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Mrs Laidlaw
Family and school. Work as a nanny in London. Worked in Consett steelworks in world war two, 1942-5 - piece work, drilling, wheeling, describes the fabric hall, working environment. Ware time life - ration cards. Marriage. Worked as ARP warden.
Family and school. Work as a nanny in London. Worked in Consett steelworks in world war two, 1942-5 - piece work, drilling, wheeling, describes the fabric hall, working environment. Ware time life - ration cards. Marriage. Worked as ARP warden.
Mrs Coates
1930s to 1941 worked in a factory in Stratford. Went home to Stanley during world war two, and found work at telephone exchange, Consett. Had her own van, went out to repair telephones in the area - reaction's to her doing a "man's" job. Later worked in Radio rental
1930s to 1941 worked in a factory in Stratford. Went home to Stanley during world war two, and found work at telephone exchange, Consett. Had her own van, went out to repair telephones in the area - reaction's to her doing a "man's" job. Later worked in Radio rental
Emily King
Youth in South Shields during world war two. Bombing and restrictions. Destruction of South Shields air raid shelter. Joining land army, working on the land at Consett. Prisoners of war. Types of work, uniform. Living in a hostel.
Youth in South Shields during world war two. Bombing and restrictions. Destruction of South Shields air raid shelter. Joining land army, working on the land at Consett. Prisoners of war. Types of work, uniform. Living in a hostel.
Mr Cowell
Work at engine sheds department at Consett Steel Works
Work at engine sheds department at Consett Steel Works
Mr Lisle
Joined county Durham fire service in 1942, aged 28. Organisation of fire service. Description of engines, uniform, stations. How fires put out, how they rescued people, first aid. Easington disaster, flooding at Morrison colliery pit, moorland fires, emergency calls from Consett steel works.
Joined county Durham fire service in 1942, aged 28. Organisation of fire service. Description of engines, uniform, stations. How fires put out, how they rescued people, first aid. Easington disaster, flooding at Morrison colliery pit, moorland fires, emergency calls from Consett steel works.
E Wilkinson
Worked at Consett Co-op drapery department. Describes departments, millinery, haberdashery etc, fixtures and fittings and different fabrics laid out. Making window displays. First customer. Prices. Father tried to sign up for world war one but rejected as had one lung. Courting man who worked at Co-op, had to leave when married (though married women allowed in during war time). Credit and the dividend. Special treatment of managers wives. Uniform. Other departments. Sending unwanted items on to the smaller branches. Getting things in from central.
Worked at Consett Co-op drapery department. Describes departments, millinery, haberdashery etc, fixtures and fittings and different fabrics laid out. Making window displays. First customer. Prices. Father tried to sign up for world war one but rejected as had one lung. Courting man who worked at Co-op, had to leave when married (though married women allowed in during war time). Credit and the dividend. Special treatment of managers wives. Uniform. Other departments. Sending unwanted items on to the smaller branches. Getting things in from central.
Mr Cooper
Lost a foot in an accident as a shunter, took a long time to get ambulance man - bought a peg leg with help from Consett Iron Works, union and others, but couldn't afford a foot. Sat outside colliery manager's office till given a job. Also took up cycling. Consett Iron company officials obedient to company. A few anecdotes about their behaviour, made to look stupid by others, or were thoughtless or dangerous or angry in regard to pit safety, sets of trolleys, detonator boxes etc. Social order, colliery manager at the top, went hunting. Could tell importance by owning a bath. Miners low sociall...
Lost a foot in an accident as a shunter, took a long time to get ambulance man - bought a peg leg with help from Consett Iron Works, union and others, but couldn't afford a foot. Sat outside colliery manager's office till given a job. Also took up cycling. Consett Iron company officials obedient to company. A few anecdotes about their behaviour, made to look stupid by others, or were thoughtless or dangerous or angry in regard to pit safety, sets of trolleys, detonator boxes etc. Social order, colliery manager at the top, went hunting. Could tell importance by owning a bath. Miners low sociall...
Mrs Goudie
Family background, paternal grandparents moved from Shetland to Consett. Woman employed to do sewing and washing, and a maid. Education - grandfather paid for mother's family to be educated but not allowed to work. Grammar school education. Buying from peddlers and shopping at Bainbridge's. Story of Eltringham family, when son had affair they sent him to Australia but kept the maid. 1930s grammar school
Family background, paternal grandparents moved from Shetland to Consett. Woman employed to do sewing and washing, and a maid. Education - grandfather paid for mother's family to be educated but not allowed to work. Grammar school education. Buying from peddlers and shopping at Bainbridge's. Story of Eltringham family, when son had affair they sent him to Australia but kept the maid. 1930s grammar school
Mrs Wain
Family - grandfather George Dixon Powell born in Bishop Auckland in 1844 and lived for ?109 years. As a young man he went to sea from South Shields, and sailed round the world via Vancouver and Japan and New Zealand. A song from Newcastle. How to box the compass. Transition from sail to steam. Sailing direction. Tune for dancing children on knee. Song - Bonny was a warrior. Stralia's diggings (story). Material grandmother born 1850 - Georgina Robert Murray, 13th child, named after two sons who had died in childhood. Married Hedley Nicholson, Consett Butcher
Family - grandfather George Dixon Powell born in Bishop Auckland in 1844 and lived for ?109 years. As a young man he went to sea from South Shields, and sailed round the world via Vancouver and Japan and New Zealand. A song from Newcastle. How to box the compass. Transition from sail to steam. Sailing direction. Tune for dancing children on knee. Song - Bonny was a warrior. Stralia's diggings (story). Material grandmother born 1850 - Georgina Robert Murray, 13th child, named after two sons who had died in childhood. Married Hedley Nicholson, Consett Butcher
Rose Watson
Irish family background. Visited Ireland as a child. Irish in Consett. Grandmother cooking porridge. School, discipline. Work in shops. School building. Snowball fight between Catholic and Protestant schools. Clothes. Consett Iron company houses. Husband a Methodist. Bigotry cause of problems. Purchase of own house. Wireless. Putting result of a fight on the cinema screen. Men at Consett working a long time and taking their bait into the works. Poverty and the pawnbrokers shop. Keeping animals and allotment. Learning the Catechism.
Irish family background. Visited Ireland as a child. Irish in Consett. Grandmother cooking porridge. School, discipline. Work in shops. School building. Snowball fight between Catholic and Protestant schools. Clothes. Consett Iron company houses. Husband a Methodist. Bigotry cause of problems. Purchase of own house. Wireless. Putting result of a fight on the cinema screen. Men at Consett working a long time and taking their bait into the works. Poverty and the pawnbrokers shop. Keeping animals and allotment. Learning the Catechism.
Emma Ford
Started school in 1909 at Consett Christ church school. Went to Benfieldside pupil-teacher centre. School building. Walls, heating, partitions. School day. Learning to read phonetically. Teacher's dress. Smacking for blots on work. Starting to teach - head teacher watching over work and correcting you in front of class. Subjects taught.
Started school in 1909 at Consett Christ church school. Went to Benfieldside pupil-teacher centre. School building. Walls, heating, partitions. School day. Learning to read phonetically. Teacher's dress. Smacking for blots on work. Starting to teach - head teacher watching over work and correcting you in front of class. Subjects taught.
M. Regan
Family background and emigration from Ireland. School and work. Work as a rural labourer. Building a dock in Wall send and working in the steelworks in Consett. Working conditions, accidents, industrial accidents, redundancies. Family went briefly to America but came back after Wall Street crash.
Family background and emigration from Ireland. School and work. Work as a rural labourer. Building a dock in Wall send and working in the steelworks in Consett. Working conditions, accidents, industrial accidents, redundancies. Family went briefly to America but came back after Wall Street crash.
Irene Ferguson
Father a grocer - remembers shop and childhood spent playing there or at brewers yard behind or at grandfather's house. School days. Being a pupil teacher. Presbyterian church and chapel life in Consett. Maids in the house. Family Methodist until 1910
Father a grocer - remembers shop and childhood spent playing there or at brewers yard behind or at grandfather's house. School days. Being a pupil teacher. Presbyterian church and chapel life in Consett. Maids in the house. Family Methodist until 1910
Bill Lysaght
Family background in Limerick, Ireland. Work in mines, pay and conditions. Irish in mines in Yorkshire, gradual integration into the community. Difference in Consett - more friendly.
Family background in Limerick, Ireland. Work in mines, pay and conditions. Irish in mines in Yorkshire, gradual integration into the community. Difference in Consett - more friendly.
Emma Ford
Grandparent's shop. Selling sweets. Films shown on a screen in the street in 1914. Effects of world war one. Changed from haberdashery to confectionery after her mother left home. Announcement of world war one. Being a pupil-teacher. Paternal grandfather moved from Scotland to Consett. Church of England tension with Methodists. Old postcards of Consett.
Grandparent's shop. Selling sweets. Films shown on a screen in the street in 1914. Effects of world war one. Changed from haberdashery to confectionery after her mother left home. Announcement of world war one. Being a pupil-teacher. Paternal grandfather moved from Scotland to Consett. Church of England tension with Methodists. Old postcards of Consett.
David Mallett
Father a mining engineer at Chopwell. Layout of house, how official's houses differed. The Chopwell lockout of 1925, Consett Ironworks, lead in to General Strike of 1926. Chopwell socialist. How strike affected childhood, part of gangs, stuck with other officials' children. School - teachers, assembly, checked for neatness. Had poorer friends, noticing difference. Knew the Lawther family. Degree of class distinction in the village, nature of relationships. Went to Newcastle Grammar school, differences, what taught. Became mining apprentice at Consett, learning checks, safety measures and so on...
Father a mining engineer at Chopwell. Layout of house, how official's houses differed. The Chopwell lockout of 1925, Consett Ironworks, lead in to General Strike of 1926. Chopwell socialist. How strike affected childhood, part of gangs, stuck with other officials' children. School - teachers, assembly, checked for neatness. Had poorer friends, noticing difference. Knew the Lawther family. Degree of class distinction in the village, nature of relationships. Went to Newcastle Grammar school, differences, what taught. Became mining apprentice at Consett, learning checks, safety measures and so on...
Rose Watson
Grandparents life Ireland for America. Mother born in America then moved to England. Family in Consett.
Grandparents life Ireland for America. Mother born in America then moved to England. Family in Consett.
Mrs Gray
Family - father a miner, Irish catholic from Consett. Mother the youngest of fourteen brought up on a farm in Dipton, Church of England. Marriage caused difficulty between families. Looking at photos and talking about starting on the stage. Working as contortionist and illusionist. Dress and makeup. Family moved to Felling. Very poor family. Bastard children could be taken away. Brother and sister died young. Illusions and tricks performed, technique and showmanship. Cats whisker radio. In hospital at five - treated for pneumonia but was actually scarlet fever. Cleaning own chimneys. Dogs kill...
Family - father a miner, Irish catholic from Consett. Mother the youngest of fourteen brought up on a farm in Dipton, Church of England. Marriage caused difficulty between families. Looking at photos and talking about starting on the stage. Working as contortionist and illusionist. Dress and makeup. Family moved to Felling. Very poor family. Bastard children could be taken away. Brother and sister died young. Illusions and tricks performed, technique and showmanship. Cats whisker radio. In hospital at five - treated for pneumonia but was actually scarlet fever. Cleaning own chimneys. Dogs kill...
George Bartle
Father a moulder at Crookhall foundry. Bad working conditions, pay and hours. Lived at Park Villas, poorly built houses. Left school to work at Co-op. Served time as a joiner. Accidents. Chapel and Sunday school. Grandfather waked from Cornwall to Consett. Field day. Friendly society trips. Holidays at Roker park. Christmas and Easter. Harvest festival.. Temperance. Sick benefit. Services, other chapel meetings. Immigration.
Father a moulder at Crookhall foundry. Bad working conditions, pay and hours. Lived at Park Villas, poorly built houses. Left school to work at Co-op. Served time as a joiner. Accidents. Chapel and Sunday school. Grandfather waked from Cornwall to Consett. Field day. Friendly society trips. Holidays at Roker park. Christmas and Easter. Harvest festival.. Temperance. Sick benefit. Services, other chapel meetings. Immigration.
Percy Barron
Saw a dead miner at an early age. Childhood in Newburn, house he used to live in, garden, pig, leek shows and trophies. Left school at 14, first job down the pit "the Victory" as a trapper, then as a hewer at Martin's fell. Moved to Consett aged 14 when father was killed in the pit - they were put out of the company house. Worked in steel works during the war. Got pneumonia, then worked all over the country. Became a dry stone waller, wages for this. Consett shops, Co-op, 1930s depression. Pawnshops, C-op dividend and penny bank. Delivery wagons.
Saw a dead miner at an early age. Childhood in Newburn, house he used to live in, garden, pig, leek shows and trophies. Left school at 14, first job down the pit "the Victory" as a trapper, then as a hewer at Martin's fell. Moved to Consett aged 14 when father was killed in the pit - they were put out of the company house. Worked in steel works during the war. Got pneumonia, then worked all over the country. Became a dry stone waller, wages for this. Consett shops, Co-op, 1930s depression. Pawnshops, C-op dividend and penny bank. Delivery wagons.
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