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Newcastle

Marvellous views of a bygone age, discovered in an old box containing glass plate negatives.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/mar/29/19th-centrury-newcastle-in-pictures#/?picture=388048823&index=3

Outstanding! The clothe market ones are Paddys Market on Ncle Quayside - I think. I remember similar on Sundays 30 years ago.

Are some of them on the town moor? The Hoppings perhaps?

Great site, thanks for that.,

Yes definitely the hoppings imo (Murhphy's) Eldrick and Paddy's Market....memories of Sunday morning....

St Mary''s Island ?.....on the photos. Fred? hadn't noticed that one.

Did think Beverly Terrace, Cullercoats was one....St George's church in the background,and what look like tents on the beach/Links?.....lots of folk.Could it have been Harbour Day or a church gathering perhaps?

I could spend hours looking at very old historical pictures :-D

Where's the last post gorn :-S

Yes, I'm the same. I bought a large collection of photos from the 40's and 50's a few years ago. Its great seeing things like the houseboats at Seaton Sluice harbour, the quayside and the fish quay. I was going to make them into a website - will get round to it one day.

Thought you might be interested in this site.

http://www.houghtonlespring.org.uk/town_moor_fair2012/townmoorfair_history/hoppings_timeline.pdf

I have many of N/S fish quay,my ancestors lived and worked there from 1800s to the 1970s

ooops!! sorry for the 'stretch' :-S

http://www.hebburn.org.uk/

Navigate to Norman Dunns website, theres some great old pics of the area on there.

I've seen the HLS site, love it to bits :-)

Oceans Chippy on the Fish Quay has some interesting photos of old North Shields.

My Mum grew up in an orphanage in Cullercoats, she said she could see the sea from one side of the dormitory and the railway from the other, obviously long gone now, but would be nice if anyone could help me to pin point it if possible.

shouldnt be too hard to tack it down - was it a church run place? The only one I know of was on Mast lane, which probably fits that description.

http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/CULLE01.html

I really don't know if it was church run or not, she said very little about it but it certainly fits the bill, thank you :-)

Hi Susan I remember St Oswald's very well.It was on a corner of the road where I lived and grew up.

It was still used in the fifties by (if I recall correctly) the YMCA.

There was also a Barnardo's home built on Beaconsfield across from our house.The sea on one side and railway lines on the other.It was originally for boys.
Here's a lovely picture/description of this home....the area was a smashing place to live.....Happy days on the beach :-D

http://www.goldonian.org/photos/photo_archive_homes/pages/beaconsfield.htm

Great fish and chips there Robert :-D used to be Kristian's..........the fish quay has certainly gone up market hasn't it?......and definitely from the days my GG.ancestors lived and worked there.Thousands of fish caught then in their hey day.

Wow thanks Mauonthecoast, you are the only person apart from Mum who has spoken about it, she was there from 1927 ish til whatever age they had to leave, I don't suppose I will ever know the full story, i.e. who put her in there but I do know why, hey hoo I will make the journey up there again and see if there is any info about who put her there, how it was run etc. :-D

I would love to be able to take photos for you if it was possible.
Just remember St Oswalds was quite an imposing building and I used to go in there when I was connected to St George's parish church in Cullercoats.

I'll visit the local library and see if I can find more info.for you,but good picture of it on the site given.

Mau xx

btw. I have Lamberts connected to my family....

Yes I have seen the pictures thank you and have also been to the library to see if there is a register of children, but at the time they had not finished gathering the info, so will be up there later this year to see if it is done yet.

One of my Lamberts is Kathleen Rose, from Wales I think, I'll check it out and let you know.

Yes it is Kathleen, her Father is Charles and her Mother is Amelia Fairchild, any help?

Thanks for names,but unfortunately not familiar to me.

Good luck with your search....and if you wish pm me.