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In this video, the group has collected research into the town's more recent development as a commuter town, inspired by image EPW031527, taken in 1930.

This video includes research and memories of changes to the built environment of the town in the 1960s, inspired by image EPW031522 taken in 1930.

More of the group's research and memories revolve around schemes to combat unemployment in the town, inspired by image EPW031529 taken in 1930.

This video contains a memory of one of the group members, living in a clearance area as a child. The area is shown in image EPW031524, taken in 1930.

One of the members remembers visiting a property in an area marked for clearance by the council. The area is shown in image EPW031523 in 1930.

The group members have shared their memories about how they can remember certain buildings in town from their childhood after the Second World War. Some of the buildings they talk about are shown in image EPW031523, taken by Aerofilms in 1930.

Working with image EPW031526, the group did some research into the reasons for new housing estates being built in town the 1920s and 1930s, roughly at the time the image was taken in 1930.

One of the group members used to work at Horner's. In this video, he shares some of his memories, In image EPW014379, the factory is shown in 1925.

A lot of the members of the group remember Horner's Confectionery Works in Chester-le-Street, famous for producing Dainty Dinah toffees. They have researched the factory's history as well as shared their memories linked to it. The factory is shown in image EPW031528 in 1930s.

A member of the group speaks about her memories of the town's Methodist Church on Station Road where she got married. The church can be seen in image EPW031524, taken in 1930.

This video describes the changes to Chester-le-Street at the time image EPW031525 was taken, in 1930, and how this building work affected the town's residents.

In this video, the group has traced changes to the built environment in Chester-le-Street town centre. it includes photographs of what the town looks like today, as compared to image EPW031530, taken in 1930.

In this video, the group has researched the link between Chester-le-Street's parish church and St Cuthbert inspired by image EPW031522, taken by Aerofilms in 1930. The church is in the top half of the photograph.

Find out about the group's research in to the Roman origins of Chester-le-Street; it's town centre and Stag Confectionery Works shown in image EPW016429 in 1926.

Members of the Pelton Fell Local History group have worked on images from the Aerofilms collection, combining local history research with memories of the place they live in. Their work has been captured in short digital stories. In this group, we show the results of their dedicated work. I hope you will enjoy watching them.

This picture shows the Front Street, the old great North Road, the shop fronts, and behind some of the premises which line the Front Street in 1930. In the distance is the East Coast railway line with its impressive viaduct.

The group studied the history of Chester-le-Street using this and the other pictures of Chester-le-Street. This picture shows the start of the new council housing estates built to the west of the railway line.