Born And Lived In Thorne Moorends And Relatives There.

A Memory of Moorends.

Hi, my family were living at the Grove, Moorends when I was born in 1949. It was not long after the war and mum worked in the fields and dad at Thorne Colliery. My grandad's sister lived at Thorne and we would visit, and I grew up with my Auntie Ethel and her children. We had to move away when Thorne Pit flooded and miners had to transfer to Firbeck Colliery, like my dad. I still visited Thorne as I was growing up and can remember the swing bridge and boats plus the annual fair and the swings in the park by the river, my relatives where Goodburns and we had good times together. Derick Smith.

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