The Watsons

A Memory of Kibblesworth.

Terry Watson worked down the old pit as a coal hewer until his untimely death in January 1964 at the age of 53. I used to have a drink with him and his long time friend Jimmy Walker who was our Lodge Chairman at the time. We spent Sunday mornings in the Stirling House on Saltwell Road. Terry lived only yards away from the pub. Another Terry Watson was married to my cousin Pauline May many years ago but sometime in the sixties. Terry was Chairman of the Kibblesworth Club at the time. His brother, Tony was a long distance runner in his younger days. Both Terry and Tony are now Councillors on the Birtley Parish Council.