Miners' strike 1922 – First aged miners' homes, opposite Liddle Terrace 1926 – General Strike 1932 – Closure of Grange Drift 1934 – Barracks demolished and Miners' Welfare Institute built on site 1936 – First council housing in Ashvale Avenue and Laburnum Crescent 1947 – Nationalisation of the pits 1965 – Square demolished 1974 – Closure of the pit Notable people Si King, co-presenter of BBC television food programme Hairy Bikers, is from Kibblesworth. References External links Villages in Tyne and Wear