Enjoy a glimpse of history through old images of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, North East England, UK.
St Andrew’s Church in 1871
Old Photos of Bishop Auckland
Enjoy these jolly jaunts through many decades and locations to discover the town’s people and places of the past.
Bygone Bishop Auckland 1 – County Durham – Durham Telly on YouTube
Bygone Bishop Auckland 2 – County Durham – Durham Telly on YouTube
Bishop Auckland – mottoyotto on YouTube
Eton Vs Unemployed Miners 1937
A football team of lightly clad unemployed miners from St Helen’s pose for the camera at Bishop Auckland, with heavy snow blanketing the landscape behind them.
Then the young Eton men saunter out of the changing rooms, each one in nice sports attire.
Most of the shots are of the players on the snow covered football pitch, but there is a glimpse of a small group of spectators, and of some housing in the background.
The miners win by 4-2.
Eton V. Miners At Bishop Auckland (1937) – British Pathé on YouTube
Local Family in 1959
While much of this home movie centres on a young man and his family, there are lots of glimpses of the town’s streets, facilities and homes.
Note how carefully the mum gets into the car. It looks like they’ve only just got it, in an age when very few people could afford a car. When they park at 23 Arthur Street, Crook, to show the car to the entertaining grandma, there is literally one other car parked outside the entire row of terraced houses.
Bishop Auckland 1959 – Peter Brown on YouTube
Town Centre 1973
George Longstaff filmed a drive through the town centre one sunny day in 1973. Includes many cars, buses, people, and buildings.
Bishop Auckland 1973. – Middaymoses on YouTube
1970s Home Cine Film
A.H.Robson’s home cine film shows us just over eight minutes of old homes, shops and events. Given the Robin Reliant in one scene, the boys on bikes that could be Choppers, and big flares, it’s clearly the 1970s.
Includes the new town centre bypass under construction, and the OK Motor Service bus route signs.
Around the Town Bishop Auckland – gy200boy on YouTube
Buses in 1987
A few of the pedestrians walk past close to the camera, so you may recognise some of them, as well as the shops and houses shown in the local streets.
BISHOP AUCKLAND BUSES 1987 – DaveSpencer32 on YouTube
Buses in 1993
Buses, cars and buildings in 1993.
BISHOP AUCKLAND BUSES APRIL 1993 – DaveSpencer32 on YouTube
Buses in 1996
It’s not just the buses. You’ll see homes, businesses, streets, cars and people on an ordinary day in 1996.
BISHOP AUCKLAND BUSES 1996 – DaveSpencer32 on YouTube
The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland
by Kelly and Company
Published in 1879
More Pictures of Old Bishop Auckland
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