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Winter Scenes From Fence Houses

Winter Scenes From Fence Houses

Here are some spectacular images from Fence House, taken on the 7th of January 2010.

Remember When…

Remember When…

How about taking some time to reflect on a few old photos from the times gone by. Do you know any of these people ? If you do please leave a comment quoting the img number above the image.

Search For Your Friends & Family

Search For Your Friends & Family

Many people are e-mailing us asking if we can help then get in touch with thier family and friends, Well here you can add a comment or search from the comments to help solve your query. We hope this will help you find the answers your looking for. Regards Admin CLICK HERE

Fix My Street!

Fix My Street!

Report, view, or discuss local problems (like graffiti, fly tipping, broken paving slabs, or street lighting) Simply add your post code or street address and you will be directed to the site map, you can manoeuvre around the map by placing the mouse over the map click and hold down the left mouse button and you can [...]

Wanted

Wanted

Old Photo’s of Fence Houses, School group photos, or any material that you may feel would be of interest to our readers. Great news you can now upload your own images directly onto the website, so come on Fence Houses, have you got somthing to shout about put it on the website. All photos and comments will [...]

Summer School at Birtley 1967

Summer School at Birtley 1967

15 February 2010

This photo was taken during the summer holidays in 1967. Some faces from the Youth Theatre will be familiar. Regards John.

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Matrix Orthopaedics Solutions Ltd:

Matrix Orthopaedics Solutions Ltd:

29 January 2010

Matrix Orthopaedic Solutions Ltd. e.volve Business Centre Rainton Bridge South Business Park Houghton-le-Spring DH4 5QY Tel: 0191 3055230      Fax: 0191 3055486  E-mail: enquiries@matrixortho.com http://www.matrixortho.com Don’t forget to mention the Fence Houses website when you call, thank you.

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Fence Houses Railway line

Fence Houses Railway line

28 January 2010

Another excellent photo that has been found and this is probably better than most for its detail. Thanks to Geoff Robinson  The repairs to the wall of both the signal box and the station shed can clearly be seen where the accident damaged them when the trucks came adrift (I think you have the very poor [...]

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Alfred Bloomfield -World War 1

Alfred Bloomfield -World War 1

19 January 2010

Hi There, Just came across your website for the first time and am very impressed. I don’t know whether the attached is of any interest to you or whether any of your readers might be of help to me in researching my father’s WW1 army service history. As will be seen from the attachment, there is obviously a [...]

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Photos wanted of Lumley Brickworks

19 January 2010

Has anyone got any photos, I have asked around and had no luck. I wouldn’t care I used to work there I was one of those students who always turned up for the summer, The money was great no tax.

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Naughty Noughties Nite!

Naughty Noughties Nite!

17 January 2010

Naughty Noughties Nite! Hey everyone! We really hope that you can make it to our Naughty Noughties nite, we’ll be playing indie, rock, dance and chart classics from the last decade. Can’t believe it’s been ten years since the millennium so there’s going to be loads and loads of tunes to hear and big screen visuals [...]

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Your Local Police Officer

Your Local Police Officer

10 January 2010

PC Hugh Dundas I have been a serving police officer for 26 years, during this time I worked for the Metropolitan Police for six years. I transferred to Northumbria Police in 1987. For the past 16 years I have been working on a 24/7 reactive shift in the Houghton Le Spring area. I have been in my current [...]

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Donald McBride Our Famous Actor 8.1.2010

Donald McBride Our Famous Actor 8.1.2010

08 January 2010

  Published Date: 07 January 2010 By Fiona Thompson Theatre bosses have already started taking ticket bookings for their next pantomime as they celebrate their most successful festive show. The Gala, in Durham, has just finished its second in-house panto, Dick Whittington, which has broken a record as the venue’s most financially successful show of its own making. Gala Director [...]

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Lambton “D” Pit

Lambton “D” Pit

03 January 2010

This photo is of Lambton D Pit in the back ground you can see the Coke works next to the pit head in the foreground this was the canteen and miners baths. I can remember shining my shoes on a machine which was just in the door way of the canteen on my way back [...]

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Sixth Pit

Sixth Pit

03 January 2010

Again a big thank you to Geoff Robinson for these photo’s now he is retired he is rumaging in his loft looking for old photos I think these two photo’s are of Sixth Pit but I could be wrong. To jog peoples memory this was opposite the Woodstone Village community Centre. J & B coach [...]

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