Nostalgic memories of Easington Colliery's local history
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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 31 in total
One of my earliest memories of school in Easington is of Miss Nicholson telling my mother, Alice Stephenson, nee Griffiths, that she would look out for me when I started at Easington Infants. Actually, I was never in her class. I had Miss Ferguson as a teacher before she became Head Mistress. I used to receive a Christmas card from her for years after I left school. She was a lovely lady. Miss ...see more
I was born late 1959 at Little Thorpe Maternity Hospital. I lived in Arthur Street with my parents Alan and Ada Robson and my newly widowed grandfather Bob Mckee. My grandmother, Lizzie, sadly passed away a year before I came into the world. My dad was a welder at the colliery and this was the workplace of nearly all male members of my family. I used to play inside the pit canteen and pit baths ...see more
NOBLE/DAWSON FAMILY. Has anyone any info leading to the NOBLE/DAWSON family. My husband's family were from Easington / Trimdon area.
Jim, Alice, Humphrey, Anne,Jane Hannah, Martha, Albert
They were children of the DAWSON family.
Humphrey Dawson, Jane Anne Dawson.
We have an address of 36 Dyke Street, Trimdon
17 Pelow Square Pelton
Hannah m Robert Scott
Anne Noble m Jack Watson a good snooker player in the North
Martha Noble m Maurice Love Bradford, W. Yorks
My grandparents lived in Easington in the late 20s till the late 30s they had 3 daughters, Denise born 1926, Beverley born 1928 and Margaret born 1936. Also a son, Frank born 1930. My grandfather was a professional footballer called Alf Young and my grandma was Doris and her best friend was called Eddie. Grandad played football for Hartlepool and Gillingham before moving to Lincoln City. Grandad ...see more
Under the title "The Birth Of Easington Colliery", a 6,000 word article of mine has recently been published in the Journal of the North East Labour History Society,Volume 42 (2011). The article covers the period from 1899 when efforts were first made to sink the pit, until 1911 when the local Miners' Lodge was finally established. In that time, the population around the immediate mining ...see more
I was posted to the RAF radar unit in Hawthorne from 1954-1955 and had some of the happiest memories of my service in Easington Colliery. We attended most of the dances in the Welfare Hall after having coffee in Moscardininis? cafe. I was particularly friendly with Eileen Quinn who lived in the Station Hotel and often wondered what happened to her. Everyone in the village was so friendly and there was ...see more
I am looking for any infomation of any relative to Herby and Annie Cummings. They lived in the council estate at the bottom of the village.
I lived in Easington village in the 1950s and recall my brother and I would wait at the colliery gates for the trucks coming out to deliver coal to the miners' houses. There was a void up the centre of the back of the truck and when the driver was turning and creating a blind spot we would jump into the void and get a lift to the drop zone. We got 2 bob for shovelling a load into a hatch to the coal shed. Believe me, it was hard work, but honest.
This is the year I married Muriel Smeaton, also from " the colliery". We lived behind the butchers shop in Bede Street before moving to Peterlee. I joined RAF and moved away from the area but still remember the happy times we had in Easington. Dances in the Welfare Hall to Gilbert Ridley and his band being one of many. My two mates Tommy Elves and Bobby Carro l(both dead now I'm afraid). Relations still in the area are Mark and Dorothy Hewitson.
Although I moved away from Easington Colliery over forty years ago I still regard it as where I belong. Born in Glebe Terrace, I spent my early schooling attending the infant and junior departments in the colliery. I had to walk to school, no school run back then, and that also provides me with a sad memory of those days. Aged about seven years, the first tune I learnt to whistle was Chopin’s “Funeral ...see more