The 'F' Pit Banner Returns along with a Proposal

Washington 'F' Pit Lodge Banner.

Adding some class to the awful façade of the London Inn Pub / Groove Nightclub.

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Washington History Society

PROPOSAL TO SAVE THE WELFARE HALL

SUNDERLAND ECHO
(Friday, 22nd January 2010)

Note:  Washington Miners' Welfare Hall did not become a Community / Hertitage Centre and was subsequently demolished.

Demolition Underway

Work begins by demolishing the structure between the former Snooker Room and the Main Hall.
[Photo: Monday, 19 Jan 2015]

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Billiards & Snooker Hall
R.I.P.

Decades of enjoyment heading for the skip!

The Wefare's Last Stand

The Main Entrance stands alone.  [Photo: Monday, 26 Jan 2015]

( Poignant! )

Dismantling a Corbel

Demolition man prising loose a Corbel from the Main Entrance.  [Photo: Thursday, 29 Jan 2015]

( ... and taking care to safeguard the Hall's historic portal. )

Gone But Not Forgotten!

Washington Miners' Welfare Hall is consigned to history!
[Photo: Thursday, 29 Jan 2015]

A comment I made when posting this picture in 2015:
"Let's hope the powers-that-be make a better job of preserving & displaying the remnants than they did of looking after the Hall itself."

UPDATE: The Stone reappeared in 2019;  keep reading this article to find out where.

New Washington / Concord c.1950

Washington Miners' Welfare Hall,  Spout Lane,
The first Washington Miners' Welfare Hall  &  Usworth Miners' Welfare Hall,  Manor Road

The Welfare Hall was replaced by a modern 'Assisted-Living' Facility.

Willow Brook shortly after it was built on the site of the former Miners' Welfare Hall
( Photo: July 2016 )

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Washington Miners' Welfare Hall
The Main Entrance Stone

( Back on Site: 11th May 2019 )

The Inscribed Main Entrance Stone and Accompanying Notice
(Photo: J.G. 13 May 2019).

 

Close-up of The Notice
(Photo: J.G. 13 May 2019).

 

Close-up of The Stone
(Photo: J.G. 13 May 2019).

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[ Thanks to Ray Middleton for showing me Willow Brook's excellent collection of Local History Photographs. ]

 

Memories of Washington Miner, Edward Nesbitt

( You'll find more of Edward's poems at: What's Where; Poets' Corner; etc. )

 

Washington Colliery Welfare Hall & Institute,  Spout Lane

Painted by Washington Man, David Matthew Simpson.
[ June 2018 ]
Many Thanks, David.

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The Welfare Hall had natural Red Bricks c.1940, when this painting was set, and the appalling red paint of its final years was a distant nightmare!

( For more details and a larger image, see  PAINTING  link in the Top Menu. )