Peterlee Living Memory

Account for the Peterlee Living Memory project. Share your memories, and become part of history

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

The great Peterlee Living Memory survey is now live! https://t.co/kHzGXn4qIu Your stories matter. Take a few minutes to share your memories of Peterlee and you could help shape its "official" history 💬

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

1/ As New Towns are back in the news, this is a good opportunity to alert you to the 'New Jerusalems' website - it's a project making accessible for the first time archives from eleven post-war New Towns in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland:
https://t.co/K0J7xcMA7F

[Beaumont Brown Architects @dsbbba]

@JamesODavies Great after shots. Here's some before. It's travelled a hard road to its restoration.

[Tilly Terrier, Lou and Fido 🌈 the wonder dog @PoochManor]

@JamesODavies @MunicipalDreams Took my dogs to see it a couple of years ago. It got the paws up

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Will do @Griffiths1961! Thanks for sharing! #TDanSmith #PeterleeLivingMemory

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Be a part of this project! If you have a photo from Peterlee and a story to share DM us or us at [email protected] #PeterleeLivingMemory

[East Durham News @EastDurhamNews]

Residents of Peterlee, both past and present, are being encouraged to share their memories of the town as part of its 75th birthday celebrations:
https://t.co/xd7RBxkzRJ

[Steve from Seaham @Mackem316]

@betsyspangles Showing my age now lol. Massive punk festival in 79 at Peterlee. Toy Dolls. Upstarts etc. Sure they headlined

[Paul Barron @PaulBarron99]

@FinanceDirCFO @MeltdownWRIF Mind you, Olga & (Toy Dolls) playing whilst avoiding the drunks and missiles at The Silver Dollar bar in Peterlee deserves credit too. Proper gigs…

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Did you or your parents ever work at the Tudor crisp factory? Tell us about it! #PeterleeLivingMemory #crisps

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

The great Peterlee Living Memory survey is now live! https://t.co/kHzGXn4qIu Your stories matter. Take a few minutes to share your memories of Peterlee and you could help shape its "official" history 💬

[james davies @JamesODavies]

Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee by Victor Pasmore 1969-70, restored in 2009 with adjacent housing having the pleasure of a ring side seat. Shot with intermittent but fortunate bursts of light. Listing here https://t.co/28426MwVbQ

[John & Karen @realtyneART]

We've also made new #VR work on the 2nd #Pavilion designed by Pasmore bt never built https://t.co/BZFgqlSywO #Peterlee #Apollo #ACE #Samsung

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

If you have any old family photos and stories to share, we'd love to hear them @Brumpic #PeterleeLivingMemory

[Brumpic @Brumpic]

@visuals0und @BFIPlayer @antonydaly I had family in Peterlee, happy memories walking around Castle Eden Dene

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

If you would like to add a photo of Peterlee and a memory attached to it, get in touch ASAP. You could end up in a new book about this fascinating new town. DM us for more info or email us st [email protected] #PeterleeLivingMemory

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Did you ever see #Uproar live?! #PeterleeLivingMemory https://t.co/kHzGXn4qIu

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Anyone remember this lot from Peterlee? Lots of great memories of live gigs bank on Facebook from in the day. Perhaps you were a member of 'Uproar'? We'd love to hear from you! #punk #altmusic #PeterleeLivingMemory

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Anyone remember this lot from Peterlee? Lots of great memories of live gigs bank on Facebook from in the day. Perhaps you were a member of 'Uproar'? We'd love to hear from you! #punk #altmusic #PeterleeLivingMemory

[The Landscape Archive @LscapeArchive]

And Peter Daniel architect and landscape architect worked on Peterlee from 1955 rising to become deputy chief architect+planner, his archive is at Edinburgh University

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

Victor Pasmore’s Apollo Pavilion

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

This is great to see. Here's my earlier tweet of the same spot in the 1960s if you missed it:
https://t.co/TiLsfNkTud

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

@dsbbba @PeterleeMemory Thanks for sharing that. Great to see it in good nick more recently.

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

Tweet us your fave family photos from Peterlee and tell us the stories behind them! Or email us at [email protected] @antonydaly @NoMoreNowt @davidm_allan

[Peterlee Living Memory @PeterleeMemory]

If you aren't one of the excellent people of Peterlee who has already contributed photos & the memories/stories behind the photos, get in touch quickly! The music element of the project starts next week, so to potentially inspire the lyrics for a new song, get in touch! #FOMO