Glynis Douglas sent this account of Arthur Wilson and William "Billy" Stephenson.

Before I found the notification on Arthur Wilson’s ancestry notes, I knew nothing of the family connection to this important incident in 1926. Having been a miner's wife through the year-long strike of 1984/85, the loss of the mines and the treatment of the miners still hurts.  I supported my husband and three small children (and myself) for 12 months.

The following is my connection to two of the Train Wreckers, which is through my late mother’s family.  

One of the miners involved was Arthur Wilson who was married to my great aunt, Rose Dixon Stephenson, whom I never met, unfortunately.

The other miner was William Gordon Stephenson, my great uncle, who I also do not recall, but I have vivid memories of his wife, my Aunt Ada. 

My great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother worked in the mines and lived in Cramlington, Dudley and nearby villages until my father had to move to Yorkshire in the 1950s, where I was born. 

I married and, subsequently, my husband became a miner.

I don’t understand why my mother never said anything about her family being involved in this unless they believed the jailing was so terrible.

We visit the Rothbury/Alnwick area at least four times a year. I feel it must stay in the blood even though I was not even born in Northumberland!