These were terrace houses 200 years old when knocked down. This was old Winlaton before they built the new village further up the valley. My Grandmother lived in 3 Belts Buildings Winlaton in 1895 when she was born. Her first job was in the steel mill making screws. She had to stand on a box to reach the milling machine and tie her hair back to keep it out of the machinery. Belts was the name of the Lord who owned that land. It’s a very old village in the Derwent Valley near Newcastle upon Tyne. This is an oil painting of the area close to the river Derwent and coal works now demolished.

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