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Great Britain is in disarray, I've never seen the likes. Worse than when Thatcher telt us Geordies, to get on wa bikes. They closed the yards and factories, we had them by the score, These places now just memories, of better ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1985 by James Bridgewood

The Photograph above has never changed much from then to even now 2007. to the right as you look at the photograph ( I with my husband jeff and my two sons lived behind the shops). Mr Snowdon had his shop along with ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

My grandad used to work at South Kirkby pit for many years, so growing up I was forever hearing stories of his days down the mine. Being a very inquisitive child I would spend hours exploring, even though my grandad used to ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1985 by Mark Adams

It's twenty five years gone March since the miners' strike but it does not seem like five minutes to me and my family. I remember it like it was yesterday. Many families ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

Not long into married life we both walked into a miners strike that lasted until 1985. This was very hard having to adjust to married life and without no money because of the strike we both lost our first home. Soon ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1984 by Karen Surtees

My father Alan Clowes died down Askern pit on 20/5/1980. I've looked on lots of websites concerning Askern colliery but I can find no reference to him. I was 13 years old at the time and would like to know more about it. I don't live in ...Read more

A memory of Askern in 1980 by David Clowes