Tag: Nostalgia
Consett Holidays (1960’s Style)
Lorraine Weightman remembers the six weeks holidays of a 1960s Consett childhood – the walk to the waterfall, egg sandwiches in a duffle bag, and the red dust of the Company on the way home.
If Pope Leo Was From Consett: Celebrating Seventy
If Pope Leo was born in Consett,He’d have been in my class at school.We’d have both gone to St Patrick’s,Obeying every single rule.Excelling at...
Classic and Retro Autos
Photos by Chris Bruce - from Consett in FocusOne of the main reasons that people buy classic cars is nostalgia. They represent a different...
First Dates’ Pop Punk and Blink-182 Tribute Band at THE TURF!...
This gig has been cancelled.Are you ready to dump your all-time low mood and jack up the volume with some high-energy tunes? First Dates,...
Journey Through Blackfyne: Ted Mullin’s Insight into Consett’s Past
Consett’s history was all too often unwritten, but some early twentieth-century memories have been captured in Edward ‘Ted’ Mullin’s autobiography, Memories of a Survivor:...