She is most noted for her memoir of life in the town of Ashington, The Pit Village and the Store, which was later dramatized for British television.
[3] McCullough Thew "pioneered sex education in schools" and produced programs for television and radio about human relationships in the mid-1960s.
[1] McCullough Thew died at East Riding Residential Care Home in Morpeth on Christmas Day, 2013.
[3] Items that she had collected from her past, including World War II memorabilia, were donated to the Woodhorn Museum.
[4] Labour History called The Pit Village and the Store an "affectionate memoir of life in Ashington.