I loved this video. Thank you. I haven't been back to Chopwell since about 1990. I was born in William St and saw two of the pictures from when it was the Queen’s silver jubilee in 1977! Such happy memories. My dad was well-known - Ernie Gibson. He died in 2010 but my mam Vera has just turned 81!
Hi all the guys from chopwell, I think your page is top notch, I lived in Mersey street from 40s to early60s Worked in no1 pit ,east side Tilley as a young lad then Whittonstall drift mine then spen and Emma pits Before I went on the high seas MNavy,came back to the home town(always will be) then worked locally and was roadie for the silver dollars,great times,then got the wanderlust again travelling,and yet again hit the seas again RN, and now live in the stoke on trent area,but still call chopwell my home, Thanks for your page,hope to have a visit in future times all been well, Pete, Burbidge ,ps,grandads name was winstone minks ,could fix anything,
Peter Burbidge Great to hear from you. Thanks for the feedback. There’s a Chopwell Past, Present and Future Facebook page, which is good for catching up with people you might know!
Both my dad and uncle Eric and Tom Little,Eric is the tall kid at the back,hes still has the bible he got that day,sadly Tom died of covid 4 years ago(Salvation Army photo)
I loved this video. Thank you. I haven't been back to Chopwell since about 1990. I was born in William St and saw two of the pictures from when it was the Queen’s silver jubilee in 1977! Such happy memories. My dad was well-known - Ernie Gibson. He died in 2010 but my mam Vera has just turned 81!
say a BIG hello and a hug ta ya mam anthony lad.....its been a long time .;-)
Hi all the guys from chopwell,
I think your page is top notch,
I lived in Mersey street from 40s to early60s
Worked in no1 pit ,east side Tilley as a young lad
then Whittonstall drift mine then spen and Emma pits
Before I went on the high seas MNavy,came back to the
home town(always will be) then worked locally and was
roadie for the silver dollars,great times,then got the wanderlust
again travelling,and yet again hit the seas again RN, and now live in the
stoke on trent area,but still call chopwell my home,
Thanks for your page,hope to have a visit in future times all been well,
Pete, Burbidge ,ps,grandads name was winstone minks ,could fix anything,
Peter Burbidge Great to hear from you. Thanks for the feedback. There’s a Chopwell Past, Present and Future Facebook page, which is good for catching up with people you might know!
my nanna and granda Graham lived at 22 Coquet Street
Both my dad and uncle Eric and Tom Little,Eric is the tall kid at the back,hes still has the bible he got that day,sadly Tom died of covid 4 years ago(Salvation Army photo)