hi my name is jim lofthouse i was born and lived in netherton colliery then westlea i am looking for ivan mcbride i am told he is in a home but i dont know which one can anyone help me find him contact me at jimlofthouse@msn.com thank you
This is only a picture of what was called the new houses the original rows were yard row,howard row and clifton row all up towards howard pit the new houses went from the institute to the old francis pit near the, conctete road to choppington
The houses on howard row and clifton row were knocked down when people left to new houses in west lea and ridge farm estate behind netherton club the new one cheers jim lofthouse
The first photo is raymond bradley and i used to go to the tute for roller skating and i lived two doors from ivy short at west lea and lived in howard row at the colliery