf of my wife, nee Gena Brown from the old Stirling Castle, otherwise known as the Bottom House, but the one she remembers best is the Staneford Arms where her mother held the licence. Her Auntie ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Hugh Camrass

I was born in Consett at 11 Newmarket Street in June 1933, though my parents were living in Norfolk and later on in Middlesex. I was sent back to live with aunts when the Blitz really got going. I went to the CofE ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1940 by Malcolm Hutton

I remember Shotley Gate 1954/55. I wish I could erase it from my memory. 12 months of sheer Hell at the infamous Ganges. I enjoyed my Naval Service and I did well, but Ganges almost defeated me. I danced a jig when they demolished the place! JW

A memory of Shotley Gate in 1954

I had a Patent Ductus Arteriosclerosis in 1957 when I was 5 operated on by Mr Mason at Shotley Bridge Hospital. I even started school in hospital. I am still here and am forever thankful for everything. I have 2 sons and 1 ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by carol981