Consett and district snow

[@chokehanson1830]

Revisiting this again for the umpteenth time. I just absolutely love that windswept old town up high on the hill - sometimes you just havd to leave a place for s while to realise what it means to you. Consett & the whole of North West Durham area really is such a great place.

[@2009freya]

And now I’m showing New Zealand. I was born at The Grove, moved to Moorside when I was 12 and then Blackhill when I got married. Left there in 1970 when I was 26 and have lived in New Zealand since. Such wonderful memories and have been home many times. Still love my home town and I’m still very British. 🤙

[@Zirmbergalm_Ruhpolding]

Maybe you know my mother and her sister - Pauline and Lorraine Quinn? They both lived in Moorside, I believe first in Black Hill but at least in 1960-1970 they were in Moorside

[@cheyennedogsoldiers]

That was certainly a blast from the past, I remember as a kid back in the 70's walking up to Consett because the busses weren't running because of the snow.

[@davidshields3243]

Stephen, that was a lovely post and is being shared all over Derwentside right now, not surprisingly. Thank you

[@margaretbrown8786]

Freezing, just looking at it

[@ianbridge5854]

What is the tower block at the bottom of front street video time 1.06

[@MrBcsack]

Ian - nothing as cute as a tower block i'm afraid - it was part of the Steel works - can't recall it's exact function but i'd guess it was a gas tank mainly for the blast furnaces. The works closed in 1980 & (IMHO) was demolished in record time !

[@njuham]

@@MrBcsack Probably a cooling tower for the furnace.

[@waltmcv]

just come across this, now that you have shown consett in the summer can you now show the winter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. i am from stanley but can remember this well.