14 Victoria

14 Victoria Row was my Nan and Grandad's house, where they lived whilst he was coal miner in the pit opposite, where had and raised 3 children, where my Nan sadly died, and where my Grandad lived on for another two decades. It was also where as a family we had many happy times in the 1970s, with Nan's roasts, her custard, and her fun, with Grandad's garden, and the whole family. After her death, we continued to visit, and Grandad was a generous host, with his coal fire, his pipe, and his bottles of Newcastle Brown. This book is the story of that house, as best as I can piece it together from family trees, photographs, memories, and diaries. It is also in part a history of the people who lived there, and of the friends and family we would visit from there, over a period of decades.