Left North East in 1966 when I got married to Billy Wilson who was also a local he was playing for Blackburn Rovers and we moved there. Then to Portsmouth when he was transfered. We are coming back up north next month to stay with my good friend Norma and Bob Luke (nee Burn)Love to hear from anyone that remembers Bill and I.

I am looking for anyone who could tell me anything about my grandparents. My grandad was knowen as Jack Matthews and was born in Easington lane. he moved to Seaton delival and I think he married somone called Dorothy Hall. they had two children one was called John georege Hall Matthews the other Mary platts Matthews births about 1904 - 6. He then married my granmar Catherine Telfer Smith . they lived in the ave crt.

I lived in seghill in the fifties and early sixties. I loved going to Seaton Deleval every Friday to go to the picyures but the real treat was fish and chips at Batemans Fish Shop.Do you know what happened to them. especiall their son Peter who i used to date all those years ago ?

I am trying to trace my family back and have got as far as Seaton Delaval on my Paternal Side.
My Fathers Name was Andrew Long his father was Richard who Married Matilda Young, I believe her father was Andrew Young a confectioner. My great Grandparents were David and hannah (Nee Atkinson. More recently my father had two sisters Dorothy whom I think married a Deeming and Sylvia who married an Edward (Ted) Allen. If any opne can throw any light on any of these people then I would be really grateful.

I am researching my father's family and note from a marriage certificate that his aunt(my grandfather's sister)married a Private soldier from 6th Somerset's in May 1915 in London. His address is given as Seaton Delavel Vicarage Field Camp.Can anyone advise me if this was in fact a training camp for new recruits or was it a camp for soldiers drafted in to work in the coal mines as it would seem a long way to send a Somerset regiment for training. Another thought I had was that they could have been there Defence work as I believe that the Germans did bomb the East Coast at Hartlepool and Whitby but I don't know the dates and if bombs were fired as far north as Northumberland.
This soldier survived the War and then went to work in the South Wales Coal Mining community so maybe he was on mine work in Northumberland as he was an agricultural labourer in Somerset before 1914.
I have just returned from a short break in Northumberland and found it to be a beautiful place and have every intention of returning again for a longer holiday and to be able to spend more time in your Village. Needless to say I live in the South.