Nostalgic memories of Newburn's local history
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Displaying Memories 11 - 20 of 58 in total
1965. During my time working here I carried out a number of different jobs, one was to make Zinc ingots, my shift would start with my furnace fired up and there next to it would be my "charge" this would be a pile of old Zinc ornaments the sort you will see on antiques road show now, there was every size of every subject, some damaged some not, we were allowed to buy stuff that came in at scrap value but ...see more
1965. Wes and me got back from the Smoke wi nought and needed a job, he got started at the leather works on Scotchy Road and I got started at the Lead Works which is now the site of the Arena. There were two sides to this place, the lead smelting side and the aluminium smelting side, I got into the aluminium side which pleased me as the lead side was a bit naughty with all the fumes and protective clothing including ...see more
Eeh! Remember potted meat? You could eat it as it was or put it on bread for a sandwich, where is it now? Then there was dripping which was quite solid and spread like margarine on your bread for sandwiches. I worked in Leeds on the university in the late 1960s and early 1970s and when I got there I never had digs, my pal Tommy Bishop from the west end was with me so I called to see my Aunt Lilly and Uncle Jack who lived ...see more
I remember nicking pears from the trees at the Retreat then going under newburn bridge to hide and eat them, there were a few of us, our Clem, our David (David Liddle), Hughie Williams, Doreen Milne, Billy Milne. The ledge we used to stand /sit on wasn't very wide, trying to pass someone was suicidal, when I think about it now, somebody was watching over us. We also used to walk over the top of the bridge that ...see more
1964: While working here we would go to two different pubs in Southgate, one at each end of the high street, it was in these pubs we met a local group of lads and lasses who were from very wealthy backgrounds, and they all took a shine to us. We were from totally different backgrounds and we must have seemed like a couple of aliens who had landed in their midst with a language very hard to understand. The main lad called Dave ...see more
Wes Coulthard and me decided to go to the smoke to try our luck,this was early sixties. Wes had worked in London before for a building company called Higgs & Hill so we decided to give it a go as we had just been laid off. It was a warm Friday and we set ourselves up on the Tyne Bridge with our rucksacks, I had the Stones written in indelible ink emblazoned all over mine and Wes had the Animals on his. We ...see more
I'm trying to trace my Family Tree and have found this website whilst browsing the internet for memories, photos etc about Newburn in the 1950s. My Nanna, Edith Veitch apparently ran a sweet shop (Sewells). My Mam was Ann Veitch her Sister was my Auntie Stella. I don't remember Newburn as we moved upto Throckley after I was born in 1962 into the new maisonettes on Tillmouth Park Road. It would be great if anyone ...see more
I was born in 1944 at 52 Millfield Crescent, my nana's house, Mrs Liddle. I lived in Millfield till 1963. I was part of Jimmy's gang, I remember doing most of the things that Jimmy did. Saturday matinees there used to show 3 different pictures, first was a cartoon, then a cowboy picture, or fatty and skinny (Laural & Hardy 2 b p.c.) then the serial 'Flash Gordon', or whatever, we got our money's worth, I think ...see more
This memory of 1961, and me and me pal Wes Coulthard started work at the Delta Rolling Mills (this was over Scotswood Bridge towards Blaydon, left along the river by the Skiff Inn). It was hard work but the dosh was better than other places. We started on the East Mill which rolled flat bars maybe up to 60 feet long when finished through the process of the rolling. I remember Phil and Lennie Scott who were brothers, ...see more
About 1953 onwards. I wrote this out a while ago and somehow it got lost, I know Rob Blackburn read it as he left a comment, so I will try and recall as much again. In Millfield we only had a couple of house shops one was Meggie Gribbles who took over from her parents and the other was Sewells which was run by Mrs Vietch who lived over the road in Albert Terrace, she had a daughter called Ann who was friend of mine as ...see more