by Prudhoe History | Jun 3, 2024 | Section 2
Thompsons of Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Galleries 1.03, 1.04, 5.02 and 9.2 Thompson’s business began in 1948 when Bill Thompson began delivering and spreading lime on farms for which a 60% government...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 3, 2024 | Section 2
Development at Low Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Galleries 5.02 and 7.01 Mining in the area began to decline slowly in the 1930’s and as the local collieries closed miners began to be bussed to other...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 3, 2024 | Section 2
Low Prudhoe Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 1.03 A hamlet, or at any rate a small group of houses, must have grown up near the site of the present Prudhoe Station in the Middle Ages since there were two...
by Prudhoe History | Jun 3, 2024 | Section 2
A Community Re-born Photographs relating to this article, including those in this extract, may be found in Gallery 1.04 It was not until the late 1950’s that the rest of the colliery ‘raas’ at West Wylam were condemned as unfit for human habitation. West Wylam, with...
