Dances At The Welfare Hall

A Memory of Easington Colliery.

I remember going to the dances at the Welfare Hall with my friends Dorothy Bridges and Margaret Wood, we all livedf at theMiners houses at 'North' it was called because all the streets began with an A. I loved going to the 'Miners Hall' as it was known then, we dressed up and danced to local groups such as the Zephyrs, they used to sing such hits as ' Speedy Gonzales' and then the hits of 'Telstar' where played, The floor was one of the best to dance on, all bouncy and wooden, we used to buy pop and crisps, and I remember the local JP coming in and sitting with the local "Teddy boys" (You know who you are) I don't remember my eldest brother 'Keith Fortune' using the dances, but then there was the billiard room downstairs for the lads, I would then look towards the Church of the Ascension when we were leaving, It was there that I took my first communion. Happy days, I moved away and have lived South for a lot of years now, but I do remember especially when I watch the film ' Billy Elliot'.