Ushaw Moor Memories

This is a bit of a mixture, being a list of some of the Ushaw Moor traders in the year 1914 and a request for information about an Ushaw Moor cricketer.
I suppose lists can be a bit boring for the general reader but, if your family have lived in the area for generations and you are into family history, they are potentially useful.
Here is the 1914 list:

The Empire Cinema was built just before WW1. In its time it was used for many types of performance, not just film, for example: opera, musicals, school concerts and music hall.

Having been born in 1945 I twice a week walked to the cinema from Unthank Terrace, New Brancepeth, during the years 1952 and 1953.The half a crown that I got from my generous grandparents every Sunday funded two sixpenny performances - with lots of change to spare for ice cream.

The first film might involve a plot in stunning Africa and then later in the week I thrilled at the wagon train threatened by the Apache nation or some other tribe. When the drums stopped it did not look good for the wagon train! My favourite actor was Jimmy Stewart - he was a fine real life war hero as well as an actor.

Looking back I can see that some of the films were blatant propaganda, for example the Red Indians were just fighting to retain land that was rightfully their own. The cavalry [including John Wayne's character if applicable] were agents of the American state and in the wrong. That of course was too subtle for an eight year old.

This article is based upon information supplied by my great aunt Elsie in 1992.

Although an Ushaw Moor girl she lived with her Godparents at Consett until, at the age of ten, she moved back to her parent's home in Ushaw Moor.

At the age of ten Elsie attended the Ushaw Moor council school opposite Temperance Terrace. She was very much a church girl and was actively involved in the church sunday school and Band Of Hope. She enjoyed all of that as well as school activities such as concerts, rounders and hockey.She recalled that sunday school picnics were held at Sedwickes farm at New Brancepeth. She also remembered her day trips to Redcar and fortnightly holidays each year at her aunt's home in North Shields.My great aunt remembered being given a new dress every Easter and Whit.

The family got electric light when they moved to 14 South View; it was supplied by the colliery.
Slang was frowned upon and therefore never heard at home whereas respect for others was actively encouraged by her parents.