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Mr Richardson
Father a cooper. Teachers, violent discipline. Played football with friends, some became professionals, local team poaching off his team, fined. Left school at 12, worked on the screens for a year when down the pit. Got married in 1913 then away to war. Overstayed leave by a day, hard to find regiment afterwards, was in an ammunition unit delivering to the front, putting guns together and delivering ammunition, getting shelled, hideouts cut into the hillside. Brother got himself discharged by eating nutmegs to make his heart go faster! Another lost a leg in the war, another shot in foot. Then ...
Father a cooper. Teachers, violent discipline. Played football with friends, some became professionals, local team poaching off his team, fined. Left school at 12, worked on the screens for a year when down the pit. Got married in 1913 then away to war. Overstayed leave by a day, hard to find regiment afterwards, was in an ammunition unit delivering to the front, putting guns together and delivering ammunition, getting shelled, hideouts cut into the hillside. Brother got himself discharged by eating nutmegs to make his heart go faster! Another lost a leg in the war, another shot in foot. Then ...
Mrs Turner
Moving to Easington Lane on a flat cart, new house. Mother called those around “foreigners” – people moving from all over as fast as houses built. Roads bad, beach nearby with stalls. Co-op cart went over beach to get to Blackhall. Mother keeping food going all day for family on shifts. Mother’s brother didn’t stay long in village because no pubs, people would walk on railway line. Other buildings used for school. Sinker’s huts. Lots of strikes. Went into domestic service at 14. Wagons with food going out to collieries during strike. Butchers. Father got lost fetching home a goose. Mother baki...
Moving to Easington Lane on a flat cart, new house. Mother called those around “foreigners” – people moving from all over as fast as houses built. Roads bad, beach nearby with stalls. Co-op cart went over beach to get to Blackhall. Mother keeping food going all day for family on shifts. Mother’s brother didn’t stay long in village because no pubs, people would walk on railway line. Other buildings used for school. Sinker’s huts. Lots of strikes. Went into domestic service at 14. Wagons with food going out to collieries during strike. Butchers. Father got lost fetching home a goose. Mother baki...
Mr and Mrs Lawson
Moved to Shotton in 1913. Mr Smith – long walk to school, punish for friend using catapult. Made skates from bucket handles. Mother married twice; father killed in first world war. Out bird-nesting, afraid police were after them for it. Games – tip-cat, marbles, flicking cigarette cards. Mrs: singing for Salvation army, saving up for a tambourine, started in service – given a bonnet, saved money to do it up; helping out with younger ones in Salvation army. Collecting for charity – woman giving after she had kissed woman’s children. Different service placements. Helping out a deaf cobbler. Mr: ...
Moved to Shotton in 1913. Mr Smith – long walk to school, punish for friend using catapult. Made skates from bucket handles. Mother married twice; father killed in first world war. Out bird-nesting, afraid police were after them for it. Games – tip-cat, marbles, flicking cigarette cards. Mrs: singing for Salvation army, saving up for a tambourine, started in service – given a bonnet, saved money to do it up; helping out with younger ones in Salvation army. Collecting for charity – woman giving after she had kissed woman’s children. Different service placements. Helping out a deaf cobbler. Mr: ...
Mr Smith
Parents met through working man’s club, moved around a lot, even to America briefly. Grandfather’s brothers died in Haswell disaster. Fire in the pit. Ride on hobby horse at school, first day only, didn’t try to learn at school. Teacher got children boxing when caught them fighting. Hard times, not much money. Mother often at grandmother’s looking after younger brothers. Playing organ. Reading titles in cinema for those that couldn’t. Games like kick the block. Lover’s lane. First cars and buses through Shotton. Meeting wife, she was still at school. Started on screens then down the pit, wa...
Parents met through working man’s club, moved around a lot, even to America briefly. Grandfather’s brothers died in Haswell disaster. Fire in the pit. Ride on hobby horse at school, first day only, didn’t try to learn at school. Teacher got children boxing when caught them fighting. Hard times, not much money. Mother often at grandmother’s looking after younger brothers. Playing organ. Reading titles in cinema for those that couldn’t. Games like kick the block. Lover’s lane. First cars and buses through Shotton. Meeting wife, she was still at school. Started on screens then down the pit, wa...
Mr Lee
Father came to area as a sinker – policeman then who hit with his cape. Lists teachers – caned for being cheeky. Father would blow whistle, had to be home in ten minutes or no food. Differnet places they went for entertainment, bedtime. Father had a war pension, which bought the rent and the newspaper. Water tap in yard, would have to keep water in to boil to defrost it in the winter mornings. Worked initially selling groceries door to door, then as a labourer, laying pipes then on a farm. Eccentric twin farmers, still went by candlelight, always disagreeing. Making hay stacks. No free time,...
Father came to area as a sinker – policeman then who hit with his cape. Lists teachers – caned for being cheeky. Father would blow whistle, had to be home in ten minutes or no food. Differnet places they went for entertainment, bedtime. Father had a war pension, which bought the rent and the newspaper. Water tap in yard, would have to keep water in to boil to defrost it in the winter mornings. Worked initially selling groceries door to door, then as a labourer, laying pipes then on a farm. Eccentric twin farmers, still went by candlelight, always disagreeing. Making hay stacks. No free time,...
Mr and Mrs MacManners
Childhood home. Parents and their respective approaches to punishing the children, corporal punishment and other methods; getting around them. Gramophone in the attic. More on discipline, lack of it today; respect for the village policeman. Use of the cane in schools, attitudes to this, examples. Friend of boy who ended up in training school, his tricks, pawned father’s suit. Option of sanctions as punishments. Explains the social rules of dances when they were young. Treatment of a dead pitman. Opinions of Winston Churchill. Thoughts about the origins of socialism, early socialists including ...
Childhood home. Parents and their respective approaches to punishing the children, corporal punishment and other methods; getting around them. Gramophone in the attic. More on discipline, lack of it today; respect for the village policeman. Use of the cane in schools, attitudes to this, examples. Friend of boy who ended up in training school, his tricks, pawned father’s suit. Option of sanctions as punishments. Explains the social rules of dances when they were young. Treatment of a dead pitman. Opinions of Winston Churchill. Thoughts about the origins of socialism, early socialists including ...
Tommy Robson
Around Cockfield fell, different bits of housing and who lived in them, location of bridges, quarry, railways, river. Walked to school over fell, or jumped on coal tubs. Christened by African missionaries. Snow on the fell. Helped care for animals. Buying sweets. Father found woman lost in snow. Grandfather drove small train, would give him ride. Watching hunt and animals from windows. Helping grandfather make fertiliser from sheep droppings. Grandfather stole tools from railway - had to get rid of them when railway policeman inspected house - sons debating over his property when he died, foun...
Around Cockfield fell, different bits of housing and who lived in them, location of bridges, quarry, railways, river. Walked to school over fell, or jumped on coal tubs. Christened by African missionaries. Snow on the fell. Helped care for animals. Buying sweets. Father found woman lost in snow. Grandfather drove small train, would give him ride. Watching hunt and animals from windows. Helping grandfather make fertiliser from sheep droppings. Grandfather stole tools from railway - had to get rid of them when railway policeman inspected house - sons debating over his property when he died, foun...
Cliff Howes
Came to Bishop Auckland at 14, started work on the railways, early training in signals, then various other postings driving locomotives. Remembers some crashes in Berwickshire. Career path through Darlington Railway Police. Arresting thieving railway staff. Experience of policing the 1975 cavalcade and also on duty when Queen Mother visited. Trains bringing visitors to Shildon in 1975. Discusses various fatalities on the line, in particular two suicides near York. Describes crashes near Darlington, and some trucks running off the track. Driver who stole things instead of delivering them. (Wife...
Came to Bishop Auckland at 14, started work on the railways, early training in signals, then various other postings driving locomotives. Remembers some crashes in Berwickshire. Career path through Darlington Railway Police. Arresting thieving railway staff. Experience of policing the 1975 cavalcade and also on duty when Queen Mother visited. Trains bringing visitors to Shildon in 1975. Discusses various fatalities on the line, in particular two suicides near York. Describes crashes near Darlington, and some trucks running off the track. Driver who stole things instead of delivering them. (Wife...
Maurice Peacock
Lived in Shildon till 14 years old, poor family. Outlines his jobs. Father in mines beneath the house. Street games - boiling chips in axle grease, smoking a pipe, stealing from goods yard, playing football. The walk to school. Sunday school. Buildings in the area. Deprivations of the Depression years. 1925 wagonway celebrations. Local police. Uncle's double seat toilet. Father's moleskin trousers. Vehicles on the roads. Making igloos. Soup from the Salvation Army in General Strike. Going to the cinema. No class distinction amonst children. Home remedies. Given extra chores if disobeyed parent...
Lived in Shildon till 14 years old, poor family. Outlines his jobs. Father in mines beneath the house. Street games - boiling chips in axle grease, smoking a pipe, stealing from goods yard, playing football. The walk to school. Sunday school. Buildings in the area. Deprivations of the Depression years. 1925 wagonway celebrations. Local police. Uncle's double seat toilet. Father's moleskin trousers. Vehicles on the roads. Making igloos. Soup from the Salvation Army in General Strike. Going to the cinema. No class distinction amonst children. Home remedies. Given extra chores if disobeyed parent...
Barry Wood
Memory of the 1972 "Gormley" miners' strike. Compares to the more antagonistic 1984 strike. Things initially quiet on the picket lines, but gradual shift. Hard as many policement from mining families or had been miners. Had to be careful leaving police vehicle when visiting mother. Increased violence, stress caused by police brough from outside. Trying to rebuild relationships with community. Own opinion on inevitability of strike. Once had to bring dogs to the scene in case they were needed in a riot - but as dog handler was never directly involved. Incident with bus load of miners taking sac...
Memory of the 1972 "Gormley" miners' strike. Compares to the more antagonistic 1984 strike. Things initially quiet on the picket lines, but gradual shift. Hard as many policement from mining families or had been miners. Had to be careful leaving police vehicle when visiting mother. Increased violence, stress caused by police brough from outside. Trying to rebuild relationships with community. Own opinion on inevitability of strike. Once had to bring dogs to the scene in case they were needed in a riot - but as dog handler was never directly involved. Incident with bus load of miners taking sac...
Sheilagh Matheson
Industrial correspondent for Tyne Tees Television in the 1980s, followed the growing strike from its local roots in Sacriston. Routine filming picket lines. Knew it would be a long strike. Police were violent but always off-camera. Filmed attack on Ian MacGregor and subsequent interview, captured the spirit of the moment. Relationship with miners, some camaraderie but got harder over time. Provocative behaviour of southern police. Sadness of return to work. Long term effects on communities. Reported a little on women's role. People sceptical of a female industrial correspondent, but actually a...
Industrial correspondent for Tyne Tees Television in the 1980s, followed the growing strike from its local roots in Sacriston. Routine filming picket lines. Knew it would be a long strike. Police were violent but always off-camera. Filmed attack on Ian MacGregor and subsequent interview, captured the spirit of the moment. Relationship with miners, some camaraderie but got harder over time. Provocative behaviour of southern police. Sadness of return to work. Long term effects on communities. Reported a little on women's role. People sceptical of a female industrial correspondent, but actually a...
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