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| Back Jinny's husband Tommy Clark and perhaps Edna next to him Left Jinny, perhaps Sally, and Amelia (Meelie) |
In 1913 Sally married Ernest (Ernie) Pattison who at the time was a Colliery Locomotive Driver. He was born on the 5th Oct 1884 and died in 1968.
When Sally married she moved to the Easington area where Ernest was probably already working.
Sally and Ernest had a daughter Elsie born in 1912, and two sons - Frederick born in 1917 and Norman born in 1919. Like their dad, both worked in the colliery.
At this time Easington was a relatively new colliery which had been sunk in 1889, with the first coal being drawn in 1910. Thousands came to the area from all parts of Britain. It closed on the 7th May 1993 with the loss of 1,400 jobs.
Since then Easington has become an employment blackspot.
One of the houses that Sally and Ernest first lived in was 97 New Sixth Street, Easington, Co Durham. It is notable that none of the streets were named, just given numbers, which was probably due to having to build such a huge amount of housing as quickly as possible to accommodate the massive influx of miners and their families.
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| 97 New Sixth Street Easington in 2019 |
This photograph shows the extent of some of the colliery housing in Easington and how close they were built to the Colliery, and the sea.
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| Ariel view Easington Colliery and the extent of some of housing built |
Sally and Ernest children were:-
Elsie Pattinson - born on the 30th November 1912. In October 1935 at the age of 23 she married Leslie Sutherland, who was born 6th August 1911.
The 1939 Register shows (just as war was beginning) Leslie was working as a Temporary Postman. At this time Sally and Ernest were living at 13 Lime Avenue Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool - they lived in this house until their deaths.
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13 Lime View Blackhall Colliery Hartlepool today |
Elsie and Leslie had two sons:-
Frederick Pattinson - b 2nd Sept 1917. It is recorded in the 1939 Register that Frederick was employed at the Colliery as a general labourer, Coke Ovens. During the war Fred joined the RAF, and when he was demobbed he found work at the the 'Ministry' at Longbenton. He died aged 87 in the Peterlee area. Fred never married.
Norman Pattinson - b 20th Jan 1919. The 1939 Register records that Norman was employed as a Colliery Sorter - He married Catherine Langhorne in 1944 and it is believed they had one son. Norman's death at the age of 82 was registered Hartlepool.
This is a photograph I found on the internet of a George A Sutherland b in 1911 - he is 15 years old in this photograph taken in Easington in 1925. The 1939 register shows he was a window cleaner, (not working in the colliery). The reason I uploaded this photograph is that there is a slight chance that George could be related to Leslie Sutherland, but what this photograph also shows is the way Frederick and Norman would probably have dressed.
I discovered that George A Sutherland lived at 22 Bourne Street Easington which still exists.
"Easington Pit Disaster 1951
On Tuesday 29th May at 4:35 am an explosion occurred in the Duck Bill district of the Five Quarter Seam - the coal cutting machine cutter, struck pyrites causing sparks which ignited firedamp - 120 yards of roof was brought down and entombed 81 men.
The rescue operation covered a period of 257 hours during which time 11 officers, 48 permanent corps-men and 291 trained colliery rescue workers were engaged. Between them these men wore apparatus 1,168 times and 13,277 pounds of liquid air was used.
It may be that the the temperatures were not excessive, nor travelling conditions unduly arduous, but the work was prolonged. The distances travelled were considerable and the atmosphere so lethal that anyone making a mistake or raking a liberty was likely to pay for it with his life. Nevertheless, and in spite of the death of two of their own comrades, these men never faltered, and their morale throughout was maintained at a level that reflected the greatest credit on them as individuals and on the system in which they had been trained."
I am sure Ernest, Sally and their family were deeply affected by the tragedy as were the community they lived in.
Sally died aged 64 in 1956.
Frederick Pattinson - b 2nd Sept 1917. It is recorded in the 1939 Register that Frederick was employed at the Colliery as a general labourer, Coke Ovens. During the war Fred joined the RAF, and when he was demobbed he found work at the the 'Ministry' at Longbenton. He died aged 87 in the Peterlee area. Fred never married.
Norman Pattinson - b 20th Jan 1919. The 1939 Register records that Norman was employed as a Colliery Sorter - He married Catherine Langhorne in 1944 and it is believed they had one son. Norman's death at the age of 82 was registered Hartlepool.
This is a photograph I found on the internet of a George A Sutherland b in 1911 - he is 15 years old in this photograph taken in Easington in 1925. The 1939 register shows he was a window cleaner, (not working in the colliery). The reason I uploaded this photograph is that there is a slight chance that George could be related to Leslie Sutherland, but what this photograph also shows is the way Frederick and Norman would probably have dressed.
I discovered that George A Sutherland lived at 22 Bourne Street Easington which still exists.
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| George A Sutherland aged l5 years b circa 1911 Taken in Easington in 1926 |
"Easington Pit Disaster 1951
On Tuesday 29th May at 4:35 am an explosion occurred in the Duck Bill district of the Five Quarter Seam - the coal cutting machine cutter, struck pyrites causing sparks which ignited firedamp - 120 yards of roof was brought down and entombed 81 men.
The rescue operation covered a period of 257 hours during which time 11 officers, 48 permanent corps-men and 291 trained colliery rescue workers were engaged. Between them these men wore apparatus 1,168 times and 13,277 pounds of liquid air was used.
It may be that the the temperatures were not excessive, nor travelling conditions unduly arduous, but the work was prolonged. The distances travelled were considerable and the atmosphere so lethal that anyone making a mistake or raking a liberty was likely to pay for it with his life. Nevertheless, and in spite of the death of two of their own comrades, these men never faltered, and their morale throughout was maintained at a level that reflected the greatest credit on them as individuals and on the system in which they had been trained."
I am sure Ernest, Sally and their family were deeply affected by the tragedy as were the community they lived in.
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| Easington - Crowds waiting for news 1st June 1951 |
Ernest died aged 77 in 1968 - he outlived Sarah/Sally by 12 years.
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