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John and wife
First section, unknown speaker: gave birth to small baby just before war broke out, hospital evacuated, sent home. Clothes all too big for baby. Husband went to war. Christening. Children trying to kidnap the baby. The rest: man and wife discuss early life, little detail. Couldn’t train as mining engineer as mother needed his earnings. Started at Vickers Armstrong's, then learnt all about fixing tanks while at second world war. Going dancing.
First section, unknown speaker: gave birth to small baby just before war broke out, hospital evacuated, sent home. Clothes all too big for baby. Husband went to war. Christening. Children trying to kidnap the baby. The rest: man and wife discuss early life, little detail. Couldn’t train as mining engineer as mother needed his earnings. Started at Vickers Armstrong's, then learnt all about fixing tanks while at second world war. Going dancing.
Billy Moore
Location of various streets in Crookhall and times of building. Crookhall undermined, made the buildings shake when shots fired. Mentions ARP meetings. Names from photographs.
Location of various streets in Crookhall and times of building. Crookhall undermined, made the buildings shake when shots fired. Mentions ARP meetings. Names from photographs.
west stanley disaster
Documentary about the Durham mining and West Stanley pit disaster of 1909. Interviews with various miners of the era, those who stood at the pit head waiting, father a rescue man etc. Conditions in pit, experience of first day, windy picks.
Documentary about the Durham mining and West Stanley pit disaster of 1909. Interviews with various miners of the era, those who stood at the pit head waiting, father a rescue man etc. Conditions in pit, experience of first day, windy picks.
Derek Hall
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
Alex Pickering
"Brewer's tour" radio program - "the Brockwell seam". Alex Pickering, demonstrator, is interviewed about the mine at Beamish Museum, overview of mining and conditions. "Memories are made of this"
"Brewer's tour" radio program - "the Brockwell seam". Alex Pickering, demonstrator, is interviewed about the mine at Beamish Museum, overview of mining and conditions. "Memories are made of this"
Tom Lamb
Born in West Pelton, father miner, mother part time at Beamish Hall. Then at Edmonsley, new modern houses (but gone now). Isolation hospital for diphtheria. Art as a child. Went into mines at 14 along with brother, no choice, father got boots for him and he knew. Early pit baths. Work on the screens, then work as assistant cleaning the pithead baths. Walking to work - food stolen by "bait catcher" tramp, so mother gave him food to hand over with laxative. Tramp eventually caught. At 18 moved to working at Morrison Busty - had fortnight's training - boy threw his sketch book in the furnace, be...
Born in West Pelton, father miner, mother part time at Beamish Hall. Then at Edmonsley, new modern houses (but gone now). Isolation hospital for diphtheria. Art as a child. Went into mines at 14 along with brother, no choice, father got boots for him and he knew. Early pit baths. Work on the screens, then work as assistant cleaning the pithead baths. Walking to work - food stolen by "bait catcher" tramp, so mother gave him food to hand over with laxative. Tramp eventually caught. At 18 moved to working at Morrison Busty - had fortnight's training - boy threw his sketch book in the furnace, be...
A Century in Stone
Documentary about the ironstone mining of Eston and California, Cleveland, including long interview clips with ex-miners and their wives. Begins with discovery of ironstone in Eston in 1850. Lots of black and white video footage of the miners at work and the journey of the ironstone. Middlesbrough grew around ironworks from mid 19th century, personalities involved, history of ironworks Balco and Vaughan and their need for their own smelting and ironstone - early supplies limited or transport difficult, but Eston different. Describes opening ceremony. Photographs of the people of the era. Explo...
Documentary about the ironstone mining of Eston and California, Cleveland, including long interview clips with ex-miners and their wives. Begins with discovery of ironstone in Eston in 1850. Lots of black and white video footage of the miners at work and the journey of the ironstone. Middlesbrough grew around ironworks from mid 19th century, personalities involved, history of ironworks Balco and Vaughan and their need for their own smelting and ironstone - early supplies limited or transport difficult, but Eston different. Describes opening ceremony. Photographs of the people of the era. Explo...
The Big Hewer
Mixes songs about mining with short extracts of interviews with miners about their work, from Northumberland, Durham, Wales and East Midlands.
Mixes songs about mining with short extracts of interviews with miners about their work, from Northumberland, Durham, Wales and East Midlands.
sensory trail
Mixture of sound, music, children, older interviews, etc. Pigeon keeping, children's expeditions, games and tricks. Pig keeping and pitch and toss. Working small seams in the mine. Pit ponies. Growing leeks. Wearing boots too big stuffed with paper. Middens. Stories of local ghosts and strange events. Long description of various local habitats and their wildlife. Bird sounds.
Mixture of sound, music, children, older interviews, etc. Pigeon keeping, children's expeditions, games and tricks. Pig keeping and pitch and toss. Working small seams in the mine. Pit ponies. Growing leeks. Wearing boots too big stuffed with paper. Middens. Stories of local ghosts and strange events. Long description of various local habitats and their wildlife. Bird sounds.
Jack McGregor
Was a rescue man at Stanley pit disaster, 1909, describes this in detail.
Was a rescue man at Stanley pit disaster, 1909, describes this in detail.
Down the Pit
Pit Boot and Stotty Cake: 1: down the pit.
Pit Boot and Stotty Cake: 1: down the pit.
anon Benwell couple
Peg lived in Paradise village - grandparents had boathouse pub. Playing by railway embankment. Ferry trips over the Tyne. Area nicknamed Saddlers square. Big parties around the piano. Father put car engines on old lifeboats, went on boat trips. Ovaltiney. Relative an engine driver, would throw coal off the train for them as it went by. Evacuation to Lake District - school there, digging for victory, thought would have to be well behaved to stay with vicar. Jack not evacuated in world war two, but no school - took allotments instead. Air raids, planes nearby. Getting batteries recharged. Jacks...
Peg lived in Paradise village - grandparents had boathouse pub. Playing by railway embankment. Ferry trips over the Tyne. Area nicknamed Saddlers square. Big parties around the piano. Father put car engines on old lifeboats, went on boat trips. Ovaltiney. Relative an engine driver, would throw coal off the train for them as it went by. Evacuation to Lake District - school there, digging for victory, thought would have to be well behaved to stay with vicar. Jack not evacuated in world war two, but no school - took allotments instead. Air raids, planes nearby. Getting batteries recharged. Jacks...
Hannah Waggott
Streets in Scotswood Road area as a child, including rural area. Montague Pit accident, 1925. Man sold ice cream in summer, coals in winter. People afraid of the rent man. Dene beautiful, would play there. Shops nearby, and Montague pit. Sneaking in to the cinema. Names local doctors.
Streets in Scotswood Road area as a child, including rural area. Montague Pit accident, 1925. Man sold ice cream in summer, coals in winter. People afraid of the rent man. Dene beautiful, would play there. Shops nearby, and Montague pit. Sneaking in to the cinema. Names local doctors.
George Barclay
Scotswood pit disaster of 1925 - details his experience, seeing the rising water, trying to get to safety, waiting with other men to be told of a way out, then making way out to surface. Had no choice but to leave ponies behind. Whole area was stood at pit gates waiting for news. Cause of accident unknown, water broke in. Lad fell into water. Pit closed, but he hung around with messages and food for rescue workers (including father). Funeral, heavy rain, many brass bands and "millions" of people lining streets. First day in pit, given pony, limmers. Ponies stubborn. Worked in several pits es...
Scotswood pit disaster of 1925 - details his experience, seeing the rising water, trying to get to safety, waiting with other men to be told of a way out, then making way out to surface. Had no choice but to leave ponies behind. Whole area was stood at pit gates waiting for news. Cause of accident unknown, water broke in. Lad fell into water. Pit closed, but he hung around with messages and food for rescue workers (including father). Funeral, heavy rain, many brass bands and "millions" of people lining streets. First day in pit, given pony, limmers. Ponies stubborn. Worked in several pits es...
Robert Screaton
Partial: Pit ponies - riding them in fields during 1926 strike and also in the pit. Token system and checkweighmen. General Strike, first time he heard the Red Flag. Blacklegs shunned. Took coal from a tip and sold it. Could afford eight cigarettes a day. Others would dig for coal, or take from colliery yard, police turned a blind eye. Once led a pit owner through to another pit underground underneath the Tyne. Miners gala. Certain places where there were often fights, sometimes shipyard men against miners. Bathing, tin baths and rough towels. Busy with children. Man who fought a lot when drun...
Partial: Pit ponies - riding them in fields during 1926 strike and also in the pit. Token system and checkweighmen. General Strike, first time he heard the Red Flag. Blacklegs shunned. Took coal from a tip and sold it. Could afford eight cigarettes a day. Others would dig for coal, or take from colliery yard, police turned a blind eye. Once led a pit owner through to another pit underground underneath the Tyne. Miners gala. Certain places where there were often fights, sometimes shipyard men against miners. Bathing, tin baths and rough towels. Busy with children. Man who fought a lot when drun...
Jack Ramshaw and Harry Ferrier
Sleeping six to a bed. Taking part in a school strike about Royal Oak Day. Working as a paperboy. Grandfather often moved from one pit to another, put his bed on a wagon and moved on. Coal cables and wages. Saw men beating up a blackleg miner during strike. Came out of school day before 1921 strike, had to wait till it was over before starting work, helped in soup kitchens. Close knit community. Story of policeman trying to catch a potato thief. Allotment practically a second job. Complaints in the mine went through several stages, watered down each time and usually petered out. Union voluntar...
Sleeping six to a bed. Taking part in a school strike about Royal Oak Day. Working as a paperboy. Grandfather often moved from one pit to another, put his bed on a wagon and moved on. Coal cables and wages. Saw men beating up a blackleg miner during strike. Came out of school day before 1921 strike, had to wait till it was over before starting work, helped in soup kitchens. Close knit community. Story of policeman trying to catch a potato thief. Allotment practically a second job. Complaints in the mine went through several stages, watered down each time and usually petered out. Union voluntar...
Whickham part 1
Whickham Urban district from 1900 to 1939 - memories were recorded and then read by Whickham U3A drama group - partying through history; down memory lane; Whickham school annual trip 1920; scrumping; John Handy's memories of Whickham; Maisie Kay's memories of Durnston 1908-1956; Stan Wallace's parents; Thomas Lynn 1872-1933; the miners' strike 1926; cricket early in the century; William Thew's memories of Whickham; Mary Williams childhood memories of Dunston; Margaret Campbell's childhood memories; Margaret Campbell's childhood memories part two.
Whickham Urban district from 1900 to 1939 - memories were recorded and then read by Whickham U3A drama group - partying through history; down memory lane; Whickham school annual trip 1920; scrumping; John Handy's memories of Whickham; Maisie Kay's memories of Durnston 1908-1956; Stan Wallace's parents; Thomas Lynn 1872-1933; the miners' strike 1926; cricket early in the century; William Thew's memories of Whickham; Mary Williams childhood memories of Dunston; Margaret Campbell's childhood memories; Margaret Campbell's childhood memories part two.
Whickham part 3
Whickham Urban district from 1945 to 2000 - memories were recorded and then read by Whickham U3A drama group - National Service; Tommy Wharton coal miner; district nursing 1961 with Freda Spriggs; Whickham Practice; Mike Neville; the Blue Bus; the Venture Transport Co; my street became the Western bypass; the streets of Dunston; Will Harrison, brakeman; A boy on the railway, Francis Newman; Metro Centre countdown
Whickham Urban district from 1945 to 2000 - memories were recorded and then read by Whickham U3A drama group - National Service; Tommy Wharton coal miner; district nursing 1961 with Freda Spriggs; Whickham Practice; Mike Neville; the Blue Bus; the Venture Transport Co; my street became the Western bypass; the streets of Dunston; Will Harrison, brakeman; A boy on the railway, Francis Newman; Metro Centre countdown
Fred Stocks
More on Malta. Dad shoed race horses and pit ponies. Lying on tracks as coal tubs went over as a dare. Jobs with poultry in Keighley, then at engineering works in Ilkley, learned to weld. Raced pigeons in Dereham. Moved to High Light Shields farm, Mohope - conditions there at the time. Worked at a foundry for a while, then a pig farm near Allendale. Built up own pig farm, but wasn’t paying enough so stopped. Moved on to Aberdeen Angus cattle, learned the hard way but got a small herd going. Also kept a few sheep. Haymaking and making a wildflower meadow. More on haytime and equipment. Soil add...
More on Malta. Dad shoed race horses and pit ponies. Lying on tracks as coal tubs went over as a dare. Jobs with poultry in Keighley, then at engineering works in Ilkley, learned to weld. Raced pigeons in Dereham. Moved to High Light Shields farm, Mohope - conditions there at the time. Worked at a foundry for a while, then a pig farm near Allendale. Built up own pig farm, but wasn’t paying enough so stopped. Moved on to Aberdeen Angus cattle, learned the hard way but got a small herd going. Also kept a few sheep. Haymaking and making a wildflower meadow. More on haytime and equipment. Soil add...
Iron Muse
The Iron muse: a panorama of industrial folk music: Topic Records 12T86. Comprises: Miner’s Dance Tunes - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Collier’s Rant - Bob Davenport - The Recruited Collier - Anne Briggs - Pit Boots - A.L. Lloyd - The Banks of the Dee - Louis Killen - The Donibristle Moss Moran Disaster - Matt McGinn - The Durham Lockout - Bob Davenport - The Blackleg Miners - Louis Killen - The Celebrated Working Man - A.L. Lloyd - The Row Between the Cages - Bob Davenport - The Collier’s Daughter - The Weaver’s March - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Weaver and the Factory...
The Iron muse: a panorama of industrial folk music: Topic Records 12T86. Comprises: Miner’s Dance Tunes - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Collier’s Rant - Bob Davenport - The Recruited Collier - Anne Briggs - Pit Boots - A.L. Lloyd - The Banks of the Dee - Louis Killen - The Donibristle Moss Moran Disaster - Matt McGinn - The Durham Lockout - Bob Davenport - The Blackleg Miners - Louis Killen - The Celebrated Working Man - A.L. Lloyd - The Row Between the Cages - Bob Davenport - The Collier’s Daughter - The Weaver’s March - The Celebrated Working Man’s Band - The Weaver and the Factory...
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