GeoStories: Winlaton's Industrial Past Coal Mining

By Digital Voice for Communities as part of the Winlaton's Industrial Past Project.
Organisations that have supported groups to do a GeoStories project have told us how much it has helped the participants gain digital skills while learning about their heritage and meeting new people of all ages. Participants tell us how much fun they had and how they enjoyed developing new skills. If you would like to know more about how we can help the people you work with please contact us; [e-mail] 01207 566866. More info here:www.digitalvoice.org.uk/GeoSt...

[@sirtokesalot5161]

Class keep them coming

[@jayveebloggs9057]

Thanks for this - brilliant

[@deeza678]

Brilliant

[@steveburn8125]

My Grandpa drove a colliery train through Percy main, in between being a trawlerman, I love hearing these people telling their real stories, we should listen to the older people, they always have something interesting to say. Time well spent ❤

[@sue4494]

Brilliant 👌👌 my grandad worked down the mines and was born in winlaton around 1906 he also looked after the pit ponies too thanks for bringing back the stories he told me as a little girl nearly 55 years ago !! By the way he was married to Joyce may gill nee whiting and they had 3 children my uncle Steve born in the same area and my dad Douglas who was born in Kent and aunty Marion also born in Kent sadly they have all passed away now but not forgotten 👍

[@jack80kiwi]

Very interesting , my dad went down the pit when he was 14 years old . He was down there till he went into the army (Blackwatch ) and went to France in '39. His dad and two brothers also were in the mines all lived in Winlaton . Dad settled in London after the war but I used to go on holidays in the '40's and '50's . I have traveled 7 times to that area to remember my childhood memories from New Zealand to find family . Many cousins whom I have never seen still live there. Dads name was John Robert Davison his dad was called George and his two brothers were George and Leslie . I would love to go again but at 81 I do not fancy the plane ride now. 😃

[@alanwann9318]

Very good ,real history.

[@sue4494]

Forgot to say my grandfather was called Robert gill known as Bob later on n his life 😊