DAMHA News
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Touching tribute
A DAMHA resident has paid a touching tribute to her late coal-mining father by getting her husband to make a life size pit tub out of wood which now sits proudly outside their home.
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Cricket-mad
Cricket-mad DAMHA resident William ‘Slogger’ Thompson has reached his century. Howzat!
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Dedicating the award
The winner of our annual gardening competition has dedicated the award to his late brother-in-law.
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True love
True love…and an iron fist. After 65 years together, Freda and Ronnie Gibson have worked out the secret of a happy marriage. “Good home cooking and ruling the roost with an iron fist,” said Freda. Ronnie’s advice? “Doing as you’re told,” he said. Ronnie worked as a miner at Horden Colliery and the couple raised […]
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Advice from mum
Betty Armstrong remembers well the advice from mum on her wedding day to Ray. “She said if he goes out on a Friday night grab his shirt tails and go out with him,” said Betty. That was June 3 1961, which was also Betty’s 21st, and the advice clearly worked because they’ve recently celebrated their […]
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Northumbrian roots
A few years after recording his first CD single, DAMHA resident Jackie Davidson has now gone and released a full album of songs paying tribute to his Northumbrian roots. In 2018, Jackie recorded a song called ‘We are Northumbrians’ and that is now one of 12 original tunes on the album he has named ‘Northumbrian […]
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£1 million programme
DAMHA has started work on a £1 million programme which will see hundreds of our existing properties receiving upgrades. Our 2021/22 planned maintenance programme will result in around 500 homes and sheltered housing schemes across County Durham having some sort of work undertaken. This will include: • The installation of new, UPVC double-glazed windows at […]
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Media Contact
Journalists wanting more information on Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association can contact Neil Shaefer on 07732 210262 or email neil@shaeferpr.com
