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Colliery houses

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/6/2025, 10:35 am

I am ,looking to find when Arthur, Harvey and Wood streets were demolished.
Carol

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Norman Dunn on 19/6/2025, 11:31 am, in reply to "Colliery houses"

I vaguely remember Arthur St (or some of it) was still there in the early 1960s.

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Norman on 19/6/2025, 12:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

In the 1940s the original Wood St, Elm & Ash St were all gone, replaced by Pre-Fabs.
I remember visiting my aunty in her modern prefab in the late 1940s. She boasted she had a Fridge and gave me an ice lolly she'd made in the ice box. I thought that was Magic because I lived in a old 1800s upstairs Flat

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by peter cook on 19/6/2025, 11:56 am, in reply to "Colliery houses"

Wood Street was demolished cicra 1963 and Arthur Street and Harvey Street were demolished 1965-66.

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/6/2025, 12:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Gosh they lasted well, I thought they may have gone by the mid 30's
Thank you

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/6/2025, 12:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

So when did the pit which was the nearest to those streets close???

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by peter cook on 19/6/2025, 12:31 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Around 1932.

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/6/2025, 12:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Thank you Peter now I have a little more information as to why my grandparents moved from Hebburn
Carol

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Malcolm on 19/6/2025, 12:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Goodness no Carol! I helped move my Gran out of Arthur Street, would have been about 1961 or 62..

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by Carol in hampshire on 19/6/2025, 1:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Well they looked pretty old on some pics I have seen.
Wonder what year they were built?

Re: Colliery houses

Posted by peter cook on 19/6/2025, 2:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Arthur and Harvey would be around 1880. The original Wood Street would be 1880 and demolished circa 1939 with the new Wood Street being built circa 1943 and demolished circa 1963.

Confusion here Carol so here is a photo

Posted by Norman Dunn on 19/6/2025, 2:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Colliery houses"

Malcolm confirmed what I said ie Arthur St was there in the early 60s.
The original Wood St, Elm St & Ash St were all demolished sometime in the early 1900s.
Then the Prefabs were built on the empty land after the war.
Was your memory of Wood St when it was a Prefab?