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I am the same age as you and its only when you look back that you see what hard times they were ,we had outside netties a sculery one cold tap a zink bath that hung on a nail in the back yard ,coal fires and a big black cast iron range me ma used to bake wounderful bread in oven me ma usrd to keep the range blackleaded to make it look nice .we had gass lights with gass mantles. the rent man called every week ,many wifes would take their mens suites to the pawn shop on a monday and get it out of hock friday so the men would look smart going out for 1 or 3 pints,shops gave tick. the butcher boy deliverd meat on his bike,women hung washing right across the back lanes and would have to run out and take it all down when a coal lorry came down the lane ,wash day was monday we had a wash house in the yard ma would light the fire under the copper colthes would be left in soak boild dolly blued washed and rinsed before going through a big wooden rollerd mangle ,men worked hard but so did women ,new colthes came from secondhand shops or were handed down from a big sister,mothers could make a lovely meal out of nothing,all the kids in the street would play togeather dads would join in with football and mums would use the washing line as a skiping rope right across the lane so we could all get to skip ,I was one of the lucky ones we had a nice home for the time some of my mates had news paper on the table and had to drink tea out jam jars nobody looked down on anybody we were all good at sharing if you played out and had a slice of bread and jam youd give all your mates a bite ,I with me ma at 40 Church street walker me ma had a heart of gold she took in her mother who was bed fast and really looked after her ,we had a big family and at times us younger ones slept 4 to a bed George had cancer and ma looked after him at home untill he died at 16 she had also took in a couple who didnt have a penny between them and as well as giving a home to 2 boys whos family didnt want them ad they ended up becoming part of the family we never had much but my lovely mum would share her last me da would come home from work and share his dinner with some poor soul having hard times .when I was little I thought I was poor its only when looking back that I can see I was rich only I dont count my wealth in money . Posted on 13/02/2012 at 21:26:26

I lived at Tynevale terrace low Walker Facing Walker Dean in the 1950s old army huts on the dean were taking over by families of squaters apart from the fact they were squating they wre normal working people who had moved out of slums in the East End of Newcastle one of the families had 14 cats but they were all looked after really well ,some of the folk later moved to Tynevale Terrace and some to Rodchester Dwellings . the kids in tynevale terrace would have 3 huge bonfires every year we allways wanted ours to be bigger than Daisy Hill kids. we had some lovely people living in our street , her was Katherleen,Noreen,Ronny,George, Aderline Fredy,JImmy,Pauline,everyone new everyone ,we all went to East walker school and one day we were told a boy in our class has been playing on the ferry landing by the bone yard when he had falling in the Tyne and drowned all of us were very upset. ,Posted on 13/02/2012 at 21:54:53

I was born and bread in Walker and left 40 years ago ,I often go for a walk in my minds eye around the old places I knew so well in and around Walker,Church st as it was in the 50s with all the old shops Nelly Cardellas the fruit shop, the chippy the lop hoos(the vaudy) Jimmy Andrews the news agents. Swans, the Hadrain. Mr Wisemans and best of all Kelvins then there was Ginny the jew ,you could buy anything you wanted on Church St. walker swimming baths and buying a penny loaf from Bertha Henzils. Walker Dwellings (cardboard city) George the pawn shop. walker park. the drill hall.walker dean .always a game to play and lots of friends to play with .Ive lived in diffrent parts of the country and met some smashing folk but when your bourn a Geordie then your a geordie till you die,when I was a kid we were very poor and now I am by no means rich but I live on the south coast a walk away from the sea or countryside the folk are nice enough but after all these years its still not home. and I still get home sick sadly I ve no family now up home and will never get the chance to ever move back but it is where my heart is.it is lovely when by chance I get to meet folk from from up home and have a bit of a natter,Posted on 05/03/2012 at 20:50:18

I remember some of the families who lived on Church street, there was Mr and Mrs Thommas and their daughter Moira Mrs Herron ,the Hildriths Jimmy,Mary and a lot of other brothers and sisters , Cathy and Horace Bell and their kids George,Olga (oggy ) and John, David Allen, George and Dolly Oliver and their kids Kitty, Ruby, Tom Jimmy George , Nelly, Lilly, Ray (spider) Dorothy Then there was the Roper family and daughter Heather nick named Heather Hopper! then ther was Domnic who kept the kids in line outside the Vaudy his nick name was tomato lips, he lived in the dwellings,as did Pat Kelly Vera Simcox, Cathleen Pooly,Doren Elliot, Vince Oconner,Cathy and Alex Bradford and their kids Alec ,Lilly, Jean Paul, Hazel ,cathleen, Posted on 05/03/2012 at 21:23:17

I wounder if anyone can remember Welbeck road girls school in the 1960s I remember Miss Nesbit the art teacher her class room was upstairs above the gym ,it was her first teaching post and she was lovely she had a twinn sister next door to her class was the needle work class I cant remember the teachers name only that no matter how nice and neat your sewing was she d still make you unpick it and start again! then we had little miss Miller for history and another Miss Miller for Re and she was lovely ,the teacher we all feared was Miss Turpin she had a really good aim with a black board duster and she would scream at us sit still fidgety phil! Miss Adams was head teacherPosted on 05/03/2012 at 21:41:45

I was born in the house Ennerdale Road 1961 and went to East Walker school and Tyneview for one year when it was brand new. MichaelPosted on 25/05/2012 at 14:36:41

I went to welbeck road school in the 60s was in miss woods, miss gates, miss spencer, classes, yes I remember miss Turpin always dressed in brown, I lived in pilgrim street in Newcastle, girls in my class at time linda Jorden, linda Joyce, Joyce Nichols, Sally hamilton, Freda shrimp ton, Kathleen bambrough, linda robeson, Angela Stewart, just a few, my name was Susan Oconnor, happy days wonder were all the girls ended up.Posted on 12/06/2012 at 21:19:36

i lived in tynevale tce in the late 70s,and went to tyneveiw school.i can remember miss cambell the headmistress, mr fitzgerald.had some great times in tynevale.spent most of my time on the railway lines making dens.there was some fab people in that st .wonder what they all doing.Posted on 13/08/2012 at 16:44:21

My Mam was born in Tyevale Terrace in 1937 , she said there was a few large familes lived there hers being one of them The Gregorys... my mam was knowing as Baba Gregory , with her being the youngest .. she has mentioned the names of some of the people above before Noreen , Aderline ect .I think their surname was Emlington but I am not a 100% and George was once engaged to my aunt I am sure .. my mam turned 75 this year and I took her back to Tynevale for a look around and she was telling me lots of stories of who lived where and where they played as children ... The house's have changed quite alot but we still found my mams old house number 16 which is now number 14 . lots of happy days my mam said where made there :)Posted on 18/09/2012 at 18:56:47

Bath Street for me was and always will be home .Although the little back to backs with outside toilets ( that froze in the winter) wooden bannisters(that just HAD to be slid down) and coal houses and washhouses have long since disappeared in my minds eye are still standing strong The windows that were kept gleaming by mothers who sat out on the ledge to clean them the doorsteps that were weekly donkey stoned and sheets blowing in the breeze in the back lane That is until the cry of "coalman"when everyone would dash out to get washing in before they were dirtied again Kids actually played with balls and "skippies"in the long hot summer days and made ice slides in the winters walking along Bath Street to East Walker school cracking the ice over the puddles the boys in short pants with red "welly" marks behind their knees n welly socks to keep our chilblained feet warm oh memories of playing in Pearsons ship yard walker railway lines health n safety hadn't been thought of ) chalking on the pavements for bays two baller chanting long forgotten rhymes ...how I wish I could go back for a day Posted on 22/09/2012 at 20:46:11

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MistyXoXo Posted on Thanks for the post, Clarice. My doctor first sutepcsed that I might have arthritis, but the hand x-rays came back normal and that's when he considered Lupus. I hope you get through the winter without too much pain!Posted on 05/10/2012 at 01:48:49

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i llived in walker 1939.1945, and still think of it as home, sadly everyone i knew ha sdied or moved on .I went to east walker school, and lived very near at coquetdale ave ,Many happy memories , is there anyone out there who knew me i was jean douse then...e mail at jeansymons@hotmail.co.uk Posted on 23/02/2013 at 16:38:53

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