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Now then, what year was Stanhope cut off on all sides, Crawley had snow almost up to the telephone line, going to Frostley was impossible, in fact it was about 6 days that we were stuck in for, latest jobs were snow ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1978

As a child I swam in the sea next to the Sandwell Gate and the ruins of The Freemasons Arms which was an old pub that was on the Fish Sands. I remember sunny days, swimming and picnics with sand ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1969 by Ruth Savage

I was born in 1928 at 20, Cotsford Crescent, the third son of a miner William Holmes. All his brothers were miners and myself and my brothers worked underground. I remember Lumleys shop as it was not far away and Mr. Lumley refused to ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1930 by Albert Holmes

I'm looking for my great great grandad Jonas Mattison. He owned or ran the pub which I believed to be by the docks water front on the headland of Hartlepool, called something like Blue or Bells ?? He had 5 children in total and sadly his wife died by the 1930's.

A memory of West View in 1900 by Angela Mcdermott

I was born in the little maternity hospital in Easington and lived in Kiln Hill Walk in Peterlee. Later we moved to Cumbrian Way, this is the house I remember. I attended the infants school that was ...Read more

A memory of Peterlee in 1975 by Vicky Clements

Born in 1936 at Blackhall Rocks. Went to junior school at Blackhall Colliery and then to Henry Smith at Hartlepool. Nana used to live in Third Street (Graham) with my 3 uncles (Thomas, Jack and Stanley). I have ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1930 by Marjorie Spice

Does anyone remember any cosmetics or soap produced by the Fields. Does anyone have memories of the FIELDS FAMILY. Does anyone know any of the ROBSON Family of Hartlepool dated from 1870. Thankyou Deborah Peel (Farrow)

A memory of Hartlepool by Deborah Farrow

My father took me and my sister Jean to see a family in West Hartlepool whose name was Mitten, they had a boy named Brian, one girl Lucy then Gwen and two other sisters whose names I cannot remember. As my father had been in the war ...Read more

A memory of West View in 1946

My mother, was born in 8, Millgate in 1908. In this image, the lady is standing in the doorway of the house is my grandmother, Elizabeth Smith and the man standing outside may possibly be my grandad, David Smith. My family still lived in ...Read more

A memory of Richmond by David Moore

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 ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery in 1930 by Nikki Pridham