1990s

The programme laid down in the early 1980s, to modernise over 1,200 of our homes was completed by the end of our Centenary Year in 1998. The most ambitious new build programme since the 1920s was undertaken and 204 homes were built in 13 locations in County Durham.

• 1995 - 'Dot-Com' boom takes off
• 1997 - Princess Dianna dies in car crash
• 1997 - The world's first cloned animal - Dolly the sheep
• 1997 - Opening ceremony, Murray Court, Chester le Street
• 1998 - Modernisation programme completed

DAMHA through the years

• 1890s & 1900s
• 1910s
• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s & 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

• New Chief Executive Appointed
• Gala Day
• Blooming Marvellous
• Affordable homes for older people in Annfield Plain
• Miner’s family give their blessing to £2.1 million development
• Gordon’s fight to the finish
• John is honoured for bravery
• DAMHA offers free dog micro-chipping service
• Silver surfers at Langley House
• Work starts on new Consett affordable housing scheme

• Wedding Anniversaries
• 90th Birthdays
• Go for it!
• People, Pits & Places
• News from the Sheltered Schemes
• Langley Residential Home