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Great Schooldays!!
I was born in 1943 in Mancot and lived in Shotton. After the eleven plus I arrived at Hawarden Grammar school. The first two years were easy enough but in Form3, I noticed all the boys studied Science and all the girls had to take ...Read more
A memory of Hawarden by
Memories Of Benson
My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the ...Read more
A memory of Benson in 1947 by
Furnace To Fusilier
Arthur William Matthews born 1880, Sedgley, Staffordshire and Emma Jane Marks born In Tipton, Staffordshire married at Saint Deiniols on 16th January 1905. He worked as a furnace man at Shotton iron works. When war broke out ...Read more
A memory of Hawarden by
Robert Hardwick
My dad was born in Shotton, and lived at 1 Wesleyan Chapel Row. Looking for any family from the area 1921 onwards. Dad went on to serve in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in WW2. Grandparents were Tennant surname also. Thanks Andy
A memory of Shotton Colliery by
Looking Back To The Early Days
I was born in rented 'rooms' at Wordsworth Road in 1936 and came to move with my parents to five different addresses at Easington before I moved away from the area, when I married in 1963. But although my ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery in 1900 by
Terrible Place
I lived and went to school in Shotton Colliery, and hated the place. Luckily I realised that living there was not for me, so at the age of 16 I joined the RAF and was posted to Wiltshire, clean air, beautiful rolling downs, ...Read more
A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1950 by
Shotton In The Forties Fifties
I was brought up in a two-up, two-down cottage at No.4, Shotton Lane. These cottages were demolished in the fifties and modern houses were built on the site. Everyone was poor and, during the war in particular, ...Read more
A memory of Shotton in 1944 by
Chamberlayne Road Boy School
Interesting to read John Scott's recollections of Chamberlayne Road Boys' School. Strangely enough, I can remember nearly all the teachers. I started in 1942 in Miss Stockwood's class, then progressed to Miss Scott, ...Read more
A memory of Eastleigh in 1942 by
My Grandparents And Father
Hello I'm hoping someone may be able to help me. I'm trying to find anything to do with my grandparents /fathers life, especially old photos of the area they lived and worked. My grand father was called Joseph Millington ...Read more
A memory of Hawarden by
Born In Friar Street 1945
I was born in my grandma's house at 9 Friar Street, but my parents and myself lived in an upstairs flat behind Jack the barbers and Susie Greener's shop until I was 2. We then became very posh when we moved into ...Read more
A memory of Shotton Colliery by
Captions
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In its heyday, 13,000 men were employed at Shotton; but in 1980, 6,000 jobs were lost.
When the camp was built, it took in Scotton Hall, the Hipswell estate and the Brough estate.
When the camp was built, it took in Scotton Hall, the Hipswell estate and the Brough estate.
The village was the home of the Cherry-Garrard family, one of whom was with Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.
It was replaced in 1942 by the present crossiing designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. On
St Michael's, built in the 1860s by George Gilbert Scott on Park Road, presumably provoked the Methodists into a grand Gothic church, rather than a modest chapel.
To the left of Market Street, Thomas Houghton`s cotton waste mill has the smaller Spodden Mill to its right- hand side.
