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Picture source: Ronnie Chambers

The Chimneys Hotel was situated on East Street. This pub was previously known as The Blackhall Trust Hotel.

It only became known as Chimneys during the 1990s. When it first opened, I believed it was called the Station Hotel, as the Blackhall Colliery railway station was just across the road from the pub. It was a Whitbread pub. I used to often sleep in this pub in the mid 1970s, as my friend Michael's parents Sam and Maureen Heathcote ran the pub. The pub was quite plush and very popular around this time. It was rumoured that Michael Caine may have stayed in the pub during filming of Get Carter in 1971, if not he certainly had a drink in there.

Ronnie Chambers (January 2025)

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