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I was born in Corbridge in Dilston Hall when it was a maternity home. My parents lived at No 1 Front Street Bells Close and I have some fantastic memories of my life there. I remember all of the neighbours and our ...Read more

A memory of Denton Burn in 1860 by Jacqueline Irving

William Evans born 1843 in Llanelli, Camarthen Wales moved to Bedlington Northumberland in 1861 and married Mabel Bell, in 1863. They first lived at the Barrington Colliery with their young ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Delaval in 1860 by Jemilla Russell Clough

Sadly, the Bell Inn closed sometime in the early sixties. And along with other faithful regulars, I was there on the evening when the last pint was drawn.

A memory of Tilshead in 1860

My great-great grandfather and grandmother emigrated to the U.S. from Belmont in the late 1840's or early 1850. Their names are Thomas Spencer and Nancy McJunkin. ...Read more

A memory of Belmont in 1860 by Robert Spencer Howell

Does anyone have any photos of old Shiremoor as I remember it in the 1960s? The fibreglass factory, the brickworks, the Methodist chapel and the colliery rows, old Emerson Place, the area behind the Blue Bell. The dolly washer on the ...Read more

A memory of Shiremoor in 1860 by Kevin Swithenbank

Growing up in burton was fantastic, all the children of the village would play together and spend their days wandering freely, only going home to eat. Just the way it should be. The local vicar at the time was the ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 1860 by Melinda Willan/Ne.Edmondson