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I was born in Blackhall in 1940 and lived in 11th Street and went to school at Henry Smiths - hated it, so I borrowed a fiver off my granda, signed my parents name on the form, and left when I was 15 (in ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Bob Lynn

My name is David Diamond. I was born in Blackmill 63 years ago (in a house called Glas yn Ys - Blue Island in english) my fond memories are of going up to the Dimbath pond along with my mates with our father's shovels and spades to ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill in 1960 by David Diamond

My name is Carol my memories of Blackhills Road Infant and Junior School which me and all my family attended have me many childhood memories.I remember my first day in Infant School once your mother ...Read more

A memory of Horden by cgoody43

lackhall colliery in the 1940s and 50s i was lucky to be brought up there proud loyal hard working people so different from life today.born 1940 lived in 11th street and was encased in love and safetymy father was a shaft ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by elcxb44

i was born in kidsgrove in 1958 at 42 gloucester rd my name is tony villella. i remember red rock,was very hard to climb and the black hills and the old tower.does any body remember the broken down church behind st johns,the grave yard ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1970 by Anthony Villella

The trust was at the bottom of 9th and 10th, facing the railway station, and then later the navy club. I was born in Blackhall in Lime Avenue and when I was about 5 we moved to bottom 11th Street. We used to go down to the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1950 by Peter Grant

The name of the cricketer that came to play at Blackhall from Barbados was called Desmond Haynes I think

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1980 by Sharon Johnson

I've visited the old place several times and where I was born and lived has gone! I was born at no.1 West Terrace in 1950, then moved across the road to Gladstone house on Station Road. My dad, Reg Wright, had a ...Read more

A memory of Hesleden in 1950 by Wendy Wilson

I was born at my Grandad & Grandma's house in Prospect House and lived there until 1951 when I moved to Highfield, I remember walking down the railway line to school at Highfield with my friend's Maureen French and ...Read more

A memory of Victoria Garesfield in 1947 by Kenneth Bowen

I was born in Horden in 1946 (Elizabeth Lumley) and my father (George Lumley) (and his father before him) ran Lumley's grocery store which was on the bank top (21 Beech Terrace - now a house but the United bus stop is still callled ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1950