Welcome…
to the Shildon Recall Society on line.
The Shildon Recall History Society meet each Thursday evening in the Shildon Centre, Main Street, Shildon between 7.30 & 9 PM. Our meetings are informal and include refreshments, and the topic of conversation is usually Shildon past present and future. 
The Society has a large archive of information, photographs and photographic slides pertaining to the town, and also a record of burials in the West Road Cemetary from 1922 – 2000.
We would like to thank the many people from all over the country and ex-pats abroad for purchasing the DVD, ‘Shildon – Our Town’ which we published in 2006 and which was so popular, that over the last two years, has completely sold out.
Copies can only be obtained now via this web site, at £8.99p + 50p postage UK / £1.25p Overseas.
The DVD has thirteen chapters or categories including Streets, People, Eldon, Schools, Museum, Steam, War years etc and is accompanied by classical background music.
The disc contains monochrome and coloured photographs, and some cine and video footage.
At £8.99p it’s something well worth buying, as it gives an insight into our photographic archive and can be played to family and friends; and is especially enjoyed by older generations, and all proceeds from the disc benefit the Shildon History Recall Society, and help to buy and upgrade equipment; and to purchase and display new photographs.
The objective of our Society is to preserve the history of out town for future generations, and to make our archive accessible to as many people as possible for as little cost as possible – hence the DVD production.
We often receive letters and e-mails from many countries requesting information about Shildon, its history and its inhabitants and although we try to help all those who contact us, we are not a family history group and do not have extensive resources for census research etc.
2010 will see the centenary of New Shildon Council Schools (Timothy Hackworth School) affectionately known to many as ‘Tin Tax’, and we would be interested to hear from anyone with recollections, or photographs which we could borrow to copy, or which you would like to donate, to be included in an exhibition celebrating the school’s centenary.
Our group is small and friendly, and visitors or new members are very welcome, so why not call in next time your passing? Or e-mail us for further information.