Ireshopeburn, The Village c.1950
Photo ref:
I67004
Photo ref:
I67004
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The village grew from about the 14th century as people migrated into Weardale following the discovery of iron ore and further veins of lead. Early iron working appears to have been centred upon Cowshill and Ireshope, though in time it spread throughout much of the dale.
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A Selection of Memories from Ireshopeburn
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ireshopeburn
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I visited Irishopeburn for holidays with my parents several times from the late 1940s until the mid 1950s. We lived in Sunderland so that the journey was quite long and exciting. This necessitated taking a train first of all to Durham where all passengers detrained whilst the train cleared the platform into a siding to allow the passage of a London bound express. We then reboarded and headed for Bishop Auckland ...see more
We owned the Post Office/ Store in Ireshopeburn and I think the photo you have of it has my Grandmother standing in front of the shop. We moved to New Zealand but I have never forgotten the wonderful years living in Ireshopeburn. I lived there from the age of 3 until I was 8 but the memories live on.
In or around 1959 I went on holiday to Ireshopeburn to my grandparents' house, they lived at Woodbine House which was just up from Earnwell. My grandfather used to work at West Blackdene spar mine which was on the other side of the River Wear. I ended up going to school at St. John's Chapel and then on to Wolsingham secondary school. At home we had a large allotment and also kept a lot of hens which I used to ...see more
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