PETER LEE
BY JACK LAWSON, M.P.
Good condition original blue cloth with black titling to spine. Top edge dusty, light marking to edge of boards, softening to head and tail of spine. Feint indentation of name and date to ffep, one or two intermittent fox spots. No inscriptions or tears. Photo portrait frontis of Peter Lee. Good dust jacket, small losses to head and tail of spine, top and bottom of front flap, several tape repairs inside of jacket to edges, grubby back panel.
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Peter Lee (1864–1935) was a
miner's leader, county councillor and Methodist local preacher, born in Trimdon
Grange, Peter Lee was born at Duff Heap
Row, Fivehouses, Trimdon Grange, in July 1864, into a poor, but
close-knit, family. Just ten years later, he was working ten-hour days at Littletown Colliery,
Pittington, for a few pence a week, and by 21 he was a veteran of 15 pits. His life, however, was not all
work. He also had an enquiring mind and a love of books, inspired by his
mother’s regular reading sessions to the family. As he could not read himself,
he took the brave step at the age of 20 to return to the classroom, to learn
the basics from the beginning. He then headed for After returning to In 1900, at the age of 33, he
returned to Wheatley Hill Colliery, where he became the checkweighman, and also
stood for the parish council. His council duties involved responsibility for
sanitation and water purity within the village, as well as the creation of new
roads and a cemetery. He went on to be elected as chairman of the council, as
well as chairman of the local Co-operative and chairman of Durham County Water
Board. By 1909, Lee was a member of
Durham County Council and, ten years later, he was elected as the chairman of
the authority. And, despite his many responsibilities, he also found time to
serve as the agent of Durham Miners Association and President of the Miners’
Federation of Great Britain. Although Peter Lee died in 1935,
some years before the town of Peter Lee is buried in the
cemetery in Wheatley Hill, which is also home to the Heritage Centre that
celebrates the life of this great man who did so much for the
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