Fence Houses

Dennis, I got this from E-bay, my dad seems to think this is around 1960 of Fence Houses station.  I donated a copy of this to the Fence Houses book last year. Regards Andrew

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THE transformation of a heavily contaminated colliery and cokeworks site into a green oasis was celebrated yesterday. Elba Park, formerly the site of the Lambton pit and cokeworks, was officially opened, with its colliery past remembered in a mining memorial artwork unveiled by ex-Sunderland and Newcastle United star Paul Bracewell. The Homes and Communities Agency, [...]

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Another old coke worker from the early 60,s, Stuart Hunter, 64 yrs old, passed away last year, not many left now. Posted by Norman Sweeting

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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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I took this photograph in 1983 whilst learning about photography. I am the brother of Norman Sweeting whose article you have on your site. It`s strange but I didn`t have anything to do with work there, I went into the RAF. Yours William Sweeting

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Norman Sweeting in 1985 Life in Lambton By Norman Sweeting “A bit smelly and dirty but lots of fun” is how Norman describes life at the Lambton Coke Works before it closed in the 1980s. I started work on my 16th birthday, September 1966 and worked at the Lambton Coke Works until it closed in [...]

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Who Is this man? Who Are these two gentlemen Was he on his Tea break? who are these workers? Jack Black striking a pose Was he the only worker? He looks happy at his work  

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