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Picture source: Matthew Bates

The Jolly Colliers was situated on College Street, closing in the 1960s. This pub was demolished in 1973.

Source: Gordon Daffern

I was born at 123 College Street, one of 8 terraced houses, on the other side of College Street, adjacent to the railway. The site is now part of the school. The George Elliot hospital had, in April 1955, an outbreak of gastro-enteritis hence me being born at home. As a child I used to run errands for our neighbour, Charlie. I had to go over to the off licence at ‘The Jollies’ to get Charlie 4oz of twist, chewing tobacco so I presume Charlie was an ex miner. My parents were regulars at the Jollies and I remember many a cold summers evening sitting in the Jollies garden with a packet of crisps and bottle of Vimto. Inside the Jollies was a circular area enclosed by spaced timbers, ‘The Snug’.

Mark Compton (May 2021)

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