The Flitcroft Family

William and Margaret Flitcroft at 47 Lowhills Road, c1966.

Family gathering at 47 Lowhills Road, c.1966.

Margaret and William Flitcroft at 10 Lee Terrace, Shotton c1960s_grandparents of Elizabeth Burrell

William and Margaret Flitcroft at 47 Lowhills Road, c1966.
My grandparents on my mother’s side lived at 10 Lee Terrace in Shotton Colliery.

Back row L-R: George Burrell, George Burn, Margaret Flitcroft, Jim Flitcroft, [u], Joe Flitcroft, William Flitcroft, Douglas Nicholson, Sarah Nicholson.  Front row L-R: Cissie Nicholson, Betty Burrell, Maureen Burn, [u].

I’ve lived in Peterlee my whole life. My parents (George and Betty) moved here in 1952 after getting married. My father came from Wheatley Hill and my mother from Shotton Colliery. I was born three years later in May 1955. We lived at 20 Keswick Road. When I was young, my aunt Cissie [Nicholson] lived nearby on Fairburn Road. Shortly after my father died in 1970, we left Keswick Road and moved to Nottingham Place. My mum wanted us to be closer to her sister, who was then living at 47 Lowhills Road.