This page contains photographs of Crookhall throughout the ages, thanks go to Chris Tilney for help in sourcing the photographs. There are more photographs of the development of the village on the Local History Page
Crookhall and Surroundings
Crookhall Mission Hut – opened 10.9.1904
Crookhall Fish Shop, 1950’s or earlier at end of Main StreetCrookhall Avenue – this is in vicinity of original HallCrookhall Main Street
View of Crookhall during building of Phase 2 of Leadgate By-pass 1984Path from Crookhall to BoggleholeCrookhall from fields at bottom of villageCrookhall Village and Slag HeapsCrookhall Farm from top of ‘Crookhall Rocks’ – farm is on site of former Crook Hall
Crookhall Farm on site of former Crook Hall
Crookhall Rocks
Crookhall Village from Slag Heap
Crookhall from Heaps looking towards LanchesterWinter at Crookhall Community CentreConsett Steel Works from Castleside
Crookhall People
Crookhall Boot Club Co-operative 1926Crookhall Pig ClubCrookhall Pierrots 1927
Crookhall Sunday School, Kindergarten 1935
Crookhall Foundrymen
Crookhall Foundry Workers
Sports
Cricket at CrookhallCrookhall Team 1947Crookhall Football TeamCrookhall Cricket Team (thanks to Kevin Hall who sent us the photo)Photograph from the Consett Chronicle of Crookhall Juniors FC players and Committee (date unknown) at annual tea and presentation
Crookhall Colliery Band
Crookhall Colliery Band was founded in 1924 as the Victory Pit Crookhall Colliery Band, it led the championship tables in the North-East in the 1950s and 60s. Known as Crookhall Bradley Band in 1966/7. Following the colliery’s closure sponsorship came from Patchogue Plymouth, a fibres division of the American oil company Amoco, and the band became the Patchogue Plymouth Amoco Band. The parent company were impressed with the band to the extent it took over the sponsorship and the band became the Amoco Band in around 1976. However it did not last and the band folded around 1980 (information from the Internet Bandsman’s Everything Within (IBEW) website.
The Band was known by various names over the years these being: Consett Iron Works Crookhall Colliery, Crookhall Amoco, Crookhall Bradley Band, Crookhall Colliery (Durham), Crookhall Colliery Welfare, Crookhall Patchogue Plymouth, Crookhall Welfare, Patchogue (Plymouth) AMOCO, Patchogue Plymouth Crookhall, Victory Pit Crookhall Colliery Band
Many of the photographs we have feature Jacky Stobbs who was Bandmaster.
Crookhall Colliery Band outside Band RoomCrookhall BandsmenBob-Moore with Crookhall-Banner-1954 or laterCrookhall Colliery Prize Band at Durham County League Contest newspaper cuttingCrookhall Band in Delves School YardCrookhall Band in Delves Pit Yard – Maurice Hope in centreBand marching at Bedlington StationBands at Edinburgh Princes StreetGroup on grass with Norrie JohnsonJacky Stobbs conductingJacky Stobbs & SonJacky Stobbs at 40 Grange StreetJacky Stobbs and Bandsmen in pit yardJacky Stobbs and players in Band RoomJacky Stobbs with Drum and Trophies in pit yardStobbs Family in front of busBand having tea at Bedlington Station
