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 WOODLAND

 

Approaching Woodland from Crake Scarr and the east. 

Hardy Terrace is in the left foreground, so named after John Hardy. Licensee of the Edge Hotel, owner of Edge House and the first owner of the original Crake Scarr Colliery which was  ¼  mile back down this road on the left hand side. To the west of Hardy Terrace is Whitwell Terrace, so named after Edgar Whitwell, of Star Hall, Barton, nr. Darlington who was chief shareholder in the Woodland Collieries Company. Edge House is on the right.  Cattle are roaming free in this picture on the grass verges, an activity known as "tenting."

Woodland School Kitchen Staff


Cissie Brunskill on the left with Annie Waller. They are shown here in Woodland School kitchen. Cissie was school cook from 1954 until her retirement in February 1974.  She lived in Wesley Terrace. Annie Waller was school caretaker for many years before become kitchen assistant to Cissie.  She was succeeded as caretaker by her daughter, Gladys Brunskill. 

Obituary.
Cissie died on 8th September, 2000, aged 91. 
Annie died on 27th January 1965, aged 66 years, and is buried in Woodland cemetery. 
Gladys died 21st September 2000, aged 81, and is buried in Woodland cemetery. 

Festival Villas, Woodland - 1964.

Festival Villas in the foreground, Council Houses built in 1950/51 and named after the Festival of Britain held on the south bank of the River Thames, London, May 1951.  The houses are numbered 1 to 6 from the left. To the right of Festival Villas can be seen one of two tin houses of which there were several in the village. Opposite to Festival Villas can be seen Hepple's general dealers shop, Meadow View, also of tin construction. It was run by sisters Gladys and Millicent Hepple. Their delivery van is parked in front of the shop.  Behind the shop can be seen the warehouses and vehicles belonging to their brother John Hepple who ran the animal feeds side of the business. The shop closed in the early 1960's

The Wedding of Gilbert Denham and Florrie Blackett 

Gilbert was for many years a conductor on the United Bus Service between Woodland and Bishop Auckland.

Florrie was the daughter of Oswald & Barbara Blackett (neé Marr) Blackett.
The happy couple are in the centre with John Robert Blackett on the left and Fred Stephenson on the right. The bridesmaids are unknown.
Gilbert and Florrie will always be remembered for their concert party who gave shows around the district during the years of the 2nd World War and the austere years that followed. 

Obituary
Florrie died 21st February 1956 aged 46 and Gilbert died 12th August 1989 aged 78 years. Both are buried in Woodland Cemetery

Stack Building at Lunton Hill Farm, Woodland.

Horse-powered mechanisation with a pulley hoist lifting the pikes of hay on to the stack top. 14 men can be seen in this photograph so it was still labour intensive.  It is believed that this photo was taken in the 1880's. Lunton Hilyears from the late 19th C. to the early 20th C., during the boom time for Woodland Collieries, the home of two prominent men with the company at that time -namely Anthony Metcalfe-Gibson and later, John J. C. Allison.  It is notable in the photo that there are several large haystacks, far larger than a normal farmer would have, and these would be for the many pit ponies and horses the company owned for their several collieries which were: Woodland Colliery (The Back Pit); Woolley Hills Colliery; Arn Ghyll Colliery; Cowley Colliery; Cow Close Colliery and New Copley Colliery which was between Hollymoor and Burnt Houses.l Farm at Woodland is a Raby-owned farmstead and was for many

Wesley Terrace, Woodland

 

Three unknown ladies, smartly dressed and posing for the camera in front of Wesley Terrace, Woodland. Year also unknown

At one time the lean-to to the left of the picture was a cobblers shop run by Mr. W. Waters and then Baden Teasdale

White House Colliery
White House Colliery was situated between Woodland and Folly Top and the colliery yard was just to the west of the White House where stands an old stone building which was part of the colliery buildings. The tramway snaked up the hillside behind the White House to the drift mouth.  The colliery was a drift mine and opened in c.1910 and produced household coal from the Brockwell seam. It was the westernmost colliery in the South Durham coalfield.  The first recorded owner was Charles Johnson, of Woodland. The only other recorded owner was shown as just an address - Owners of White House Colliery, Royal Hotel, Woodland, Butterknowle, S.O. The managers have been - 1914. J. W. Dalkin; 1919. J. G. Ellwood; 1921. A. Duncan; 1923. J. W. Dalkin; 1927. E. B. Mackay. The mine was closed and abandoned in December 1926.

Woodland Band- Spring 1939

Back row from the left
G.H. SCOTT  J. H. WILLIAMSON G. REDFEARN  J.R. SHAW
J. MORTON  F. BROWN J.R. SCOTT  J.F. WALLER
F. REDFEARN  R.W. EGGLESTONE W. SCOTT                          
Middle row
R. APPLEBY  J.H. SHAW J. TARN (Chairman) Dr W.H. REDMOND (President) T.R. WILLIAMSON (Conductor) T.F DOWSON (Treasurer) G.W. WILLIAMSON (Secretary) A. WATERS
Front Row
L. READMAN  J.J. TEASDALE R.E. BLACKETT  K. THOMPSON
S. PATTINSON  ROY SCOTT J. BRUNSKILL H.G. SMITH

Woodland & Crake Scarr Collieries Officials

Photo taken 1st August 1913.
The officials are :- Back row - left to right : - John Walton - Overman & Master Borer; John W. Campbell - Surveyor; James Hardy - Coke-burner & Heap Keeper; Robert T. Waller - Assistant Engineer; W. Wilson - Back Overman; A. Johnson - Back Overman; J. Patrick - Weighman; R. Shaw - Overman; Alf Beadle - Clerk:
Front Row - left to right : - Charles Johnson - Bank Manager; E. Pattinson - Coke-burner & Heap Keeper; John Waller - Engineer; John J. C. Allison - Agent & Manager; Owen Hardy - Head Clerk; John Wallace - Under manager; Luke Timmins - Store-keeper and Weighman; Hutton Hall - Under manager:

Woodland Welfare Hall Ladies Committee - 1952

 During late 1951 and early 1952 the Welfare Hall was refurbished. 
This picture shows the Ladies Committee at the re-opening ceremony and tea.  From left to right : - Dora Campbell; Barbara Blackett; Irene Raine; Stewart Campbell; Esther Todd; Eileen Raine; Jean Humble; Edith Hall;  Mabel Lee;  Millie Hodgson; Elsie Dent; Betty Nellis; Mary Teasdale; Florrie Denham; Edie Elliott; Nellie Dowson; Nora Mott; Mildred Campbell; Edith Beadle; Millicent Hepple.