These fields are memories

The pictures below were sent by Les Scurr who still lives in Consett. In Steel Town the musical a young man dreams of escaping the works to a world of music in his rock band. These were my dreams when I was an apprentice at Consett Works. Les was the roadie with my band back then, some 30 years ago and we recently re-made our acquaintance through the Internet. I've heard of finding long lost relatives on the Internet but long lost roadies! 

Anyway, les your contribution to these pages is most welcome. We can't re-build Steel Town but we can commemorate it. Any comment by me to these images is marked (ST) and from Les (LS) why not send your own comment.

Hounsgill today from the red dot on your arial shot.
Click here for arial shot

Same spot but looking the other way to what was the entrance to
Templetown Brickworks.  At the extreme left of the picture the first house
to be built on this site is near completion.  This site went through a lot
of de-toxification in the last few years.  Couldn't fancy living there
could you?  McClean have just started building homes on it. (LS)

Sextant & Telescope I think.  Made out of aluminium.  Consett's
legacy of Iron & Steel?  This is on the cycle track which used to be the
railway line in your picture of Hounsgill.  They are perched in the top
corner overlooking Hounsgill Industrial Park as it's now known. (LS)

These struck me as totally irrelevant to 140 years of steelmaking. (ST) 
I related this to Tom Kelly and the view was reflected in some more lines from
 "I Will Go Back" -

These fields are memories
As silent as the grave
No future do I see
No statue to the brave
                                                 ("I Will Go Back" from Steeltown)
click here for full lyrics | click here to hear the song