Nostalgic memories of Leasingthorne's local history

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Hope someone spots this, and can help! My Grandad, John Greaves, was born in March 1881 in Leasingthorne. HIs mother was pregnant, unmarried, and living with her parents and siblings in Northumberland. She was seen as bringing shame on the family, and they were stoned out of the village, and moved to Leasingthorne. Like almost everyone at the time, the family were miners. My grandad's mother and father ...see more
I lived in Leasingthorn with my sister Beryl, we both went to the village school and l have many good memories of village life. My best friend was Jean Errington and the Saturday dance was one of the highlights of our week also the beetle drives with my grandmother, Ethal Willson. My mother was Ruby, her sisters were Lilly and Irene, her brothers were Jack and Robert. Myself, Robert, Denise, Robert jnr, Glyn and Joy ...see more
My mother and her family were born and bred in Leasingthorne, my grandfather was a miner at the pit, as were my two uncles. My grandparents were Robert and Ethel Wilson and had 5 children, Jack, Ruby, Lilly, Irene and Robert. My mother was Irene. I too was born there and returned to spend many holidays with my much loved grandparents, often visiting the pit with my grandfather to collect his pension. The last ...see more
My gran came from Leasingthorne, moving to Cambridge in the late 1920s. She had a sister named Mary who lived in an end of terrace house near a corrugated tin 'social club', chickens were kept opposite. l can remember an Uncle 'Tiser'. Mary had two Yorkshire terriers, Dot and Daisy. From her yard you could see the mine where most of the men worked, l believe Sir Anthony Eden had an estate nearby. Uncle John, his ...see more