Places
15 places found.
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- Pit, Gwent
- Talke Pits, Staffordshire
- Tunnel Pits, Humberside
- Bedwellty Pits, Gwent
- Fenton Pits, Cornwall
- Slay Pits, Yorkshire
- Tre-pit, South Glamorgan
- Bailey Pit, Gwent
- Gore Pit, Essex
- Moss Pit, Staffordshire
- Red Pits, Norfolk
- White Pit, Lincolnshire
- Even Pits, Hereford & Worcester
- Forest Coal Pit, Gwent
- Michaelston-le-Pit, South Glamorgan
Photos
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Maps
84 maps found.
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Memories
866 memories found. Showing results 231 to 240.
Stanford 1955 1965
Hello George I lived in Stanford 1947-1971. The house opposite the church was where Dr. Morris lived, I believe. The surgery was round the corner in what felt like old stables. It was a fine house but was later ...Read more
A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by
St Pauls Cray School Memories.
I was living at the time at the top of what was called Chalk Pit Avenue, then an unmade and often muddy road in bad weather, at the bottom of the garden was a field and across the field was a fairly large house ...Read more
A memory of St Paul's Cray by
St Joseph's Convent School
I note that a couple of people have mentioned St Joseph's Convent School. Having attended that school from 1960 to 1966, I can confirm that the location was opposite Hoadley's and the building did indeed curve alongside ...Read more
A memory of Burgess Hill
Special Holidays
My grandfather moved to Easington and worked at the pit for two spells. He married a girl from the village and they had 7 children. The family moved to the Midlands in the 1930s. One uncle returned after the war and ran ...Read more
A memory of Easington Colliery by
Some Memories Of Horden From 1949 To 1982.
Although I was born in Easington, my parents and I moved to Horden to live in the 'prefabs' at the Crossroads when I was four. I thought that the prefabs were great houses and was sad when my parents ...Read more
A memory of Horden by
Sodom
My Nan Katherine Walters used to live in Sodom with her children Aunty Violet, Billy (my dad) and Aunty Betty. My Grandad Thomas Walters was killed in the Pit at a young age and she was left to bring up the children on her own. I Tanya ...Read more
A memory of Pontlottyn by
Smallthorne As A Child
I was born at 27 Croft Court, Smallthorne, in 1948, my father was born at 8 Back Crof in 1920. From when he left school in around 1934, he went to work in the coal mines. During the war years he went to join the army ...Read more
A memory of Smallthorne by
Smalldolians
I was born in Small Dole in 1956, Oh what a happy care-free childhood we had. All the kids played together, old & young, looking out for each other. We played in the woods, building camps & cooking sausages & beans on ...Read more
A memory of Small Dole in 1960 by
Small Boystoys And Other Pastimes 1930s
bill.haylor@btinternet.com Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The ...Read more
A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by
Sinking Feeling
My grandad used to work at South Kirkby pit for many years, so growing up I was forever hearing stories of his days down the mine. Being a very inquisitive child I would spend hours exploring, even though my grandad used to ...Read more
A memory of South Kirkby in 1985 by
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