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Mr Huscroft
song. Conditions and pay in the pits. Funerals saw the funeral for the Stanley disaster. Father wanted him to be a joiner. Easter egg jarping. Games and pastimes, pitch and toss. Midgie lamps.
song. Conditions and pay in the pits. Funerals saw the funeral for the Stanley disaster. Father wanted him to be a joiner. Easter egg jarping. Games and pastimes, pitch and toss. Midgie lamps.
Stanley and Trimdon pit disasters
Reads articles from the Northern Echo, on the Prince of Wales, Stanley Disaster, Trimdon Disaster, pit explosions, handball fives championship, closing of Dene and Chapter colliery, and a poem from a Durham exile
Reads articles from the Northern Echo, on the Prince of Wales, Stanley Disaster, Trimdon Disaster, pit explosions, handball fives championship, closing of Dene and Chapter colliery, and a poem from a Durham exile
Jack Elliot songs
Recording of "Songs and stories of a Durham miner", on Leader LP: songs - little chance, broken tanner and Jacks choice, the unlucky duck, brooms reel and rakes of mallow, lassie would ye love me?, the silent budgie, golden slippers and poor black Joe, the blind fool, the man with no watch, the herrings head, rap her to bank, jap jowl and listen lad, farewell to the cotia, the rowan tree, the banks of the dee, parable of the lost shekels, Irish washerwoman and father o'flynn, the old man, on yon bottle bank, just before the battle mother, my old man, Stanley market, paddy mcginty's goat, highl...
Recording of "Songs and stories of a Durham miner", on Leader LP: songs - little chance, broken tanner and Jacks choice, the unlucky duck, brooms reel and rakes of mallow, lassie would ye love me?, the silent budgie, golden slippers and poor black Joe, the blind fool, the man with no watch, the herrings head, rap her to bank, jap jowl and listen lad, farewell to the cotia, the rowan tree, the banks of the dee, parable of the lost shekels, Irish washerwoman and father o'flynn, the old man, on yon bottle bank, just before the battle mother, my old man, Stanley market, paddy mcginty's goat, highl...
Bob Barker
1926 strike - cricket and looking for coal. Denied any poor relief. Working in the pit from 14, Twizell. Fathers marra who wouldn’t accept financial help. Deaths from siliconiosis. Houses - 13 of them in two pit houses knocked together. Bathing in front of fire, father wouldn’t wash his back. Father on the dole. Father fined for fighting - miners fights and rivalries. Being taken on at Twizell. Most of the village interrelated. House with a beetle infestation. Grew rhubarb up to seven feet tall. Pig killing - man who made a mess of it, sticking chisels in the pigs head, had to go and help slit...
1926 strike - cricket and looking for coal. Denied any poor relief. Working in the pit from 14, Twizell. Fathers marra who wouldn’t accept financial help. Deaths from siliconiosis. Houses - 13 of them in two pit houses knocked together. Bathing in front of fire, father wouldn’t wash his back. Father on the dole. Father fined for fighting - miners fights and rivalries. Being taken on at Twizell. Most of the village interrelated. House with a beetle infestation. Grew rhubarb up to seven feet tall. Pig killing - man who made a mess of it, sticking chisels in the pigs head, had to go and help slit...
Jack Edgell
Walking around the area of Beamish Pit, remembering what was there. Different shafts. Stanley explosion. Pitmen gambling. Wagonways, screens, "pug lime" made from ballast. Life of ponies. Pick sharpener. The ambulance and ambulance house, colliery doctor. Coal carts, wages. Occupants of various houses around. Worked as a joiner looking after houses, various rooms within, ash closets. Store house, wagon shop, blacksmith's shop, a suicide. Other pits in the area. More on middens, people breaking seats. People airing clippy mats on the hedge and routine of cleaning brasses. Replacing window panes...
Walking around the area of Beamish Pit, remembering what was there. Different shafts. Stanley explosion. Pitmen gambling. Wagonways, screens, "pug lime" made from ballast. Life of ponies. Pick sharpener. The ambulance and ambulance house, colliery doctor. Coal carts, wages. Occupants of various houses around. Worked as a joiner looking after houses, various rooms within, ash closets. Store house, wagon shop, blacksmith's shop, a suicide. Other pits in the area. More on middens, people breaking seats. People airing clippy mats on the hedge and routine of cleaning brasses. Replacing window panes...
Dick Morris
Very detailed description of experience of the Stanley pit disaster - waiting for survivors to come up, and the crowded funeral, people peering at the bodies. Detail, the first shift down the pit, terrified. Other early jobs in the pit seen as part of acclimatisation process. Scared when first heard a shot fired. 1911, an accident in the pit, had to bend stretcher to fit it into the cage, man later died. Introduction of first mechanical cutters. 1926 general strike, people putting bricks in fire to make it smaller as didn’t have the coals. Dangerous digging holes for coal, digging people out, ...
Very detailed description of experience of the Stanley pit disaster - waiting for survivors to come up, and the crowded funeral, people peering at the bodies. Detail, the first shift down the pit, terrified. Other early jobs in the pit seen as part of acclimatisation process. Scared when first heard a shot fired. 1911, an accident in the pit, had to bend stretcher to fit it into the cage, man later died. Introduction of first mechanical cutters. 1926 general strike, people putting bricks in fire to make it smaller as didn’t have the coals. Dangerous digging holes for coal, digging people out, ...
Mr Douglas and Mr Lumley
The Stanley pit disaster - Saw explosion, people didn’t believe it. The funeral. Broke uncles heart to go round informing families. Dead ponies. Inside the pit.
The Stanley pit disaster - Saw explosion, people didn’t believe it. The funeral. Broke uncles heart to go round informing families. Dead ponies. Inside the pit.
Mrs Mary Wilson
Worked in the boot and shoe department of Stanley Co-op. Started at Burnhope Co-op in 1924, two days a week, then started at Stanley, had to walk it, or run for the bus. Hours. Could be very busy especially before the chapel anniversaries. Wages, staffing. Different kinds of shoe sold. Clubs and checks and the dividend. Shoe sizes. Fitting room. Price tickets and stock code. Man delivering goods in wagon. Store organised a social, people trying to get her to dance. Evening lectures with the Co-operative movement. The union.
Worked in the boot and shoe department of Stanley Co-op. Started at Burnhope Co-op in 1924, two days a week, then started at Stanley, had to walk it, or run for the bus. Hours. Could be very busy especially before the chapel anniversaries. Wages, staffing. Different kinds of shoe sold. Clubs and checks and the dividend. Shoe sizes. Fitting room. Price tickets and stock code. Man delivering goods in wagon. Store organised a social, people trying to get her to dance. Evening lectures with the Co-operative movement. The union.
Mrs Violet Kingsland
East Stanley school. Friday was "one o'clock day". Sandwiches for lunch. No alternative to the pits for lads. Father killed in pit disaster. Mother saved to buy a house, took in lodgers. Neighbour supplied coal. Travelling in the snow. Leaving party. Chapel congregation. Messiah sung. Infectious disease. Girl's death and visit by class to see dead body. Mixed school desks. "Simple" boy. School yard. Travelling to school. Clashes with roman catholic school. Sport. Co-op.
East Stanley school. Friday was "one o'clock day". Sandwiches for lunch. No alternative to the pits for lads. Father killed in pit disaster. Mother saved to buy a house, took in lodgers. Neighbour supplied coal. Travelling in the snow. Leaving party. Chapel congregation. Messiah sung. Infectious disease. Girl's death and visit by class to see dead body. Mixed school desks. "Simple" boy. School yard. Travelling to school. Clashes with roman catholic school. Sport. Co-op.
Eliza Brown
Born in Howden le Wear, youngest of 13 children. Parents - father an Annfield Plain miner. Eliza started work at 14, nursemaid. Became a postwoman during world war one 1914-21 -duties, rounds, clothing, training, got in trouble for taking a short cut, police had to escort her in one section, shifts, clothing, working in the snow, helping police, arguing with other workers, delivering to gypsies. Married George Brown and lived in Stanley. Caned at school, no sympathy from parents. No sex education. Children all shared bedroom. Dolls. Given chores as children. Health care as a child, home remedi...
Born in Howden le Wear, youngest of 13 children. Parents - father an Annfield Plain miner. Eliza started work at 14, nursemaid. Became a postwoman during world war one 1914-21 -duties, rounds, clothing, training, got in trouble for taking a short cut, police had to escort her in one section, shifts, clothing, working in the snow, helping police, arguing with other workers, delivering to gypsies. Married George Brown and lived in Stanley. Caned at school, no sympathy from parents. No sex education. Children all shared bedroom. Dolls. Given chores as children. Health care as a child, home remedi...
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.
William Wears
Father a publican. Apprenticeship as a butcher. Walking with deliveries. Interior of the shop. Ice box. Walking cattle to Stanley from Newcastle cattle market. Slaughtering animals. Making black puddings. Back shop. Some comments from his son. Early days - losing control of the flat cart, delivering, starting own business. Scales. Long hours. Black market meat in world war two. Miners keeping animals. Co-op butchers. Standards. Accidents. Daily diet.
Father a publican. Apprenticeship as a butcher. Walking with deliveries. Interior of the shop. Ice box. Walking cattle to Stanley from Newcastle cattle market. Slaughtering animals. Making black puddings. Back shop. Some comments from his son. Early days - losing control of the flat cart, delivering, starting own business. Scales. Long hours. Black market meat in world war two. Miners keeping animals. Co-op butchers. Standards. Accidents. Daily diet.
anonymous miner
Father a grave digger for West Stanley disaster. Came from Ireland to Scotland in 1890s. Father worked in mines. School. First job as a trapper down the mines. Next job driving (coal taken from coal face). Putter to hewer. Deputy. Working with the master waste man. Shift system and drawing cavils and pay. Accidents. Studying at Sunderland technical college and class distinction in use of theodolite. Music lessons. Chemical works at Billingham
Father a grave digger for West Stanley disaster. Came from Ireland to Scotland in 1890s. Father worked in mines. School. First job as a trapper down the mines. Next job driving (coal taken from coal face). Putter to hewer. Deputy. Working with the master waste man. Shift system and drawing cavils and pay. Accidents. Studying at Sunderland technical college and class distinction in use of theodolite. Music lessons. Chemical works at Billingham
Mr and Mrs Burrows
Mr Burrows family from Cornwall. Family background. Came north when tin mines closed. Grandfather came during strike. Antagonism towards Cornish. Oakwood area called "Cornwall". Cornish words used by mother. Working at West Stanley co-op bakery - conditions, accidents, vermin, building. Hours, wages. Catering for weddings. Lamb delivered - shared amongst neighbours. Cornish tradition. Accidents at work. Nursing mother
Mr Burrows family from Cornwall. Family background. Came north when tin mines closed. Grandfather came during strike. Antagonism towards Cornish. Oakwood area called "Cornwall". Cornish words used by mother. Working at West Stanley co-op bakery - conditions, accidents, vermin, building. Hours, wages. Catering for weddings. Lamb delivered - shared amongst neighbours. Cornish tradition. Accidents at work. Nursing mother
Mr Morris
Differences between Morrison pit in the 30s and Beamish Mary in the 50s. Working with a pushcart for Mrs Rowe of Stanley - pay, prices, commission. 11 plus and process of selection for grammar school depending on how well dressed. Mother's sister married an Italian with ice cream business in Easington. Irish grandparents, went to America and then to Durham. Animosity between Protestants and Catholics.
Differences between Morrison pit in the 30s and Beamish Mary in the 50s. Working with a pushcart for Mrs Rowe of Stanley - pay, prices, commission. 11 plus and process of selection for grammar school depending on how well dressed. Mother's sister married an Italian with ice cream business in Easington. Irish grandparents, went to America and then to Durham. Animosity between Protestants and Catholics.
Mary Allison
Started at east Stanley school at seven. Teachers. Partitions between classrooms, one collapsed. Corridor used as hall. Went to help aunt, then worked as a bus conductress. Subjects at school. Pen and ink, using slates. Cookery classes at South Moor. Helping with housework, scrubbing floors. Clothes.
Started at east Stanley school at seven. Teachers. Partitions between classrooms, one collapsed. Corridor used as hall. Went to help aunt, then worked as a bus conductress. Subjects at school. Pen and ink, using slates. Cookery classes at South Moor. Helping with housework, scrubbing floors. Clothes.
Obadiah Slater
Streets in Stanley. East Stanley explosion 1909, coming out of school when it happened. Friends from school died in the explosion. East Stanley school. Headmaster and teachers, starting school. Classes and exams. Assembly. Marbles. Leaving school to work in the mines. Pay. Work as a shop assistant. Duties, rats. World war one experiences.
Streets in Stanley. East Stanley explosion 1909, coming out of school when it happened. Friends from school died in the explosion. East Stanley school. Headmaster and teachers, starting school. Classes and exams. Assembly. Marbles. Leaving school to work in the mines. Pay. Work as a shop assistant. Duties, rats. World war one experiences.
Obadiah Slater
East Stanley chapel, Sunday school treat to Beamish park. Sunday school lessons. Attitude of Methodists to war. Boys brigade. Choir. Harvest festival. Chapel fundraising, caretaker and local preachers. Trustees. Colour scheme. Organ. Attitude to Catholics and drink. Smoking. World war one.
East Stanley chapel, Sunday school treat to Beamish park. Sunday school lessons. Attitude of Methodists to war. Boys brigade. Choir. Harvest festival. Chapel fundraising, caretaker and local preachers. Trustees. Colour scheme. Organ. Attitude to Catholics and drink. Smoking. World war one.
Mrs Logan
East Stanley school - teachers, using slate. Sewing, arithmetic, reading. The cane. Pupil teachers. Curriculum subjects. Learning times tables. Handwriting. Playground games. Dress. Packed lunches, cocoa warmed by cousin's granny. Heating. Domestic sciences.
East Stanley school - teachers, using slate. Sewing, arithmetic, reading. The cane. Pupil teachers. Curriculum subjects. Learning times tables. Handwriting. Playground games. Dress. Packed lunches, cocoa warmed by cousin's granny. Heating. Domestic sciences.
Mr and Mrs Burrows
Visiting grandfather on mothers side, who came from Cornwall. Conditions in Cornish tin mines, journey up with siblings when orphaned. Animosity from locals. Father also from Cornwall, came up. Stayed with grandfather's family. Grandmother retained Devon accent. Mother laid out the dead, also midwifery. Stories about keeping the coffin boards for laying out. Bother started work in Co-operative bakeries, Stanley. Dangerous, lots of small burns, ovens, getting the job. Jim hated first day, hard work, smoky etc. Wife points out that he had been spoilt up till that point, different background - sh...
Visiting grandfather on mothers side, who came from Cornwall. Conditions in Cornish tin mines, journey up with siblings when orphaned. Animosity from locals. Father also from Cornwall, came up. Stayed with grandfather's family. Grandmother retained Devon accent. Mother laid out the dead, also midwifery. Stories about keeping the coffin boards for laying out. Bother started work in Co-operative bakeries, Stanley. Dangerous, lots of small burns, ovens, getting the job. Jim hated first day, hard work, smoky etc. Wife points out that he had been spoilt up till that point, different background - sh...
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