Whessoe Darlo Veterans & FriendsTribute Page by Mike Whalen & Andy Shotton

Whessoe Darlo Veterans & FriendsTribute Page by Mike Whalen & Andy Shotton Brinkburn Road Works and Offices
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Sad to post the death of Gordon Stacey a former plater and supervisor of Newton Aycliffe ( Jan 1935 - June 2025)I first ...
26/06/2025

Sad to post the death of Gordon Stacey a former plater and supervisor of Newton Aycliffe ( Jan 1935 - June 2025)

I first met Gordon in 1976 working on site for Whessoe on the Olefins 6 project building the ethylene crackers..........Erv Taube, Dave Roote and Peter Banger Angus were also on the job along with an elite welding squad headed up by Barry Gent.......great job whilst it lasted I have to say.

Gordon I believe went on to work at Dock Point, Press production Systems, Wallsend and Press in South Africa, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay gas production topsides etc.
he also had a stint with Mech Tool Albert Hill

Gordons funeral is 11.30am 14th July.
Wear Valley Crematoria. Tees Walk, Coundon, Bishop Auckland, DL14
family flowers only and afterwards onto his favourite watering hole
The Royal Telegraph
6 North Terrace , Aycliffe Village, DL5 6LG.

2 lifelong Whessoe mates golfing Filey course life,s đź‘Ť
25/06/2025

2 lifelong Whessoe mates golfing Filey course life,s đź‘Ť

14/06/2025

Post copied from Neil Cooper family

Hi,
Just to let folks know, the family of Neil Cooper invite his friends & colleagues to join them after his funeral at Darlington Crematorium at 2.00PM on Monday the 16th June at The Brinkburn, off Brinkburn Road, for a get together and reminisce. From about 2.45 to 3.00PM onwards.

Neil Cooper RIP 3rd in from back row top right.......a true gent and friend to many...expect a good turn out Monday 2pm ...
11/06/2025

Neil Cooper RIP 3rd in from back row top right.......a true gent and friend to many...expect a good turn out Monday 2pm Darlo Crem to pay respects.......see you there.

06/06/2025

Neil Cooper
Funeral service Monday 16th June 2pm darlington crematorium

04/06/2025

Sad to report death of Brian Denham who was Whessoe’s works engineer.
Brian was responsible for all the maintenance infrastructure and installation of new machinery.
His final task was to oversee works closure and subsequent sale of machinery and demolition of buildings.
Rip Brian who passed a couple of days ago at Carlisle aged 90

02/06/2025

If anybody wants to send Neil Coopers family bereavement cards etc please send me a PM as I now have their address

Kitchings foundry in the 70s post demolition The fore runner to Whessoe as we knew it.Picture courtesy of Ian Henderson.
25/05/2025

Kitchings foundry in the 70s post demolition
The fore runner to Whessoe as we knew it.
Picture courtesy of Ian Henderson.

23/05/2025

Sad to post the death of our active participant and friend to many Neil Cooper yesterday

We last saw him at the 2024 reunion where he mentioned cancer but was very positive about treatment.

I knew Neil from me being a pre teenager as he delivered papers for my dad and was a very likeable gent
RIP Neil
Gone too soon

12/05/2025

Dave Irving's funeral is this Friday 16th May at Wear Valley Crematorium at 9:30am followed by a gathering at Bishop Auckland Golf Club.

Condences to Dave's family at this sad time.

Sad to hear that Dave Irvine ex Whessoe plater has passed away. Dave is pictured on the left next to big George Roberts ...
10/05/2025

Sad to hear that Dave Irvine ex Whessoe plater has passed away. Dave is pictured on the left next to big George Roberts at an apprentice reunion in 1992, I'm sure many of you will remember Dave fondly. Sincere condolences to to Dave's family and friends.

14/04/2025

A2 Nuclear Fuel Transport Flask, 10 were built at Whessoe Darlo in the mid to late 1980s.
They are still in use moving spent fuel rods from Heysham, Hartlepool and Torness powerstations to Sellafield. This clip was on BBC2 tonight at the end of Great British Railway Journeys.
Each flask weighed 50 tonnes.
A large part of one flask fell off a trailer in no 1 shop and made a bit of a mess of the floor!

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