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A Nostalgic Journey 'in & around' the original Village of Washington
[ Click above picture for numerous views of the 'F' Pit Heaps. ]
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Washington Miners Remembered
Statue & Blue Plaque
Major Local Collieries & Locations
( Article in Mining Collection 2 )
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Recent Additions / Upgrades / Amendments
Red Hot Pokers at Coxgreen
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1. * NEW *
Sunderland Echo Image
2.
Lists of Local Businesses
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Aged Miners' Homes
1. 1929 image showing a well known Building. I walked past it hundreds of times in late 1950s / early 1960s.
Three Images - 1929, 1960s & 2024 - added to a rearranged 'Page 2/8' in our 'Then & Now' Collection.
2. Kelly's Directories listed Local Businesses, Tradespeople, Pubs etc. plus a variety of high society 'Big Nobs'.
Four Pages from the 1938 Durham Edition have been added to our 1890, 1914 & 1925 Collection.
3. 18 July 2025 will be the Centenary of the Official Opening of the Aged Miners' Homes shown in this picture.
12 Cottages were built on the Old Wagonman's Row, a site provided by Washington Coal Company.
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Air Raids Near Washington
5.
Gertrude Bell
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Local Co-ops Collection
4. RAF Usworth - This Diary Page lists German Air Raids that occurred close to Washington in 1940, 41 & 43.
5. Gertrude Bell - The Lady from Dame Margaret's Hall - with Winston Churchill & Lawrence of Arabia.
Every Washington resident should know at least something about the incredible Miss Bell.
Archaeologist, Linguist, Mountaineer, Cartographer, Political Intelligence Officer
and expert Camel Rider! She's the only one in control at The Sphinx.
6. New Collection featuring Birtley Cooperative Stores in Washington and the Windy Nook Store in Springwell.
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Washington Chemical Works
8. * Last Week *
When was this School opened?
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Usworth Post Office Robbery!
7. Washington Star Article about the founder of Washington Chemical Works, Hugh Lee Pattinson + Asbestosis.
[ Go to Page 5/5 of 'Washington Chemical Works' Article or People / Pattinson - Hugh Lee. ]
8. I, along with hundreds of other local kids, spent many happy years at Usworth Colliery Junior Mixed School.
Thanks to WHS I've just found out the official opening date. Junior & Senior School Articles upgraded.
N.B. There is some duplication between the two Articles.
9. Original Evening Chronicle press cutting replaced by a much better quality version with Image & Text aligned.
[ Go to 'Collections / Post Offices'. ]
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What's Where?
Website Map / Location Index
[ Click one of the above Images. ]
"Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it."
Lucy Maud Montgomery
( 1874 - 1942 )
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