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Jane Long
Family background, one of fifteen children. Punishment at school. Chapel and harvest festival. East Stanley school - boys punished for fighting. Teachers. Mother's funeral. Mother worked as unqualified midwife and laid out bodies. Hard life of her mother. Subjects at school. Pit disaster of 1909. Threshing, hay making, picking potatoes.
Family background, one of fifteen children. Punishment at school. Chapel and harvest festival. East Stanley school - boys punished for fighting. Teachers. Mother's funeral. Mother worked as unqualified midwife and laid out bodies. Hard life of her mother. Subjects at school. Pit disaster of 1909. Threshing, hay making, picking potatoes.
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
Richard Common
Childhood in Wallsend. School, games, chapel. Picking fruit from orchard, and turnips. Halloween tricks. Apprenticeship as boilermaker in the shipyards. Unemployment and depression. Cycling to London for work. Sister with TB in Wooler sanatorium. Working on the roads. Working on the fireboats during the war. Building Tyne tunnel. Accident. Shipyards till retirement.
Childhood in Wallsend. School, games, chapel. Picking fruit from orchard, and turnips. Halloween tricks. Apprenticeship as boilermaker in the shipyards. Unemployment and depression. Cycling to London for work. Sister with TB in Wooler sanatorium. Working on the roads. Working on the fireboats during the war. Building Tyne tunnel. Accident. Shipyards till retirement.
Richard Common
Childhood in Wallsend. School, games, chapel. Picking fruit from orchard, and turnips. Halloween tricks. Apprenticeship as boilermaker in the shipyards. Unemployment and depression. Cycling to London for work. Sister with TB in Wooler sanatorium. Working on the roads. Working on the fireboats during the war. Building Tyne tunnel. Accident. Shipyards till retirement.
Childhood in Wallsend. School, games, chapel. Picking fruit from orchard, and turnips. Halloween tricks. Apprenticeship as boilermaker in the shipyards. Unemployment and depression. Cycling to London for work. Sister with TB in Wooler sanatorium. Working on the roads. Working on the fireboats during the war. Building Tyne tunnel. Accident. Shipyards till retirement.
Doreen Scarratt
Buildings and people in the Beamish area. Fetching milk - drinking a bit and watering it. Postwoman with an illegitimate child. Middens. School teachers. Chapels in the area, anniversary. Blacklock beetles in the house. Sewing, made clothes for dolls. Training to be a psychiatric nurse. Father wouldn’t let her go to dances. Egg jarping. Miners not washing backs. Father became a plate layer as better money. Uncle had to start down the pit at 13 to support family. Father liked a drink, some tension with religious mother. Other family members and their marriages. Work as a milliner, the sales. Wa...
Buildings and people in the Beamish area. Fetching milk - drinking a bit and watering it. Postwoman with an illegitimate child. Middens. School teachers. Chapels in the area, anniversary. Blacklock beetles in the house. Sewing, made clothes for dolls. Training to be a psychiatric nurse. Father wouldn’t let her go to dances. Egg jarping. Miners not washing backs. Father became a plate layer as better money. Uncle had to start down the pit at 13 to support family. Father liked a drink, some tension with religious mother. Other family members and their marriages. Work as a milliner, the sales. Wa...
Mr Davison
Children "breeched". Hiding from Zeppelin. Co-op food department and ordering system. Horse and carts with milk, rabbits etc for sale. Crystal radio. Miniature railway delivering coals to the back yard. Middens, washhouses, lines across the alley, a few street lights. Fetching water, washing in rain barrel. Camping with scouts. "Pit time" ten minutes late to fit round trains. Women's work cleaning and mending pit clothes, proggy mats and baking. Newspaper for toilet paper, fetching water, horse muck. Children's games including skippy, jack shine a light, cigarette cards, red ash got everywhere...
Children "breeched". Hiding from Zeppelin. Co-op food department and ordering system. Horse and carts with milk, rabbits etc for sale. Crystal radio. Miniature railway delivering coals to the back yard. Middens, washhouses, lines across the alley, a few street lights. Fetching water, washing in rain barrel. Camping with scouts. "Pit time" ten minutes late to fit round trains. Women's work cleaning and mending pit clothes, proggy mats and baking. Newspaper for toilet paper, fetching water, horse muck. Children's games including skippy, jack shine a light, cigarette cards, red ash got everywhere...
Maud Walker
Family - mother died in childbirth. Worked for aunt in Twizell Lane. Cousin visited from Australia, wounded in world war one. Older sister left school at 12 to help look after family, took the labour exam. Mother worked doing washing and wallpapering. After two sisters got married Maud looked after the family. Left school and worked for aunt. Neighbour practiced as unqualified dentist. School dinner break. Games. Sunday school. Immigration, Cars very rare. Husband got a job in offices at Waldridge Pit - privileged job. Pit houses for the management at the Oval.
Family - mother died in childbirth. Worked for aunt in Twizell Lane. Cousin visited from Australia, wounded in world war one. Older sister left school at 12 to help look after family, took the labour exam. Mother worked doing washing and wallpapering. After two sisters got married Maud looked after the family. Left school and worked for aunt. Neighbour practiced as unqualified dentist. School dinner break. Games. Sunday school. Immigration, Cars very rare. Husband got a job in offices at Waldridge Pit - privileged job. Pit houses for the management at the Oval.
George Nixon
Father had a smallholding but also took up lead mining. School curriculum. Work on the timber for the mine, putting props in, then in charge of cage (thus avoided call up in world war two). Conditions in the pit. Later worked on the estate of Lord Allendale. Played cricket. Allendale's provided party for the children. Chapel life. Mother died, brought up by elder sister. First car in the area.
Father had a smallholding but also took up lead mining. School curriculum. Work on the timber for the mine, putting props in, then in charge of cage (thus avoided call up in world war two). Conditions in the pit. Later worked on the estate of Lord Allendale. Played cricket. Allendale's provided party for the children. Chapel life. Mother died, brought up by elder sister. First car in the area.
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...
anonymous draper
Family business of chair manufacturing started in High Wycombe. Moved to Newcastle 1860s. World war one and loss of workforce. Started as a draper. Visiting grandfather as a small child, had to be "seen and not heard". Drapery business - busy on Saturday. How the building was used, various store departments. Schools attended. World war two evacuated to Esslington hall, Whittingham. Left school to work on a farm. Started in shop after grandfather's death. He refused to sell utility in world war two. Father had stroke but continued to visit shop.
Family business of chair manufacturing started in High Wycombe. Moved to Newcastle 1860s. World war one and loss of workforce. Started as a draper. Visiting grandfather as a small child, had to be "seen and not heard". Drapery business - busy on Saturday. How the building was used, various store departments. Schools attended. World war two evacuated to Esslington hall, Whittingham. Left school to work on a farm. Started in shop after grandfather's death. He refused to sell utility in world war two. Father had stroke but continued to visit shop.
Mary Ratcliffe
As a child stayed with grandparents in Beamish. Threading needles for ladies to make quilts. Singing at Beamish - faster. Grandfather's funeral. Chapels at Ushaw Moor. Sunday school. Clerical work. Missionary work. Festivals. Miner supported the chapel. Wesley guild, ladies meeting. Class leader's work. Becoming a member. Father in world war one.
As a child stayed with grandparents in Beamish. Threading needles for ladies to make quilts. Singing at Beamish - faster. Grandfather's funeral. Chapels at Ushaw Moor. Sunday school. Clerical work. Missionary work. Festivals. Miner supported the chapel. Wesley guild, ladies meeting. Class leader's work. Becoming a member. Father in world war one.
Mary Lawson
Father left mother; she went to live with great grandfather and two deaf and dumb daughters. He collected fish from Shields and delivered locally. Aunt took in washing - routine for washing and ironing. Mother cleaned houses. Left school to become between maid, worked up to ladies maid. Left to help mother as caretaker to the courts, carrying coals, lighting fires. Great grandfather Irish, spoke Gaelic. Marriage, birth of children - hints that one was to another man. Work in prison during world war two. Divorced husband, hard to get accommodation in Newcastle. Catholics and Protestants. Housi...
Father left mother; she went to live with great grandfather and two deaf and dumb daughters. He collected fish from Shields and delivered locally. Aunt took in washing - routine for washing and ironing. Mother cleaned houses. Left school to become between maid, worked up to ladies maid. Left to help mother as caretaker to the courts, carrying coals, lighting fires. Great grandfather Irish, spoke Gaelic. Marriage, birth of children - hints that one was to another man. Work in prison during world war two. Divorced husband, hard to get accommodation in Newcastle. Catholics and Protestants. Housi...
Mr Citrone
Immigration of family to England. Grandfather started with a horse and cart, making ice cream in his yard. Converted stables to factory, bought café. Anti-Italian feeling during the war. As a child had to work in café. Took over after father's death. Billiard room and clientele. Other local shops. Mechanisation of ice cream vans. Ice cream convention - annual bal, chance for young people to meet. Sent to school at 8, left at 13 to work at café. Italians selling chestnuts. Immigration patterns.
Immigration of family to England. Grandfather started with a horse and cart, making ice cream in his yard. Converted stables to factory, bought café. Anti-Italian feeling during the war. As a child had to work in café. Took over after father's death. Billiard room and clientele. Other local shops. Mechanisation of ice cream vans. Ice cream convention - annual bal, chance for young people to meet. Sent to school at 8, left at 13 to work at café. Italians selling chestnuts. Immigration patterns.
Jack Gerstle
Family left Germany in 1938 because of Nazi oppression and started a factory in Team Valley. Evacuated to Belgium after Kristallnacht. Lived in Gateshead - went to Kelvin Grove school. Impressions of Gateshead. Father's wartime produce - manicure sets, compacts, sponge baths, after war children's handbags. Father interned, moved to Manchester. German traditions language and cultural differences. Family lost in the holocaust. Left school at 14, had worked for pocket money before that. Wife lost parents in war.
Family left Germany in 1938 because of Nazi oppression and started a factory in Team Valley. Evacuated to Belgium after Kristallnacht. Lived in Gateshead - went to Kelvin Grove school. Impressions of Gateshead. Father's wartime produce - manicure sets, compacts, sponge baths, after war children's handbags. Father interned, moved to Manchester. German traditions language and cultural differences. Family lost in the holocaust. Left school at 14, had worked for pocket money before that. Wife lost parents in war.
Mr and Mrs Doyle
Childhood in Ireland and Scotland. Family move to Newcastle. Education. Work in construction, open cast mining. Mrs worked on buses during second world war. Irish club.
Childhood in Ireland and Scotland. Family move to Newcastle. Education. Work in construction, open cast mining. Mrs worked on buses during second world war. Irish club.
Winnifred Wilde
Mother from Scotland, father from Ireland. Family. Moved from Wallsend to Whitley Bay. Father died after accident at work, Swans gave mother 10 shillings a week and she started taking boarders. Left school, trained as shorthand typist, worked for jewellers and later a wine merchant. First kiss there. Emigrated to Canada, returned to England after husband's death. Lived with sister and children placed in care under masons - became depressed. Mother's experience of cancer. World war one food shortages. Barnado's boys.
Mother from Scotland, father from Ireland. Family. Moved from Wallsend to Whitley Bay. Father died after accident at work, Swans gave mother 10 shillings a week and she started taking boarders. Left school, trained as shorthand typist, worked for jewellers and later a wine merchant. First kiss there. Emigrated to Canada, returned to England after husband's death. Lived with sister and children placed in care under masons - became depressed. Mother's experience of cancer. World war one food shortages. Barnado's boys.
Mr Carroll
Family background. School. Boy killed in the pit. World war one Zeppelin. Practical jokes. Armistice bonfire. A typical Sunday. Conflict between Orangemen and Catholic Irish in Crook. Priests would come to pubs with a whip in his hand. Memories of world war one. Five children in the family. Poor. Short working week. Coke works, mines. Schooldays. Father's hobby in tinsmithing. May day. 1921 strike. Smallholdings and miner's gardens. Starting work in the mines. Accidents and funerals. Tramps. Hewer and putter. Wife helping mother with cooking. Vagrants sleeping in the drift. Process of hewing....
Family background. School. Boy killed in the pit. World war one Zeppelin. Practical jokes. Armistice bonfire. A typical Sunday. Conflict between Orangemen and Catholic Irish in Crook. Priests would come to pubs with a whip in his hand. Memories of world war one. Five children in the family. Poor. Short working week. Coke works, mines. Schooldays. Father's hobby in tinsmithing. May day. 1921 strike. Smallholdings and miner's gardens. Starting work in the mines. Accidents and funerals. Tramps. Hewer and putter. Wife helping mother with cooking. Vagrants sleeping in the drift. Process of hewing....
Tommy Heron
"You haven't got to be afraid" - the paintings and mining life of Tommy Heron. With poems written by school children inspired by his work and their mining heritage, and songs about mining, some excerpts from an interview with Tommy Heron, about his education and keeping up with being an artist. Hated the pit. Black bullet sweets, eaten by mice in the pit! Dirty environment. Starting to draw in the pit, painting in the mine with white paint on black hardboard. Jock Purdon wrote the songs, he was a Bevin boy, tells stories about the pit to the children - cheekiness of pit ponies. Book made from...
"You haven't got to be afraid" - the paintings and mining life of Tommy Heron. With poems written by school children inspired by his work and their mining heritage, and songs about mining, some excerpts from an interview with Tommy Heron, about his education and keeping up with being an artist. Hated the pit. Black bullet sweets, eaten by mice in the pit! Dirty environment. Starting to draw in the pit, painting in the mine with white paint on black hardboard. Jock Purdon wrote the songs, he was a Bevin boy, tells stories about the pit to the children - cheekiness of pit ponies. Book made from...
anonymous
Family from Scotland, father died after an accident at work (smith). Sister Dolly a tailoress, mother did cleaning etc. Looked after mother and two children on small income. Worked in bakers after leaving school hard work, walked to work. Mr Douglass worked in fruiterers - hours and conditions, carrying sacks of potatoes. Work as a horse driver delivering goods, conditions, shifting sacks of flour. Looking after horses, putting brasses etc on them. Horse that kept bolting as shell-shocked in world war one. Giving a twitchy horse tobacco, controlling troublesome horses. Pigeon keeping. School -...
Family from Scotland, father died after an accident at work (smith). Sister Dolly a tailoress, mother did cleaning etc. Looked after mother and two children on small income. Worked in bakers after leaving school hard work, walked to work. Mr Douglass worked in fruiterers - hours and conditions, carrying sacks of potatoes. Work as a horse driver delivering goods, conditions, shifting sacks of flour. Looking after horses, putting brasses etc on them. Horse that kept bolting as shell-shocked in world war one. Giving a twitchy horse tobacco, controlling troublesome horses. Pigeon keeping. School -...
Molly and Tom Batey
Father a warehouseman at Carrs the confectioners. After school worked at Carrs as an engineer looking after machinery and transport. Mrs B worked as a wrapper in sweet factory. Accident, no compensation. Mr B traveller delivering sweets. School - accident and half day in world war one. As schoolboy accompanied driver on horse and cart delivering sweets. Delivering milk. Mrs Bs parents died, sister in Dr Barnados. School. Bankruptcy. Mrs Bs father worked in road haulage. Care of the elderly, workhouse. Mrs Bs father came from Scotland. No redundancy or sick pay. In court for noisy motorbike.
Father a warehouseman at Carrs the confectioners. After school worked at Carrs as an engineer looking after machinery and transport. Mrs B worked as a wrapper in sweet factory. Accident, no compensation. Mr B traveller delivering sweets. School - accident and half day in world war one. As schoolboy accompanied driver on horse and cart delivering sweets. Delivering milk. Mrs Bs parents died, sister in Dr Barnados. School. Bankruptcy. Mrs Bs father worked in road haulage. Care of the elderly, workhouse. Mrs Bs father came from Scotland. No redundancy or sick pay. In court for noisy motorbike.
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