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NEG90045
Miners Gala
Detail of trombonists playing at Durham Miners Gala, Durham City, 26th July 1952. DA Box 558. Paused in front of Bramwell's the opticians on Elvet Bridge. The two who are minus their jackets and hats give an indication of the glorious weather that year.
NEG90046
Miners Gala
Mr Sam Watson, secretary of the Durham Miners Association cracking a joke in his introduction to Mr Bevan on the platform at Durham Miners Gala, Durham City, 26th July 1952. DA Box 558.
NEG90047
Miners Gala
Orderly procession through the streets at Durham Miners Gala, Durham City, 26th July 1952, following the Crookhall banner. In the background is the banner of Beamish Air Colliery. DA Box 558.
NEG90102
Miners memorial
The Miners Memorial in Durham Cathedral on the afternoon of the unveiling, 1947. L-r: Tommy Daniels (later drowned in River Wear), Harry Inglis, unid. The memorial was made from a fireplace at Ramside Hall.
NEG90123
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - the band enters The Racecourse from Old Elvet, watched by the Chief Constable, Alex Muir (in shirt sleeves).
NEG90124
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - girls dancing in front of their banner entering The Racecourse.
NEG90125
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - Sir James Duff, Mayor of Durham and Vie Chancellor of the University, giving a civic welcome.
NEG90126
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - young folk from Wheatley Hill lead their banner onto The Racecourse.
NEG90127
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - The Mayor of Durham, Sir James Duff, leads Mr A Bevan towards the speakers platform.
NEG90128
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - Dawdon Jolly Boys: l-r: Joe Walker, Sam Hughes, Billy Wood, Tom Gillis, Tom Burris, ?.
NEG90129
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - speakers welcome the crowds from the Royal County Hotel balcony. On right is Mr A Bevan and Hugh Gaits ell.
NEG90130
Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala, July 1959 - youngsters dancing onto The Racecourse.
NEG90157
Miners Gala
The Dawdon Jolly Boys posing for a photograph at Durham Miners Gala, Durham City, 1959.
NEG90184
Railway Station
General view of Sherburn House station, c1914. In 1914 nine west-bound and eight east-bound trains were using the station daily, with an additional east-bound train on Saturday afternoons. The station closed for passenger traffic at the same time as Durham Elvet in 1931. An exception was made for the Miners Gala Specials and this privilege continued until 1953.
NEG90546
Funeral
The funeral procession for the Deputy Mayor Cllr W R H Gray MA JP, to the cathedral, July 1937. He died suddenly on the evening of the Miners Gala while attending luncheon with the miner's leaders at the Royal County Hotel. DA Box 193.
NEG90554
Knocker upper
Mrs C Bowers of Greenfield Terrace, Sacriston was believed to be the only woman Caller (knocker upper or craikman) in the mining districts of England, February 1938. Every morning at 1 o'clock she would leaver her warm bed to call the miners up to go to work on the fore-shift. Her dog was called Jack. She first started the job as a wartime occupation during 1914-18 War. DA Box 231.
NEG90634
Miners
Two miners sitting on the steps of Durham Town Hall, April 1947. DA Box 48.
NEG90644
Miners Memorial
General view of the Miners Memorial in Durham Cathedral, made from a fireplace surround in Ramside Hall, July 1947. DA Box 58.
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Bee Keeping Display
Durham City & District Bee Keeping Associations exhibit, which gained a cup at the County Press & Houghall Show, September 1949. Houghall Show began in the 1930s during the depression when thousands of miners were out of work, it was first held at Dryburn. After the Second World War the Durham County Press established there own shown in the town hall; the first joint show was held in 1948. DA Box 239.
NEG90684
Parliamentary Elections
Mr C F Grey MP, being held shoulder high after his election, seen with his supporters outside Durham Town Hall, 24th February 1950. Mr Grey entered Parliament in 1945 as member for the division. He was born in 1904 and worked for more than 20 years as a coal hewer at Elemore Colliery, he was a native of Easington Lane where he attended the local elementary school. Mr Grey was a miners lodge official before 1945 and an Independent Methodist preacher. DA Box 286.

 

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