This first image looks towards the river, taken 1958.
The above photo was also borrowed from that Spennymoor pictures site and should be a real blast from the past for many. The row on the right is called 'Rotten Row' (very old or just ill-built?) and at the far end is the shop that Aunt Nance [as in Tot and Nance] had before she married. That's Gran's [Lizzie] white house first on left.
Look at the state of the roads! Tractors and coal waggons, like the one there, from the drift mine. And the second white house with 2 windows is our old house! [see this link for a great set of waggonway maps of the County - clearly shows where tracks, rails, pits etc used to be - Tudhoe on this page here]
Also on the website are some pictures of the home boys including Jack Sawyer. "Wot Larks!"
More views of Tudhoe village and the area are available at this site - this time in watercolour, by Eric Thompson.
Info here on St Charles' RC Church.
My ancestors are shown living at Tudhoe Mill in the 1901 Census. More info here on Tudhoe Mill.
Finally, maybe these links are of interest?
You may have seen some of these before.
The GENUKI page for Co. Durham = genealogical & historical links.
Google satellite map of Tudhoe Village & Tudhoe Mill.
Link to a page for a set of old maps, here showing map of tudhoe, published in 1861.
Image & map of site of Tudhoe Grange Colliery, and of the Tudhoe Colliery disaster. More on the news of the 1882 colliery disaster here.
Tudhoe Lodge Miners' banner, hangs in Spennymoor Town Hall.
More on Tudhoe Mines from the Durham Mines site, or from Durham Miners Museum
Also more local info from their useful links page (dmm).
Historical document about Tudhoe Village.
Wikipedia entry for Tudhoe.
A comprehensive history of Spennymoor.
Northern Echo article on 150 years of St Charles, Tudhoe.
Wartime memories from Lt Col Philips of Spennymoor (mentions Barnfield Blocks), and more tales from all of Wearside.
A GenMaps page with old maps of Durham (some very old!!) - those of relevance to the period mentioned here include (at bottom of listing) Durham (Southern Section) - 1885
and County Durham (1857, OS maps) - you can view without buying, use the gazeteer to narrow down your search.
Keys to the Past, a website from the local councils which enables you to see information about specific towns in Co. Durham, and to see old maps (go to the Local Histories list)
More Nostalgia here, about children's games. Got yer dabber?
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As usual, it is very helpful if you can come forwards with a comment to give corrections, suggestions and so on. If links fail, do let me know.
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