Nelson Village

A Memory of Nelson Village.

I lived at 77 Arcot Avenue, Nelson Village from approximately 1954 - 1958 with my Auntie Molly and Uncle Tommy and Cousin Alan Dickson (whilst my mother Olive Winchester - nee Percy - was ill in hospital). I remember walking from Nelson Village to Cramlington Village school, knee high and more in snow and getting water from a standpipe when all the waterpipes (and the windows on the inside of house) were frozen. The other places I recall are playing around the airship sheds, going to the Co-op which was a few doors up in Arcot Avenue (the only place in the village with a phone) and going to the beetle drives and fishing in the burn. We also used to run after the coaches going to weddings hoping they would throw us some pennies for sweets. Happy carefree days.