Shildon
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Shildon books (1 available)
- 2 photos on Shildon appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Shildon
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Shildon memories
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Aircraft crash 2nd World War
I believe that in 1946 an RAF plane crashed in Shildon. Does anyone have any information about it? If so, please can you contact my email address via this website.
Contributed by christine scott
Church Street Shildon
This street had changed little until the mid seventies. Today the street is still recogonisible with several of the buildings still looking the same style, but under new ownership.
Contributed by Kevin Stevens
County Durham memories
Church Street Shildon
This street had changed little until the mid seventies. Today the street is still recogonisible with several of the buildings still looking the same style, but under new ownership.
A memory of Shildon contributed by Kevin Stevens
Aircraft crash 2nd World War
I believe that in 1946 an RAF plane crashed in Shildon. Does anyone have any information about it? If so, please can you contact my email address via this website.
A memory of Shildon contributed by christine scott
Extracts From Shildon & County Durham books
In 1921, locomotive and rolling stock manufacturing in the North East provided 6300 jobs; by 1951, the figure had risen to 11,000. Then in 1965 BR suddenly closed North Road Works, Darlington. With private locomotive manufacturing also in decline, only Shildon was left with anything like a substantial workforce. Shildon survived as a wagon builders and repairers long enough to celebrate its 175th anniversary, then it too was closed.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Though the North East is readily identified with coal mining, shipbuilding and iron and steel, among its lesser-known industries was the construction of railway locomotives and rolling stock. The principal centres were the North Road Works of Darlington, Shildon Wagon Works, and locomotive manufacturers Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, who were based at Gateshead. The Wagon Works was Shildon’s main employer.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Stockton was granted its market charter by Bishop Bek in 1310, but until the 1840s it consisted of little more than the High Street, a few side streets, and a quayside railhead for Stockton & Darlington Railway. On the right can be seen the parish church, which dates from 1712. Other 18th-century buildings were the Town House (1735) and the Customs House (1730).
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Billingham owes its development to the Great War, when a small chemical works opened nearby for the production of synthetic ammonia for use in explosives. Between the wars the population of Billingham rocketed as the works was expanded for the production of methanol, chemical fertilisers, and petrochemicals. The town centre was redeveloped from the late 1950s by Elder Lester & Partners; the Forum opened in 1967.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
In the 1950s Greatham consisted of little more than the High Street. In 1272 the Prior of Finchale founded a charity and a hospital here for ‘decayed priests’; the local vicar was usually appointed Master. Today the aged and needy do not necessarily have to have been clerics or their widows in order to benefit.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".