Nostalgic memories of Metal Bridge's local history

Share your own memories of Metal Bridge and read what others have said

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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Shirley Platts & Val Carradus nee Molloy, sisters. It was 1956 when Shirley was 7 and I was 3 and a half when we moved to Ferryhill from Metal Bridge but we regularly visited our Aunt, Uncle and Granda who lived in Metal Bridge until the 1960’s. Our Mam was Irene Manns and Dad was an Irishman Patrick Molloy. Mams older sister was Jenny who married a miner Jimmy Finneren. Shirley and I ...see more
Harry was born at spennymoor 1877, he moved to metal bridge in 1898 when he married Elizabeth Joyce born 1878 from Easthowle.They were married at St Lukes church, Ferryhill by vicar Lomax, I actually went along and and saw the entry in a very old register. They had 10 children, my mother, Lydia b.1912 was the 8th child and youngest daughter. When mum married dad, ...see more
I lived on Thinford Street the mail road, behind us were the houses known as The Blocks which only had dirt tracks as roads, no tarmac. We had the church beyond the blocks which was made of impressive stone and on Thinford St we had the tin chapel. Grandad Holmes used to preach a bit in the chapel, everyone called him Grandad though no relation. We had the recreation ground where we all used to play on the swings, ...see more