Hi Alan I've watched some of your Consett movies and the photos in this one. Thanks for taking the trouble and taking these pictures back in 1981. If you want your photos part of the history of consett steelworks facebook archive, let me know.
Hello Billy! As I have been living in a motorhome for the past 12 years, I don't have the albums, nor the disks they were uploaded to - although next time round I could make proper scans! However, I am more than happy to share anything with other people!
Consett has incurred further marked changes since your 2010 video Alan. It even has its own Starbucks (a really nice one too statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/2274/22744479.jpg), massive 24hr Tesco and Morrisons, new developments near McDonalds, big KFC, £44 million sports leisure centre (half of which was paid by the council) and lots of new housing projects. Consett continues to get bad rep, but it's steadily progressing whilst Stanley is dying a very slow and painful death; that truly is a ghost town.
i remember working with my dad in the boiler shop well after the company closed. also have some genuine red dust i got from the boiler shop guttering which i keep on display i my workshop. really do miss the smell of hot steel
I left school in 1953 and started work on the construction of the new works. I was employed by FCC one of the contractors which was building the new works on top of the old without stopping production. My father and 2 brothers also worked on it. Some of the demolition pictures were actually my father blasting the old works down. Upon the completion of the project I began work for the CIC in the new billet mill. When business was short in 1961 I left my job as mill operator and moved to the car factories in Birmingham ---returning in 1978 to the area. I worked for Banks brothers which had the job of transporting the heavy mill equipment to Tees-side. I must be about the only person that worked on Construction---Operation and Demolition---does anyone know of anyone else that did?????if not I must be sort of unique to the history of Consett
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I remember the Workington by election towards the end of 1978 and I recall the interview with the Conservative candidate who lost at the general election in 1979 pointing out that it was his victory that allowed the no confidence vote in Labour to bring that general election. As for Corby, I can only vaguely recall it. However as a point of fairness, I need to point out that I was once a member of the Conservative Party -not any longer. Keep that one to yourself, if this got out and was published on the internet for example, I would never live it down!
@@VanlifewithAlan no problem Alan, when I was younger I used to vote Conservative and I have to admit I didn’t really know why. Years later and I don’t vote for them anymore BUT, I do know why now!.
Hi Alan
I've watched some of your Consett movies and the photos in this one. Thanks for taking the trouble and taking these pictures back in 1981. If you want your photos part of the history of consett steelworks facebook archive, let me know.
Hello Billy! As I have been living in a motorhome for the past 12 years, I don't have the albums, nor the disks they were uploaded to - although next time round I could make proper scans! However, I am more than happy to share anything with other people!
I left before these photographs were taken but I can't say that I miss the works!
Consett has incurred further marked changes since your 2010 video Alan. It even has its own Starbucks (a really nice one too statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/2274/22744479.jpg), massive 24hr Tesco and Morrisons, new developments near McDonalds, big KFC, £44 million sports leisure centre (half of which was paid by the council) and lots of new housing projects. Consett continues to get bad rep, but it's steadily progressing whilst Stanley is dying a very slow and painful death; that truly is a ghost town.
i remember working with my dad in the boiler shop well after the company closed. also have some genuine red dust i got from the boiler shop guttering which i keep on display i my workshop. really do miss the smell of hot steel
I left school in 1953 and started work on the construction of the new works. I was employed by FCC one of the contractors which was building the new works on top of the old without stopping production. My father and 2 brothers also worked on it. Some of the demolition pictures were actually my father blasting the old works down. Upon the completion of the project I began work for the CIC in the new billet mill. When business was short in 1961 I left my job as mill operator and moved to the car factories in Birmingham ---returning in 1978 to the area. I worked for Banks brothers which had the job of transporting the heavy mill equipment to Tees-side. I must be about the only person that worked on Construction---Operation and Demolition---does anyone know of anyone else that did?????if not I must be sort of unique to the history of Consett
Interesting story Colin. My father worked there but by the time my turn came around, it was slated for closure!
I remember that 'bull ring' bus station in 1984 when I used to go to St Bedes school in Lanchester back in the 1980s.
You're in Poland? My dad used to work as a machinist back in the 70's, we moved down to Sussex in dec 78. I'm now in the Czech Republic.
We moved from Consett to London when the steel works closed.
About the time I left too!
Hi Alan do you have an email as would like to discuss the History of the Consett Steelworks project with you
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brilliant
I would like to think that one day coal won't be necessary at all but for the moment that is just wishful thinking.
Thanks Allan. I think Corby and Workington went at the same time, ah well, keep voting Tory, it’ll be alright!.
I remember the Workington by election towards the end of 1978 and I recall the interview with the Conservative candidate who lost at the general election in 1979 pointing out that it was his victory that allowed the no confidence vote in Labour to bring that general election. As for Corby, I can only vaguely recall it. However as a point of fairness, I need to point out that I was once a member of the Conservative Party -not any longer. Keep that one to yourself, if this got out and was published on the internet for example, I would never live it down!
@@VanlifewithAlan no problem Alan, when I was younger I used to vote Conservative and I have to admit I didn’t really know why. Years later and I don’t vote for them anymore BUT, I do know why now!.