Kelloe (East Hetton) lodge banner

The banner of the East Hetton miners' lodge at Kelloe, known as the Kelloe banner, carried at the Durham Miners' Gala; in the 1960s and 1970s it bore a portrait of Hugh Gaitskell, and it was still carried at the Gala in 2002.

The mining history in this record

East Hetton Colliery at Kelloe had its own miners' lodge, and the lodge's banner, known as the Kelloe banner, was carried to the Durham Miners' Gala. Photographs in the Durham Record show the East Hetton (Kelloe) Lodge NUM banner arriving at the Racecourse in about 1965 to 1970 and at the Gala in 1974, both times bearing a portrait of Hugh Gaitskell.

Most of the miners of neighbouring Quarrington Hill worked at East Hetton, and the Kelloe (East Hetton) and Quarrington Hill banners have been photographed together at the Gala.

People

Hugh Gaitskell is portrayed on the banner of the 1960s and 1970s.

Legacy today

The banner was still carried at the Durham Miners' Gala in 2002, as the East Hetton - Kelloe banner.

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each tagged with how solidly it's grounded and attached to the source(s) that support it. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• The East Hetton (Kelloe) lodge banner portrayed Hugh Gaitskell. (documented fact) ^1,2
• The East Hetton (Kelloe) Lodge NUM banner was photographed arriving at the Racecourse for the Durham Miners' Gala in about 1965 to 1970. (documented fact, uncertain) ¹
• The East Hetton - Kelloe banner was carried at the Durham Miners' Gala in 2002. (documented fact) ³
• The Kelloe (East Hetton) and Quarrington Hill colliery banners have been photographed together at the Durham Miners' Gala; most Quarrington Hill miners worked at East Hetton. (documented fact) ⁴

Mines

• East Hetton Colliery — County Durham
  The lodge banner of East Hetton Colliery, Kelloe, carried at the Durham Miners' Gala.

Real-world mining concepts used here

Colliery

Sources

1. (primary) Durham Miners' Gala, East Hetton banner (DRE5186) — The Durham Record (Durham County Council)
2. (primary) Durham Miners' Gala, East Hetton banner (DRE2560) — The Durham Record (Durham County Council)
3. (primary) Durham Miners' Gala, East Hetton - Kelloe banner (DRE11780) — The Durham Record (Durham County Council)
4. (secondary) Cassop, Quarrington, Kelloe, Coxhoe, Cornforth — England's North East

Record created: 5 October 2026 · Last researched: 6 October 2026