There are various references to local cricket on Paul's two 'memories' facilities but none of them, as far as I am aware, have mentioned Broompark Cricket Club; lets's give it a mention! In late June 1935 Broompark entertained Oakenshaw. The available scorecard details were as follows:
Broompark Innings - G Glasgow 17 R Stewart 8 G Brown 23 J McGovern ? R Moses 16 J Mawson 0 W Moore ? J Burn 28 Joe Storey 4 E Thompson 0 John Storey not out 5 Extras 6 Total 129.
It follows from the above part details that J McGovern and W Moore must have scored 28 between them.
Could Oakenshaw make a fight of it? The answer is no. They were all out for 39. McGovern took five of their wickets - including that of opener Danby [who scored four]. Moore destroyed the middle order and in doing so took four wickets. The remaining wicket was taken by Moses who dismissed Oakenshaw opener J Lomax.
Switching from cricket to football, and going seven or so years further back in the process, we had the almighty 'Crook Affair' of 1927/8. Mike Amos has written a very detailed and well researched article about it - it was supplied to me by Keith Belton of the Durham Amateur Football Trust. There is also some reference to the affair on the Crook Town Internet site if you are interested.
Sticking with football and the 1920s it is interesting to see that in season 1926/7 Newcastle United won the First Division [now called The Premiership] and Middlesborough won the Second Division [now called The Championship]. Sunderland finished third in the First Division so it was a highly successful season for big North Eastern clubs. Darlington finished second off bottom in the Second Division and Durham City finished third off bottom in the Third Division North.
John Vasey mentioned to me recently that Soccer Gleghorn might have played for York City. Having done some research I can confirm that he did not play for York's first team within the Football League. Perhaps he played for their reserves. Can anyone help with this point?
Friday, 9 January 2009
Monday, 5 January 2009
Church Ladies Enthralled By Coal Miners
Yesterday I had the privilege of giving a presentation to twenty two ladies of a local church concerning some economic and social aspects of coal mining. This was my third such talk; the previous ones had been at Surrey University and the University of the Third Age.
I emphasised the importance of coal to the Industrial Revolution and contrasted the advantages of coal over wind power and water. Wind power was spasmodic and unreliable; water storage was expensive and businessmen had the problem of having to locate to fast flowing streams that were often in remote locations. I put the view that railways created a double demand for coal. It was needed for smelting the iron used in railway construction and for the running of locomotives. Industry demanded more and more coal as steam power and mechanization become more general between 1830 -1850. There was also increasing domestic consumption. Demand was met by working existing mines more deeply and extensively. In addition new mines were created and some abandoned ones were reactivated. The coal industry demanded and got more labour and capital.
Coal Production in Great Britain - expressed in millions of tons:
1700 2.50
1800 10.00
1830 23.00
1856 65.00
1913 285.00
I emphasised the importance of coal to the Industrial Revolution and contrasted the advantages of coal over wind power and water. Wind power was spasmodic and unreliable; water storage was expensive and businessmen had the problem of having to locate to fast flowing streams that were often in remote locations. I put the view that railways created a double demand for coal. It was needed for smelting the iron used in railway construction and for the running of locomotives. Industry demanded more and more coal as steam power and mechanization become more general between 1830 -1850. There was also increasing domestic consumption. Demand was met by working existing mines more deeply and extensively. In addition new mines were created and some abandoned ones were reactivated. The coal industry demanded and got more labour and capital.
Coal Production in Great Britain - expressed in millions of tons:
1700 2.50
1800 10.00
1830 23.00
1856 65.00
1913 285.00
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Alison Wilson (nee Turner)
Hi, my name is Alison Wilson (nee Turner). I was born in Ushaw Moor in 1964 at 68 Broom Crescent. My father has very recently died and I am eager to learn/know more about my Fathers life in the communitty.I know that my Father hailed from 9 Cochrane Terrace, Ushaw Moor. My mother I think was from New Brancepath(nee Deighton). Can anybody please help me? Thank-you, Alison.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Coggins/Bee and the 1905 School Football Team
Hi Ushaw Moor!
My great uncle Richard L. Coggins married (Annie) Laura Bee in the late autumn of 1910. Laura was born in Ushaw Moor the late autumn of 1885, the niece of Elizabeth Stephenson. In1901, she was 15, and a general domestic servant, living at Esh, St Michael, Ushaw Moor. Richard was a school master and his first assignment was probably in Ushaw Moor. The attached photo shows the Ushaw Moor C. School Football Team of 1905 with I believe my great Uncle Robert seated in the centre. I hope others in Ushaw Moor will recognize their ancestors and relatives in the picture and if anybody can tell me what the C. means before School ( is it County?) and has any information on my Great Uncle or the relatives of Annie Laura Bee, I would love to hear from them. Thanks very much from a snowy Canada.
Bryan Cook
BARBARA DOWSON
Top left brian maughan---alan briggs---aiden keenan ---peter heatley--micheal mahony---micheal martin. middle row left mr murray---andrew henderson--elizabeth jennings--lorretta mc quillan--barbara alderton (me)--kathleen ward--billy davis--mrs joyce. bottom row left beryl stewert--brenda hirst--millie quigley--brenda ackley--pauline gillon--anne halpin--pauline ryans taken about 1957.
Barbara Dowson
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Soccer Gleghorn's Finest Day?
Back in 1949 and 1950 Ushaw Moor's football team was both professional and highly successful. According to the 1950 Durham Benevolent Bowl Final's official programme the right winger for Ushaw Moor was called Gleghorn - surely it has to be our 'Soccer' and no less! Answers on a post card or more realistically the comment button.
The game was played at the Brewery Ground Spennymoor, kick off 3.15 pm - but no date given - presumably April or May. Ushaw Moor's opponents were the mighty Bishop Auckland.
Teams: Ushaw Moor: Smith, Ross, Sharp, Wood, Waterson, Caine, Gleghorn, Finlay, McKenzie, Blacklock, Richmond. Bishop Auckland: Storey, Coxon, Farrer, Harburn, Davison, Nimmins,Major, Hardisty, McIlvenny, Taylor, Riley. Referee Mr J Rand of Easington.
The programme notes are very interesting - as follows- unedited:
Once again Spennymoor United Ground is honoured by being allowed the Benevolent Bowl Final Tie. A new Bowl finalist takes the field to-day and who knows what new history may be added to the Competition. Ushaw Moor deserve the honour of being in the final. They have defeated Murton [home] Harlepools United Reserves and Eppleton C.W. [away] to reach the final stage and to defeat three North Eastern League sides is no mean achievement. Ushaw Moor is in the hands of a very capable Secretary, Mr G. Winter and much credit goes to him and his hard working Committee. Here is the power of Ushaw Moor. They have lost only 8 games out of 117 played during the last two seasons. They have lost one Cup-tie this past season, to Stockton in the County Challenge Cup. Four trophies adorn their Headquarters, the Central League Cup, The County Hospital Cup, The Sacriston Aged Miners' Cup and the Ushaw Moor Aged Miners' Cup. The latter they have won four years in succession. They tie at the head of the Durham Central League with Trimdon Grange and altogether we can appreciate what a successful season they have had. Should they win to-day it would be a fitting end to a glorious season. It will be noted that a number of ex-Spennymoor United players are in the Ushaw Moor side and this may depict a happy association and understanding between the two clubs. Ex-Moorites in the formation of this powerful minor professional side are Smith, Wood, Caine and Gleghorn.
We need not dwell upon the history of the Bishop Auckland Club. The fame of this year's Amateur Cup Finalists is known to almost every football fan throughout the land and Durham County is rightly proud to have sent to Wembley two teams whose display in this last final of the Amateur Cup will rank as one of the best ever.
Bishop Auckland Pen Pictures:
W J Storey - Durham County player and has two Amateur International Trials. Previously with Sunderland. J Coxon- Represented Northumberland in County matches and previously assisted Darlington. LT Farrer Played for England against Luxenbourg in 1947. A native of Barnet he joined Bishop Auckland whilst stationed North in the services. A member of the side against Barnet in the 1947 Amateur Cup Final at Chelsea. W N Harburn- Joined the Club from South Bank last season. Developed by Bishop Auckland as a wing half and is playing at the top of his form. R Davison- The only miner in the side and the only player without representative honours. Previously with Crook and Shildon. J Nimmins- Previously with Spennymoor. Gained his Cap this season. J L Major- Represents East Riding in the Northern Counties Championship. Gained an International cap against France. J R E Hardisty- Has gained every possible honour in amateur football, except an FA Amateur Cup winner's medal. Has captained England many times and was the Captain of the British Olympic Soccer side in 1948. H J McIlveney- Son of a former Newcastle player. Formed a firm friendship with Hardisty during representative and Olympic matches. Has played regularly in Bradford's league side. J W R Taylor Capped for County Durham. Assisted Leytonstone last season and has been a member of the Crystal Palace side. JR Riley- A regular soldier stationed at Catterick, he has assisted Darlington's Third Division side this season. Plays regularly for Northern Command and Army representative sides.
Result - Bishop Auckland 3 Ushaw Moor 1
You can see from the pen pictures that Ushaw Moor were playing a fine side but they were not a bad side themselves!
I must thank Mr Keith Belton of the Durham Amateur Football Trust for supplying me with the information - thank you Keith.
The game was played at the Brewery Ground Spennymoor, kick off 3.15 pm - but no date given - presumably April or May. Ushaw Moor's opponents were the mighty Bishop Auckland.
Teams: Ushaw Moor: Smith, Ross, Sharp, Wood, Waterson, Caine, Gleghorn, Finlay, McKenzie, Blacklock, Richmond. Bishop Auckland: Storey, Coxon, Farrer, Harburn, Davison, Nimmins,Major, Hardisty, McIlvenny, Taylor, Riley. Referee Mr J Rand of Easington.
The programme notes are very interesting - as follows- unedited:
Once again Spennymoor United Ground is honoured by being allowed the Benevolent Bowl Final Tie. A new Bowl finalist takes the field to-day and who knows what new history may be added to the Competition. Ushaw Moor deserve the honour of being in the final. They have defeated Murton [home] Harlepools United Reserves and Eppleton C.W. [away] to reach the final stage and to defeat three North Eastern League sides is no mean achievement. Ushaw Moor is in the hands of a very capable Secretary, Mr G. Winter and much credit goes to him and his hard working Committee. Here is the power of Ushaw Moor. They have lost only 8 games out of 117 played during the last two seasons. They have lost one Cup-tie this past season, to Stockton in the County Challenge Cup. Four trophies adorn their Headquarters, the Central League Cup, The County Hospital Cup, The Sacriston Aged Miners' Cup and the Ushaw Moor Aged Miners' Cup. The latter they have won four years in succession. They tie at the head of the Durham Central League with Trimdon Grange and altogether we can appreciate what a successful season they have had. Should they win to-day it would be a fitting end to a glorious season. It will be noted that a number of ex-Spennymoor United players are in the Ushaw Moor side and this may depict a happy association and understanding between the two clubs. Ex-Moorites in the formation of this powerful minor professional side are Smith, Wood, Caine and Gleghorn.
We need not dwell upon the history of the Bishop Auckland Club. The fame of this year's Amateur Cup Finalists is known to almost every football fan throughout the land and Durham County is rightly proud to have sent to Wembley two teams whose display in this last final of the Amateur Cup will rank as one of the best ever.
Bishop Auckland Pen Pictures:
W J Storey - Durham County player and has two Amateur International Trials. Previously with Sunderland. J Coxon- Represented Northumberland in County matches and previously assisted Darlington. LT Farrer Played for England against Luxenbourg in 1947. A native of Barnet he joined Bishop Auckland whilst stationed North in the services. A member of the side against Barnet in the 1947 Amateur Cup Final at Chelsea. W N Harburn- Joined the Club from South Bank last season. Developed by Bishop Auckland as a wing half and is playing at the top of his form. R Davison- The only miner in the side and the only player without representative honours. Previously with Crook and Shildon. J Nimmins- Previously with Spennymoor. Gained his Cap this season. J L Major- Represents East Riding in the Northern Counties Championship. Gained an International cap against France. J R E Hardisty- Has gained every possible honour in amateur football, except an FA Amateur Cup winner's medal. Has captained England many times and was the Captain of the British Olympic Soccer side in 1948. H J McIlveney- Son of a former Newcastle player. Formed a firm friendship with Hardisty during representative and Olympic matches. Has played regularly in Bradford's league side. J W R Taylor Capped for County Durham. Assisted Leytonstone last season and has been a member of the Crystal Palace side. JR Riley- A regular soldier stationed at Catterick, he has assisted Darlington's Third Division side this season. Plays regularly for Northern Command and Army representative sides.
Result - Bishop Auckland 3 Ushaw Moor 1
You can see from the pen pictures that Ushaw Moor were playing a fine side but they were not a bad side themselves!
I must thank Mr Keith Belton of the Durham Amateur Football Trust for supplying me with the information - thank you Keith.
Monday, 17 November 2008
One of Ushaw Moor's Fallen
37 Years old Richard Hope [a winding engineman at Ushaw Moor colliery] and his wife 39 years old Rachael, welcomed their son Joseph into the world of 1893. They already had three children, George [14] John Thomas [8] and William [6]. Daughter Lavinia was destined to arrive four years later. Their home was 2 Temperance Terrace and today the Post Office adjoins it.
I possess two photographs of a very young Joseph and he looks both thoughtful and serious in both of them. In one he poses as a soldier and wears an authentic looking soldier’s cap and badge. He holds a toy rifle by his side.
Time moves on and in very early 1915 he joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry – Portsmouth Battalion.
British troops, including Joseph, began their invasion of the Turkish peninsular at Gallipoli on 25/04/1915. They settled in around Cape Helles and were deployed to assist the New Zealand and Australian soldiers that were already there.
The Gallipoli campaign was fought by Commonwealth soldiers and French forces with a goal of forcing Turkey out of the war. The plan was to break the deadlock of the Western Front in Belgium and France. It was hoped that success would open up a supply route to Russia.
On 02/05/1915 the Marines had been held in reserve for an attack by the Anzac forces; their plan was to capture high ground near Pope’s Hill on the following day. At about 2.30am, Joseph and his colleagues were ordered forward – but they did not realize that the Anzac attack had already failed – that troops were falling back. Joseph, the brave and lovely lad from Ushaw Moor, barely out of his teens, was part of a charge up Razor-Back Hill. It was there that they met the withering Turkish machine guns; Joseph was one of the many killed and in addition many were injured.
Charles Bean in his book - The Story of Anzac - indicated that many of those marines were raw, untrained and barely 18 years of age. Joseph was not much older than them. Some had but a few weeks of training; mostly only a few months.
The poet Rupert Brooke’s poem - The Soldier - seems so apt and the first few lines provide what I wish to say:
‘If I should die, think only this of me;
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England’.
Wilf Bell
I possess two photographs of a very young Joseph and he looks both thoughtful and serious in both of them. In one he poses as a soldier and wears an authentic looking soldier’s cap and badge. He holds a toy rifle by his side.
Time moves on and in very early 1915 he joined the Royal Marine Light Infantry – Portsmouth Battalion.
British troops, including Joseph, began their invasion of the Turkish peninsular at Gallipoli on 25/04/1915. They settled in around Cape Helles and were deployed to assist the New Zealand and Australian soldiers that were already there.
The Gallipoli campaign was fought by Commonwealth soldiers and French forces with a goal of forcing Turkey out of the war. The plan was to break the deadlock of the Western Front in Belgium and France. It was hoped that success would open up a supply route to Russia.
On 02/05/1915 the Marines had been held in reserve for an attack by the Anzac forces; their plan was to capture high ground near Pope’s Hill on the following day. At about 2.30am, Joseph and his colleagues were ordered forward – but they did not realize that the Anzac attack had already failed – that troops were falling back. Joseph, the brave and lovely lad from Ushaw Moor, barely out of his teens, was part of a charge up Razor-Back Hill. It was there that they met the withering Turkish machine guns; Joseph was one of the many killed and in addition many were injured.
Charles Bean in his book - The Story of Anzac - indicated that many of those marines were raw, untrained and barely 18 years of age. Joseph was not much older than them. Some had but a few weeks of training; mostly only a few months.
The poet Rupert Brooke’s poem - The Soldier - seems so apt and the first few lines provide what I wish to say:
‘If I should die, think only this of me;
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England’.
Wilf Bell
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