Includes handwritten notes and typescripts of various traditional song lyrics.

Programme for The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov, and Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw.

Rene attended the Ferryhill Station school. Inlcudes reference letter from her Headmaster H B Stringer.

Consists of photos of the childrens' playgroup, adult members walking in the Lake District, and drama group productions. Includes photos of Jack Maddison, Bill and Betty Farrell, Enid Philipson, Michael the dog, Dorothy and Mina Martin, Tabs Craven, and Sid Chaplin. Also includes copy of postcard with photo of Bill Farrell and the Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)

Various accounts for Shotton Colliery, Easington Colliery, Dean and Chapter Colliery, Leasingthorne Colliery, and Ludworth Colliery.

Notations consist of thoughts and criticisms written in pencil by Sid, his friends, and tutors. It is indicated on some that they were written during Sid's time at Fircroft College, and during time underground at Dean and Chapter. Includes letters from Clifford Leech from University College Durham, Arnold Rattenbury, literary editor of 'Our Time' and an unidentified sender with their thoughts; and an article written by Sid on the Spennymoor Settlement Sketching Club's Twelfth Annual Exhibition with mention of Norman Cornish, and Herbert Dees. Includes poems The Last Hour, and A Widow Wept.

The Eighteen Plus was an organisation concerned with the social development of young people aged 18 - 30. The May 1943 edition includes a Who's Who section on Sid.

Includes poems Fossil, that was written on hearing the news of Hiroshima whilst at Dean and Chapter Colliery. The Last Hour, a poem written whilst underground The Swimmers Half Moon Street Lament for the Little Hills and Miner's Prayer