Site map of mymarras

Photos of the village Photos of the villages, needs a password
   
Historic events Story of the Lambton worm etc
   
The villages Link page for the villages
   
Village gossip Newspaper articles from the past
   
Photo repairs Picture repairs on line, get a new photo
   
Sprit of the communities Burradon Colliery colliery pit disaster fund
   
Buy a church index Andrew Fletcher's church indexes
   
Find out the day you were born Day of the week you were born
   
History of the Newbottle collieries  From the beginning to the end
   
Links to over interesting sites  You can go, but please come back
   
Marra's memories Memories of our youth revisited
   
Old pubs  A list of local pubs to visit in 1834
   
   
what's new New pages on the site updated regular
   
guest book Why not make an entry -Elvis did
   
Write your own chapter in the site story Be the next Catherine Cookson
   
The history of the Christian Bible Chapel The first to be build in Co Durham, and it was in New Herrington
   
The sporting villages From football to hockey
   
The bond of men Various miner's bonds - password required
   
Events The local events from 1800
   
apprentices A list of young lads plucked from the workhouse in 1817, and a list of mason apprentices for the Lambton Collieries 1861
   
Guest photo gallery Photos from my marras collection in a guest gallery from photos loaned by you.
   
marra connection Use this page to get in touch with village life, or contact old friends or your family. Many of you are researching the same subject, why not pool resources. It is a secure member site so a password is required

 

The rules of a household in the 1870's A look at the social history of Britain in the 1870's
   
Visit a colliery exhibition A free exhibition in New Herrington
   
The struggle to break free from the bond The history of the "binding" and the hopes of the miners to get free from it (coming July 2003)