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The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age, as a woman's oestrogen levels decline. In the UK, the average age for a woman to reach the menopause is 51. Watch our videos or more information and advice

Thomas Bartley Hughes 23rd November 1921 - 31st December 2010 Aged 18 in 1940, he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve as a pilot and started his flying training on DH Tiger Moths at 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Desford, Leics, that October

The Banners of North East Collieries are large silk sheets painted on both sides with various designs and icons. Banners can be either portrait or landscape shaped and would have a 'device' painted in either a roundel or rectangle. The sheet would be

Mike Weston and his wife Sheila moved from Manchester to Burnopfield in 1980. They have 3 children and 4 grand children. Sheila is a retired Teacher and retired Mike is a keen folk singer and songwriter. Mike has 'a thing' about forgotten heroes and

Close House Farm Ravensworth was sited half way along the Coach Road between Lobley Hill and Lamesley The Farm was owned by gentleman Farmer Mr Andrew Sanderson and the bulk of the land then being farmed extended over what is now the Team Valley

Violette Szabo GC monument on Albert Embankment commemorating all those in SOE Our members love history, we are fortunate that they are certainly not parochial. This story is worthy of a special place in the history of our country. As a former Royal

A Brief Historical Description of Old Byermoor The Photograph above taken from the pit slag heap, shows Byermoor Colliery (closed 31st Jnuary 1968) in the foreground with the old Colliery housing to the right. The old mining village of Byermoor

How did Burnopfield get its name? One theory is that it is a combination of Saxon and Scandinavian words: `burn' - a Saxon word for a small stream; `hope' - a Scandinavian word shortened to `op', meaning the head of a dene; and `field' - from the

The Dunston riverside was once a hive of activity, with lots of ships waiting at the river mouth to be loaded with coal from the Keel boats as early as 1671. The Keel men had to be strong, as the Keel boats carried 20 tons of coal with just a square