Deaf Hill Miners Banner Group

06/11/2024

https://youtu.be/uZ2d1c77mTA?si=iqLXeB_u6kweyvVd
On the eve of the Durham Miners Gala 2024 .

Come follow the Band.... Trimdon Brass Band & Trimdon Colliery Banner 12th July 2024 We go inside Trimdon Colliery and Deaf Hill Working Men's Club to see ...

01/10/2024

Station Road - Deaf Hill

Photograph of Station Road East & West taken 1968, also on the right is Deaf Hill Miner's Welfare.

30/09/2024

This is a pic taken from Trimdon Times by Ante Greathead, attached to this pic on there is his story of a cage accident in 1929 at Deaf Hill Colliery which unfortunately involved his dad.

Here you can find the link to this event.

https://trimdon.com/trimdon-history/cage-accident-1929/

30/09/2024

This is a great colour picture of Deaf Hill Colliery took on the bend of Wingate road, if anyone knows of a date and the names of the two chaps in the front it would be much appreciated.

The chap on the left stood back a bit is Fred Hope.

28/09/2024

From the Durham Cathedral website
22 October - 7 November
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, and celebrating the continuing solidarity of the Durham mining communities, a colourful selection of at least 40 banners from the region’s many union lodges will be displayed around Durham Cathedral this autumn including the new Deaf Hill banner and the new Wheatley Hill banner that were blessed this year in the cathedral as part of the Durham Miners Gala.

28/09/2024

From the Durham Cathedral website
22 October - 7 November
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, and celebrating the continuing solidarity of the Durham mining communities, a colourful selection of at least 40 banners from the region’s many union lodges will be displayed around Durham Cathedral this autumn including the new Deaf Hill banner that was blessed this year in the cathedral as part of the Durham Miners Gala.

17/09/2024

31/08/2024

A great couple of old photos of Deaf Hill Colliery which I've colourised.

13/07/2024

Wind, rain or shine the new Deaf Hill Lodge Miners Banner will be flying high proudly displayed through the streets of Deaf Hill and then onto the main event itself Durham Miners Gala in which it will be blessed at Durham Cathedral.

11/07/2024

BBC Radio Tees presenter Gary Philipson interviewed my dad Jim Robinson today about the new Deaf Hill Lodge Miners Banner, if anyone would like to listen to it I have posted it here.

03/06/2024

The unvieling of the new Deaf Hill Miners Lodge Banner will be on Friday 12th July 8pm on the eve of the Durham Miners Gala in the Trimdon Colliery & Deaf Hill WMC. Anyone who would like to see the banner are quite welcome.
Deaf Hill Miners Banner Group would also like to give a special thank you to Councillors Lucy Hovvels MBE ,Chris Varty & Jake Miller for their help and contribution towards hitting our target.

16/05/2024

Here's the first of many photo's of our new band for this years 138th Durham Miners Gala "NORTH LAKES BRASS" from Keswick, Cumbria.