Catalogue

A short history and introduction to Horden Colliery Band, n.d., [1900 - 1969]

National Registry of Brass Bandsmen Registration Card for J. Donnelly, 28 April 1953 - December 1969

Newspaper cutting entitled 'The Sound O' Brass: Harry Carries On Despite Adversity', with photograph captioned 'Mr. Harry Nicol (67), of Cotsford Park, Horden, Plays Cornet in Horden Colliery Band', n.d., [1969]

Programme for a brass band contest at Easington Miners' Welfare Hall, 26 April 1970

Newspaper cutting from Durham County Advertiser Series , entitled 'Big Sound of Brass Bands'; and photograph, captioned 'Horden Colliery Band After They Won The Championship Section at an Easington Colliery Contest', 1 May 1970

Newspaper cutting from Peterlee Chronicle, entitled 'Big Sound of Success from Horden Band'; with photographs, captioned 'Kevin and Steven Lamb, both Members of Horden Colliery Band' and 'Horden Colliery band, Proof of the Popularity of Brass Bands', 8 May 1970

Newspaper cutting from Northern Daily Mail, entitled 'Horden Brass Band in Bid For National Trophy'; with photograph, captioned 'Bands, banners, and bonhomie - three of the principal features of the annual Durham Miners' Gala. Following the bands in the traditional parade to the racecourse, where the crowds are addressed by Labour Party and miners' leaders, come the representatives of the various miners' lodges. Pictured here, proudly displaying their banner are members of the Horden Lodge', 15 October 1970

Newspaper cutting from Newspaper cutting from Sunderland Echo, entitled 'The Great Expectations of Horden Brass Band' and sub-titled 'All set for Blackpool contest', 15 October 1970

Score for Life Divine, composed by Cyril Jenkins, [n.d.]

Certificate appointing of Edwin Owens as an authorised person as qualified for 'the searching of persons on entering the mine'; as qualified to 'Examination of Safety Lamps'; as qualified to 'carry an ambulance box'; as qualified to 'attend to electric engines in the Low Main Seam'; and as qualified to 'examine the state of ropes, chains, and other similar appliances of the mine which are in actual use below ground in the Low Main Seam', 9 April 1919 - 12 December 1936

Membership book for Durham Miners' Association: Easington Lodge, belonging to E. Owens, 2 July 1937 - 6 May 1938

Certificate of the marriage of Edwin Owens of Easington Colliery, and Sarah Isabell Thompson of Washington, at the church of Washington, Holy Trinity, 5 June 1920

Correspondence between Edwin Owens, 25 Allen Street, Easington Colliery; Mann, Longden & Mann, Somerford Buildings, Sunderland; Longden, Mann & Longden, Somerfield Buildings Sunderland; concerning the purchase, by Edwin Owens, of 8 St. Nicholas Street, Easington, 21 August 1921 - 24 November 1926

Letter to Frances King from Kenneth H. Warrell, 150 Coates Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, concerning the Owens family of Easington and documents associated with them, 1 July 1999

Order of Service for 'A memorial service for the men who lost their lives in the disaster at Easington Colliery', at the Church of the Ascension, Easington Colliery, 29 May 1951

The magazine of the Church of the Ascension, Easington Colliery, June 1951 - July 1951

Letter from the Chairman of Easington Rural District Council, Council Offices, Easington, to the residents of Victoria Cottages and Pipe Works Cottages, Howden-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, concerning 'Easington Colliery Miners' Disaster Fund' with donation for £7 12s. 0d., 25 June 1951

Letter from Joan Moss, 39 Albert Street, Crook, to Councillor A. Burnip, concerning a previous letter about 'Easington Colliery Miners' Disaster Fund', 30 May 2001 Originally attached to ND/Ea 3/17

Newspaper cutting, entitled "Crowd scenes from the Gala" containing nine photographs, captioned: "Kibblesworth Lodge"; "Vane Tempest Lodge"; "Langley Park Lodge"; "Sacriston Lodge"; "South Hetton Lodge"; "Dawdon Lodge"; "Eppleton Lodge"; "Seaham Lodge"; and "The 'ghost' banners from the lodges of closed down pits make their way home at the end of Gala Day". The age of the Wooley Lodge banner at the front is given away by the fact that it carries the heading Durham Miners' Association. In 1947 the pits were nationalised and the headings changed to the National Union of Mineworkers', n.d., [1969]

Newspaper cutting of a photograph, captioned: "Back to their sorrowing village go Easington Colliery Lodge, from Durham Miners' Gala. They were remembering the two gala eve deaths in the pit", n.d., [1969]

Order of service at St. Mary's, Horden, for the dedication of a tablet to commemorate the men of Horden who fell in the Great War, 9 April 1921

"Souvenir Programme of the Form of the Service for the Unveiling of the Cenotaph", Horden public war memorial, 26 June 1949

Newspaper cuttings; notes; programme for the naming ceremony of the lifeboat The Will and Fanny Kirby; Remembrance Day lesson; draft speeches; and correspondence between Daily Herald , 2 Chester Street, Oxford Road, Manchester; Durham County Constabulary, Chief Constable's Office, Aycliffe, Darlington; T. Mackenzie, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Whitehall, London; Councillor J.T. Dawson, 41 Windsor Road, Seaham; The British Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting House, Piccadilly, Manchester; Longhill Quoit and Social Club, Windermere Road, West Hartlepool; Connie Pickard, Friday Live , Tyne Tees Television Unit, City Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; K.J. Amos, 50 Dereham Way, Poole, Dorset; Mrs. E. Gippert, 119 Derwent Close, Seaham Harbour; F. Miller, 20 Eskdale Road, South Bents, Whitburn, Sunderland; W. Ward, Hon. Secretary, Seaham Police Welfare Club, Police Office, Seaham; Councillor J. Dawson, Easington District Council, Seaside Lane, Easington, Peterlee; Bill Johnson, 30 Ryde Terrace, Catchgate, Stanley; all concerning the Seaham Lifeboat Disaster of 1962, 7 November 1962 - 5 April 1982

Newspaper cuttings; minutes of Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Fund Committee; receipts; cards; memoranda; list of Fund beneficiaries; balance sheets; trust deed between Trustees; loan details; statements of account; Treasurer's reports; notes; and correspondence between Council Offices, Seaside Lane, Easington, Peterlee; Charity Commission (Northern Office), Graeme House, Derby Square, Liverpool; Mrs. A. Willey, 39 Norton Avenue, Northlea, Seaham; Secretary, Charity Commission, 14 Ryder Street, St. James, London; Council Offices, St. John's Square, Seaham; Mrs. E. Gippert, 119 Derwent Close, Seaham; Mrs. E. Firth, 68 Viceroy Street, Seaham; Mrs. E. Brown, 1 Shaw Street, Seaham; Mrs. M.A. Brown, 17 Marlborough, Seaham; Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Lifeboat Office, 1 New Street, York; J.T. Dowson, Chairman, Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Fund Committee, 41 Windsor Road, Seaham; 55 Windermere Road, Westlea, Seaham; Inland Revenue, Seafield House, Waterloo Road, Seaforth, Liverpool; L. Webster & Co., 6 Tempest Road, Seaham, all concerning the Seaham Lifeboat Disaster of 1962, 19 November 1962 - 16 September 1992

Trust deed of The Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Fund 1962, 1 January 1968 Originally enclosed in ND/Ea 3/42

Photograph of a group of seven men, possibly the Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Fund Committee, receiving a cheque from the mayor of Seaham towards the Fund, n.d. Originally enclosed in ND/Ea 3/42

Photograph of two men shaking hands, possibly the mayor of Seaham handing a cheque to the Chairman of the Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Fund Committee, n.d. Originally enclosed in ND/Ea 3/42

Photograph of a group of men, possibly on their way to the Seaham Lifeboat Disaster Memorial Service, including the mayor of Seaham (third from left), n.d. Originally enclosed in ND/Ea 3/42

Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Inshore Rescue Boat Engine Log, 3 March 1970 - September 1972