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Calder's Timber Yard
CALDER'S TIMBER YARD
( Access from Biddick Lane )
CALDERS TIMBER YARD - BURROWS Map 1952
Located east of Biddick Lane, south of The Consett to Tyne Dock Railway Line
and west of The Leamside Line where it curves towards Victoria Bridge.
Cook's Iron Works & Calders Timber Yard
Meridan Airmaps Limited - 13 Sept 1964
[ Courtesy of Washington History Society. ]
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Matty Dorman
( HGV Driver at Calders )
Matty's House
( Coach Road Estate )
[ Thanks to Matty's Stepson, Keith Boyle, for supplying the above photographs. ]
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[ The above Press Cutting has been rearranged to make the Text more readable. ]
Newcastle Journal - 10 June 1969
[ Thanks to Washington History Society for supplying the above Press Cuttings. ]
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Calders Factory
• Company Origins:
The parent company traces its roots back to 1820 in Scotland
and was formally incorporated as Calders Ltd in 1919.
• The Washington Expansion:
To meet the heavy regional demand from the coal mining and railway industries,
operations expanded to the North East, establishing the Washington plant
alongside other foundational manufacturers like Tube Products.
• Core Products:
The Washington and wider Calders operations supported the local North East
economy by manufacturing heavy-duty timber goods, including railway
sleepers, telegraph poles and pit props for the National Coal Board.
• Acquisitions:
The company merged with James Grandridge Ltd in 1945 to form Calders & Grandridge,
[ Many Thanks to Wikipedia for the above Information. ]
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A PERSONAL MEMORY
1963 was my last year at Washington Grammar School.
Does anyone remember joining the School Trip which visited Calders Timber in that year?
I do. { Jim }