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Soup kitchen
Soup kitchen queue being controlled by a policeman, South Shields, 1926.
Soup kitchen queue being controlled by a policeman, South Shields, 1926.
Caravan Park
View of grounds at Haggerston Castle Caravan Park taken from the kitchen back door, 1974. Note foundations of the Castle which was mostly dismantled in 1931.
View of grounds at Haggerston Castle Caravan Park taken from the kitchen back door, 1974. Note foundations of the Castle which was mostly dismantled in 1931.
Soup kitchen
Group of men, some wearing butchers aprons, possibly in the yard at the rear of a Co-op Store, possibly setting up a soup kitchen. Other men are holding vegetables and ladles and there are two large joints of meat on a chopping table.
Group of men, some wearing butchers aprons, possibly in the yard at the rear of a Co-op Store, possibly setting up a soup kitchen. Other men are holding vegetables and ladles and there are two large joints of meat on a chopping table.
Kitchen chair
Front view of a kitchen chair with label underneath from Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle. See 89925 for back and 89926 for label.
Front view of a kitchen chair with label underneath from Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle. See 89925 for back and 89926 for label.
Kitchen chair
Back view of a kitchen chair with label underneath from Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle. See 89924 for front and 89926 for label.
Back view of a kitchen chair with label underneath from Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle. See 89924 for front and 89926 for label.
CWS label
Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle - Furniture and Hardware Department label on the base of a kitchen chair. Chair size 875mm high, label 65 x 90mm. See 89924 & 5 for chair.
Co-operative Wholesale Society, Newcastle - Furniture and Hardware Department label on the base of a kitchen chair. Chair size 875mm high, label 65 x 90mm. See 89924 & 5 for chair.
Durham Girls School
Group of kitchen staff at Durham Girls School (later Girls Grammar School and now VIth Form Centre), 3.30 July 9th 1927. (From album which belonged to Viola Fleming later headteacher at Whinney Hill School, Elvet, Durham City).
Group of kitchen staff at Durham Girls School (later Girls Grammar School and now VIth Form Centre), 3.30 July 9th 1927. (From album which belonged to Viola Fleming later headteacher at Whinney Hill School, Elvet, Durham City).
Crematorium
The new crematorium, South Road, March 1960. Inspiration for the whole design was drawn from Durham buildings it was designed by Mr Chaplin and cost £60,000. He chose the octagonal shape, as it was a feature of the cities ancient architecture, such as the castle keep and monks kitchen. The columns were rounded Norman style and made of local Dunhouse stone. DA Box 461.
The new crematorium, South Road, March 1960. Inspiration for the whole design was drawn from Durham buildings it was designed by Mr Chaplin and cost £60,000. He chose the octagonal shape, as it was a feature of the cities ancient architecture, such as the castle keep and monks kitchen. The columns were rounded Norman style and made of local Dunhouse stone. DA Box 461.
radio "pit boots and stotty cake - hard times"
"Pit boots and stotty cake: hard times" - life of the Durham pit folk between the wars - strikes, General strike, blacklegs, miners meetings, soup kitchens, poverty. With music - e.g. Blackleg miner, Durham lockout, The old man's song
"Pit boots and stotty cake: hard times" - life of the Durham pit folk between the wars - strikes, General strike, blacklegs, miners meetings, soup kitchens, poverty. With music - e.g. Blackleg miner, Durham lockout, The old man's song
radio "the Victorians"
"The Victorians" - on housing, music hall songs, the work of the domestic servant, kitchen devices, food, lavatory, and attitudes to sex
"The Victorians" - on housing, music hall songs, the work of the domestic servant, kitchen devices, food, lavatory, and attitudes to sex
Mr Maughan
Growing up on Northumberland Cumberland border - family had a small holding, sheep rearing, pig killing, some cows etc. Brothers in world war one. School, games played. Goods coming in, fetching coal from station. All the seasonal elements of farming. Milking cows before breakfast. Clogs with cork round and straw in. Dressing up in kid gloves and Eton collar for church. Brother had an accident while transporting stone to new church. Food, including sheep brains. Taking messages and grabbing a quick cigarette. Bees, tickling fish. Kitchen garden produce and some foods from the wild. Winters, ha...
Growing up on Northumberland Cumberland border - family had a small holding, sheep rearing, pig killing, some cows etc. Brothers in world war one. School, games played. Goods coming in, fetching coal from station. All the seasonal elements of farming. Milking cows before breakfast. Clogs with cork round and straw in. Dressing up in kid gloves and Eton collar for church. Brother had an accident while transporting stone to new church. Food, including sheep brains. Taking messages and grabbing a quick cigarette. Bees, tickling fish. Kitchen garden produce and some foods from the wild. Winters, ha...
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...
George Foster
Parents died when he was very young, so went to a children's home in Ponteland. Quite happy there, had friends in the village, played football, orphanage grew its own food. At 17 started helping on a farm, but soon after was hit by a football in the face and lost most of his sight. Sent to the workhouse on West Road, Newcastle - Elswick Grange. They took his money and gave him corduroys and blue jacket. Describes bare rooms, the taskmasters, working in the kitchen seven days a week - which was the better bit as nothing at all to do otherwise, not allowed to leave. Some fights, punishment was b...
Parents died when he was very young, so went to a children's home in Ponteland. Quite happy there, had friends in the village, played football, orphanage grew its own food. At 17 started helping on a farm, but soon after was hit by a football in the face and lost most of his sight. Sent to the workhouse on West Road, Newcastle - Elswick Grange. They took his money and gave him corduroys and blue jacket. Describes bare rooms, the taskmasters, working in the kitchen seven days a week - which was the better bit as nothing at all to do otherwise, not allowed to leave. Some fights, punishment was b...
Collect Britain Northumberland extracts
Extracts from the Collect Britain Website (i.e. from either the Survey of English Dialect, or Millennium Memory Bank). Includes memories of - conditions in the pit, 1890s; pig killing, 1890s; hunting dogs and fights with badgers, 1890s; working with horses, 1890s, relationship with them; making a cartwheel, 1890s; story of murder in Elsdon around 1800 (William Winter); changes in farming practice in Allendale, lose of traditional methods; shipwreck of the Ballycotton, Embleton, and importance of radar; miner's strike of 1926, soup kitchens and labour relations afterwards; housing conditions ...
Extracts from the Collect Britain Website (i.e. from either the Survey of English Dialect, or Millennium Memory Bank). Includes memories of - conditions in the pit, 1890s; pig killing, 1890s; hunting dogs and fights with badgers, 1890s; working with horses, 1890s, relationship with them; making a cartwheel, 1890s; story of murder in Elsdon around 1800 (William Winter); changes in farming practice in Allendale, lose of traditional methods; shipwreck of the Ballycotton, Embleton, and importance of radar; miner's strike of 1926, soup kitchens and labour relations afterwards; housing conditions ...
Joseph French
Moved a lot as a child for father’s mining jobs. Worked doing odd jobs with a horse, then after the war went into the colliery for a time, various roles. Houses in his youth, poor condition, but mother got a new council house in 1924. People helped their neighbours. Sunday school and selling books for missionary funds. Enjoyed school and scouts. Did odd jobs looking after horses. Mother made meals out of world war one rations – stew, porridge, yesty cake. In second world war had own garden, grew lots of produce and sold from there. Herring sellers. Clippy mats. Swimming and picnics by the ri...
Moved a lot as a child for father’s mining jobs. Worked doing odd jobs with a horse, then after the war went into the colliery for a time, various roles. Houses in his youth, poor condition, but mother got a new council house in 1924. People helped their neighbours. Sunday school and selling books for missionary funds. Enjoyed school and scouts. Did odd jobs looking after horses. Mother made meals out of world war one rations – stew, porridge, yesty cake. In second world war had own garden, grew lots of produce and sold from there. Herring sellers. Clippy mats. Swimming and picnics by the ri...
John Niven
Part of "Seven childhoods" set. Reads from his own written reminiscences. War years - briefly evacuated. Tonsilitis. Gateshead Fell, the street, snow of 1947, playing games on nearby fields, the cinema and the library. Shopping - the local Co-op and its departments and wrapping of food. The house - kitchen, uses of rooms. Father made model ships for him for Christmas. Listening to radio and gramophone. Occasional day trips in old car. Christmas. Grandmother's cooking and her house, old-fashioned. Aunt had singing lessons. Other grandparents and their house. School - primary school classroom an...
Part of "Seven childhoods" set. Reads from his own written reminiscences. War years - briefly evacuated. Tonsilitis. Gateshead Fell, the street, snow of 1947, playing games on nearby fields, the cinema and the library. Shopping - the local Co-op and its departments and wrapping of food. The house - kitchen, uses of rooms. Father made model ships for him for Christmas. Listening to radio and gramophone. Occasional day trips in old car. Christmas. Grandmother's cooking and her house, old-fashioned. Aunt had singing lessons. Other grandparents and their house. School - primary school classroom an...
Miss Whitty
Horden dene culvert ("cundy") before it was filled, fishwife lost basket there, man near with Salvationist plaque outside house. Building of new churches, played with bricks. Beach had sand then. Has letter of first world war type. Father a "bank inspector" in mines. Grandfather died at sea, this encouraged delevopment of "Plimsoll line", briefly called Campbell line after him. Aunt a confectioner but generous during 1910 strike, hard to get started again, also related to Gale's Bazaar. Watching bombardment of Hartlepool, 1914, reactions of family. Father's appearance and work. Horden to Black...
Horden dene culvert ("cundy") before it was filled, fishwife lost basket there, man near with Salvationist plaque outside house. Building of new churches, played with bricks. Beach had sand then. Has letter of first world war type. Father a "bank inspector" in mines. Grandfather died at sea, this encouraged delevopment of "Plimsoll line", briefly called Campbell line after him. Aunt a confectioner but generous during 1910 strike, hard to get started again, also related to Gale's Bazaar. Watching bombardment of Hartlepool, 1914, reactions of family. Father's appearance and work. Horden to Black...
Mr Cole
Moved to Seaham colliery “duckyard” as a child, went to The Ropery school. Going into the bottleworks to watch, pretended taking someone’s lunch – process of making bottles, bottles loaded onto special boat. Schoolmate playing football with milk can, went to Manchester City. Local football teams. Local police. The docks, steam navvy and special railway, building the piers. First day in the mine, cage and lamp, walking in, left in the dark as someone else’s lamp had gone out, sat changing a switch on the tub tracks. Then pony driving, then away to France in world war one. Starting work again af...
Moved to Seaham colliery “duckyard” as a child, went to The Ropery school. Going into the bottleworks to watch, pretended taking someone’s lunch – process of making bottles, bottles loaded onto special boat. Schoolmate playing football with milk can, went to Manchester City. Local football teams. Local police. The docks, steam navvy and special railway, building the piers. First day in the mine, cage and lamp, walking in, left in the dark as someone else’s lamp had gone out, sat changing a switch on the tub tracks. Then pony driving, then away to France in world war one. Starting work again af...
Mr J. Jones
Born in South Hetton basement flat. Moved to Haswell at 8 but preferred staying with grandmother in South Hetton. Describes history of South Hetton, order of streets being built around the pit; Welsh moving in, used to fight a lot, including great grandfather; more phases of development, outdoor middens and ovens; more houses built; annual diphtheria epidemic. Mary Anne Cotton once lived there. Shoplifting as a little boy. Water supply, street lighting, cess pits. Houses in bad condition, damp. Playing in quarry. Robbing vending machine. Pig killer. World war one: father left pit in 1916 afte...
Born in South Hetton basement flat. Moved to Haswell at 8 but preferred staying with grandmother in South Hetton. Describes history of South Hetton, order of streets being built around the pit; Welsh moving in, used to fight a lot, including great grandfather; more phases of development, outdoor middens and ovens; more houses built; annual diphtheria epidemic. Mary Anne Cotton once lived there. Shoplifting as a little boy. Water supply, street lighting, cess pits. Houses in bad condition, damp. Playing in quarry. Robbing vending machine. Pig killer. World war one: father left pit in 1916 afte...
Mr Taylor
Moved to Horden in 1912, bigger houses. Helped others with their washing and room cleaning. Went into service at 15, up at 5 each morning to clean the step and make breakfasts, sent 3-0 home and kept sixpence a week. Married at 17. Mr Taylor: early mining wages – hand putting, ten hour day. Local cinemas-variety shows, crowds throwing things at one entertainer. Prices of beer, cigarettes, bacon. Saved Co-op dividend for furniture, also got a piano, very special. Character Paddy Rafferty. Wedding day. Had accident in the pit, left, went to Horden Coke works. Athletics races, was a gym instructo...
Moved to Horden in 1912, bigger houses. Helped others with their washing and room cleaning. Went into service at 15, up at 5 each morning to clean the step and make breakfasts, sent 3-0 home and kept sixpence a week. Married at 17. Mr Taylor: early mining wages – hand putting, ten hour day. Local cinemas-variety shows, crowds throwing things at one entertainer. Prices of beer, cigarettes, bacon. Saved Co-op dividend for furniture, also got a piano, very special. Character Paddy Rafferty. Wedding day. Had accident in the pit, left, went to Horden Coke works. Athletics races, was a gym instructo...
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