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Derek Hall
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
Appearance of the house in the 1930s and 40s. Appearance of the village of Quaking Houses, street layout and position of landmarks. Boy drowned in pit reservoir. Shifting ground and subsidence, caused crack in field. Two friends set fire to a hut. Local characters. Lock-ins at the pub. Attitude of the managers, thought they owned the village, could threaten the sack. Quoits - local champion, local matches. Father had to be called back from a quoits match for his christening. Streets. Daily life, sanding the front step. Boxing - boxer threatening a family. Football team, changed in houses as no...
David Tindale
Russian food parcels in 1984 strike, comment by man who fought in Russian Revolution. More on cricket. Team went around during 1926 strike. Stories about the Home Guard in the area. Layout of the house - father plumbed in a hot water system; method of washing clothes; bath with a hinged top; got very cold upstairs. Pay at organ works; secrecy about union membership. Pranks played on and by apprentices at the engine works. New apprentices Christmas Box, had to sing a carol for it. The garage there. Identifying people on photograph of organ works. First encounter with policeman, at five. The var...
Russian food parcels in 1984 strike, comment by man who fought in Russian Revolution. More on cricket. Team went around during 1926 strike. Stories about the Home Guard in the area. Layout of the house - father plumbed in a hot water system; method of washing clothes; bath with a hinged top; got very cold upstairs. Pay at organ works; secrecy about union membership. Pranks played on and by apprentices at the engine works. New apprentices Christmas Box, had to sing a carol for it. The garage there. Identifying people on photograph of organ works. First encounter with policeman, at five. The var...
Alan Linklater
Fairly well off - family firm, grandfather invented ship's accommodation ladder. Childhood activities on the beach, would teach other boys to sail, went to same school, no class divide. Some had no shoes; schemes locally to help them, village community. Children spent time on the beach, used to it compared to visitors. Girls and boys games. Sledging. General strike - travelling on trains, people throwing bricks. How people go onto jobs at sea. Frys ships. Police knew everyone, very little law breaking. Lamp lighter. The Tynemouth volunteer life brigade, practice days; saved lives in 1947. Kids...
Fairly well off - family firm, grandfather invented ship's accommodation ladder. Childhood activities on the beach, would teach other boys to sail, went to same school, no class divide. Some had no shoes; schemes locally to help them, village community. Children spent time on the beach, used to it compared to visitors. Girls and boys games. Sledging. General strike - travelling on trains, people throwing bricks. How people go onto jobs at sea. Frys ships. Police knew everyone, very little law breaking. Lamp lighter. The Tynemouth volunteer life brigade, practice days; saved lives in 1947. Kids...
anon Benwell couple
Peg lived in Paradise village - grandparents had boathouse pub. Playing by railway embankment. Ferry trips over the Tyne. Area nicknamed Saddlers square. Big parties around the piano. Father put car engines on old lifeboats, went on boat trips. Ovaltiney. Relative an engine driver, would throw coal off the train for them as it went by. Evacuation to Lake District - school there, digging for victory, thought would have to be well behaved to stay with vicar. Jack not evacuated in world war two, but no school - took allotments instead. Air raids, planes nearby. Getting batteries recharged. Jacks...
Peg lived in Paradise village - grandparents had boathouse pub. Playing by railway embankment. Ferry trips over the Tyne. Area nicknamed Saddlers square. Big parties around the piano. Father put car engines on old lifeboats, went on boat trips. Ovaltiney. Relative an engine driver, would throw coal off the train for them as it went by. Evacuation to Lake District - school there, digging for victory, thought would have to be well behaved to stay with vicar. Jack not evacuated in world war two, but no school - took allotments instead. Air raids, planes nearby. Getting batteries recharged. Jacks...
Mr Oglivie
Family – women became elderly grannies at quite young age. Smashing lamps in lanes, running from police. Brief on school days. Life at Armstrong College in Newcastle, 1919-23, as a sandwich course in an apprenticeship at Hawthorn Leslie. Working in various department of the shipyard, had to go to sea for a year. Damage during second world war. Relationship with ordinary workers, who tend to clock off early, options for climbing career ladder. Accidents around. Ships worked on during the war, some secret. Attempt to also build prefab housing. Meeting wife, hobbies.
Family – women became elderly grannies at quite young age. Smashing lamps in lanes, running from police. Brief on school days. Life at Armstrong College in Newcastle, 1919-23, as a sandwich course in an apprenticeship at Hawthorn Leslie. Working in various department of the shipyard, had to go to sea for a year. Damage during second world war. Relationship with ordinary workers, who tend to clock off early, options for climbing career ladder. Accidents around. Ships worked on during the war, some secret. Attempt to also build prefab housing. Meeting wife, hobbies.
Robert Screaton
Partial: Pit ponies - riding them in fields during 1926 strike and also in the pit. Token system and checkweighmen. General Strike, first time he heard the Red Flag. Blacklegs shunned. Took coal from a tip and sold it. Could afford eight cigarettes a day. Others would dig for coal, or take from colliery yard, police turned a blind eye. Once led a pit owner through to another pit underground underneath the Tyne. Miners gala. Certain places where there were often fights, sometimes shipyard men against miners. Bathing, tin baths and rough towels. Busy with children. Man who fought a lot when drun...
Partial: Pit ponies - riding them in fields during 1926 strike and also in the pit. Token system and checkweighmen. General Strike, first time he heard the Red Flag. Blacklegs shunned. Took coal from a tip and sold it. Could afford eight cigarettes a day. Others would dig for coal, or take from colliery yard, police turned a blind eye. Once led a pit owner through to another pit underground underneath the Tyne. Miners gala. Certain places where there were often fights, sometimes shipyard men against miners. Bathing, tin baths and rough towels. Busy with children. Man who fought a lot when drun...
Thomas Green
Streets of Gateshead as a child; describes family - tiny mother. Parents went to Newcastle market each Saturday and stopped for a drink. Brother once invited up on stage at Scala theatre. Father a glass blower, started Sunderland glassworks; Thomas also trained for this. Castle Garth clog shops. Children in rags, would beg for food at factory gates. Stole fog signals from railway yard, would make noise if you threw a brick at them. Made coppers taking old pets to the slaughterhouse. It also killed injured horses. Quoits, watching rowing, played in river. Picking up flour and yeast for people, ...
Streets of Gateshead as a child; describes family - tiny mother. Parents went to Newcastle market each Saturday and stopped for a drink. Brother once invited up on stage at Scala theatre. Father a glass blower, started Sunderland glassworks; Thomas also trained for this. Castle Garth clog shops. Children in rags, would beg for food at factory gates. Stole fog signals from railway yard, would make noise if you threw a brick at them. Made coppers taking old pets to the slaughterhouse. It also killed injured horses. Quoits, watching rowing, played in river. Picking up flour and yeast for people, ...
Frank Graham
Family background, slightly better off than some in area. In early teens very affected by sight of man breaking the two minute war memorial silence, trying to make speech. Time of lots of political meetings and demonstrations. The hunger marches - different from Jarrow march - more militant. Strength of National Unemployed Workers Movement. Set themselves to stand against Mosley's fascists in the region. - why Mosley failed here, small meetings jeered at. More on the hunger marches, staying in halls and the workhouse, increased in size as it went. Got new boots donated but caused trouble as no...
Family background, slightly better off than some in area. In early teens very affected by sight of man breaking the two minute war memorial silence, trying to make speech. Time of lots of political meetings and demonstrations. The hunger marches - different from Jarrow march - more militant. Strength of National Unemployed Workers Movement. Set themselves to stand against Mosley's fascists in the region. - why Mosley failed here, small meetings jeered at. More on the hunger marches, staying in halls and the workhouse, increased in size as it went. Got new boots donated but caused trouble as no...
Jack Ramshaw and Harry Ferrier
Sleeping six to a bed. Taking part in a school strike about Royal Oak Day. Working as a paperboy. Grandfather often moved from one pit to another, put his bed on a wagon and moved on. Coal cables and wages. Saw men beating up a blackleg miner during strike. Came out of school day before 1921 strike, had to wait till it was over before starting work, helped in soup kitchens. Close knit community. Story of policeman trying to catch a potato thief. Allotment practically a second job. Complaints in the mine went through several stages, watered down each time and usually petered out. Union voluntar...
Sleeping six to a bed. Taking part in a school strike about Royal Oak Day. Working as a paperboy. Grandfather often moved from one pit to another, put his bed on a wagon and moved on. Coal cables and wages. Saw men beating up a blackleg miner during strike. Came out of school day before 1921 strike, had to wait till it was over before starting work, helped in soup kitchens. Close knit community. Story of policeman trying to catch a potato thief. Allotment practically a second job. Complaints in the mine went through several stages, watered down each time and usually petered out. Union voluntar...
Joe Ging
Crowded house as a child. Starting school. Moved to larger house - had bugs. Father was in Boer War then became postman. Mass of respectable working class. Ran if you saw a policeman. Shops and interesting buildings in the area in the 1930s, towards town and also on to Town Moor, easy to walk into countryside. Couldn’t get far in education system without money. Jobs taken by siblings. Games - "bob, bo", balls, mountie kitty etc, football, marbles. Carpet beating day. Gas lighting. Poor children given wheat flakes at school. Clipped free boots. Hard work of mother. Would go to Co-op for her, Co...
Crowded house as a child. Starting school. Moved to larger house - had bugs. Father was in Boer War then became postman. Mass of respectable working class. Ran if you saw a policeman. Shops and interesting buildings in the area in the 1930s, towards town and also on to Town Moor, easy to walk into countryside. Couldn’t get far in education system without money. Jobs taken by siblings. Games - "bob, bo", balls, mountie kitty etc, football, marbles. Carpet beating day. Gas lighting. Poor children given wheat flakes at school. Clipped free boots. Hard work of mother. Would go to Co-op for her, Co...
John and Nan Logan
Learning to read in hospital from newspapers. Trained as boilersmith but also did various jobs in hospitals. Tried to go back to boilersmithing but got in trouble with others for working too fast - as would be finished when the work complete. Became first aid attendant at Elswick Works, end up in charge of this side. Making own entertainment - watching the rowing, playing shops with boody. Food shortages in First world war, would queue up even without knowing what had come in. Kept hens, and would sieve "coarse wholemeal", give the rough stuff to them. Salt fish, baking flat breads, exchange ...
Learning to read in hospital from newspapers. Trained as boilersmith but also did various jobs in hospitals. Tried to go back to boilersmithing but got in trouble with others for working too fast - as would be finished when the work complete. Became first aid attendant at Elswick Works, end up in charge of this side. Making own entertainment - watching the rowing, playing shops with boody. Food shortages in First world war, would queue up even without knowing what had come in. Kept hens, and would sieve "coarse wholemeal", give the rough stuff to them. Salt fish, baking flat breads, exchange ...
Whickham miscellany part 1
A Miscellany of twentieth century memories from the old Whickham urban district: Tess Lamour, childhood in Marley Hill 1923-35 - Billy Kendall, Mrs Ellis, Jimmy Boyd and other local characters; shops of Dunston; characters - Mr Morrison, Billy Griggs, Tom Brymar, Joe Chucks; Victoria Hopper; James Golbourn as remembered by his grandson Tom; Jack Dixon and world war two; police constable Scott and cold war four minute warning procedure; Anne and Bill Urwin; Park Drive scout hut; Kathleen Bambrough childhood.
A Miscellany of twentieth century memories from the old Whickham urban district: Tess Lamour, childhood in Marley Hill 1923-35 - Billy Kendall, Mrs Ellis, Jimmy Boyd and other local characters; shops of Dunston; characters - Mr Morrison, Billy Griggs, Tom Brymar, Joe Chucks; Victoria Hopper; James Golbourn as remembered by his grandson Tom; Jack Dixon and world war two; police constable Scott and cold war four minute warning procedure; Anne and Bill Urwin; Park Drive scout hut; Kathleen Bambrough childhood.
Agnes Hall and Ciss Heron
Family owned the Red House Cafe on the Quayside, Newcastle, five girls all went to help there. Workman's cafe, busy very early with dockers. Learning to be a dressmaker, then a years admin for the Druid's friendly society (health insurance). Sailors, prostitutes, mechanical mule for loads up the hill - the quayside. A typical day, food served. Effects of first world war rationing. Customers - met husband. Father strict about times allowed out. Start of cinemas locally, films they went to see, theatres. Jobs in the cafe, work done. Different ships coming in from London, Aberdeen, Norway, Chile ...
Family owned the Red House Cafe on the Quayside, Newcastle, five girls all went to help there. Workman's cafe, busy very early with dockers. Learning to be a dressmaker, then a years admin for the Druid's friendly society (health insurance). Sailors, prostitutes, mechanical mule for loads up the hill - the quayside. A typical day, food served. Effects of first world war rationing. Customers - met husband. Father strict about times allowed out. Start of cinemas locally, films they went to see, theatres. Jobs in the cafe, work done. Different ships coming in from London, Aberdeen, Norway, Chile ...
1920s geordie songs
Various songs taken from c.1920s discs.“Tyneside Comedian” J.C. Scatter on Regal (i.e. 1914-32) - The Tyneside Policeman- The Tyneside Soldier, Keep your Feet Still Geordie Hinny- The Neighbours Below. Eric Foster on Regal Records -Geordie at the Auction- Geordie’s Saturday Night (G 6534). Eric Foster on Regal Records - The Pitman and his wife on a steamboat- the pitman’s wedding (G6535). C. E. Catchside-Warrington, Zonophone 5494 - Cushie Butterfield- Wor Nanny’s a Mazer (floruit 1890s –1930s; could relate to Album of Tyneside songs c. 1912 or vols of Tyneside songs in 1920s). Jamieson Dodds...
Various songs taken from c.1920s discs.“Tyneside Comedian” J.C. Scatter on Regal (i.e. 1914-32) - The Tyneside Policeman- The Tyneside Soldier, Keep your Feet Still Geordie Hinny- The Neighbours Below. Eric Foster on Regal Records -Geordie at the Auction- Geordie’s Saturday Night (G 6534). Eric Foster on Regal Records - The Pitman and his wife on a steamboat- the pitman’s wedding (G6535). C. E. Catchside-Warrington, Zonophone 5494 - Cushie Butterfield- Wor Nanny’s a Mazer (floruit 1890s –1930s; could relate to Album of Tyneside songs c. 1912 or vols of Tyneside songs in 1920s). Jamieson Dodds...
commemorative brass concert
Commemoration: highlights of a commemorative concert held in Durham Cathedral Saturday April 17th 1982 featuring the Ever Ready Band and Hammonds Sauce Works Band. Grand March, The Lost Chord, North East Fantasy, Air from Suite 3 in D, Pomp and Circumstance, March Slav, Summertime, Ballet Music from William Tell, Deep Harmony, Hallelujah. Concert following death of policeman James Porter. Polyphonic PRL016
Commemoration: highlights of a commemorative concert held in Durham Cathedral Saturday April 17th 1982 featuring the Ever Ready Band and Hammonds Sauce Works Band. Grand March, The Lost Chord, North East Fantasy, Air from Suite 3 in D, Pomp and Circumstance, March Slav, Summertime, Ballet Music from William Tell, Deep Harmony, Hallelujah. Concert following death of policeman James Porter. Polyphonic PRL016
Robert Maughan
First worked in Wallsend pit, ferry there. Unemployed with six children through 1930s. Describes taking means test. Life - sleeping arrangements, poverty, made own clothes and entertainment. Labour party, listening to speeches, being in demonstrations, police involvement. Aspects of Jarrow March and effect on Jarrow. Political views.
First worked in Wallsend pit, ferry there. Unemployed with six children through 1930s. Describes taking means test. Life - sleeping arrangements, poverty, made own clothes and entertainment. Labour party, listening to speeches, being in demonstrations, police involvement. Aspects of Jarrow March and effect on Jarrow. Political views.
Collinson Birch
Grandmother in wheelchair. Moved in 1935 to High Heaton – road works, man watching tools overnight. Quiet streets. Street sellers. School play, keen reader, didn’t recognise mother with new false teeth. Evacuation to Eastbourne - kids battles. Outbreak of war, windows with tape on etc. Bomber coming low nearby. Watching air raids, hunting shrapnel etc, waiting in Anderson shelter, fire when goods station bombed. Game spinning milk bottle tops, chasing barrage balloons, talking to Home Guard, taking golf balls on course. Visiting local smith, old ruined house with prisms from chandeliers. Men g...
Grandmother in wheelchair. Moved in 1935 to High Heaton – road works, man watching tools overnight. Quiet streets. Street sellers. School play, keen reader, didn’t recognise mother with new false teeth. Evacuation to Eastbourne - kids battles. Outbreak of war, windows with tape on etc. Bomber coming low nearby. Watching air raids, hunting shrapnel etc, waiting in Anderson shelter, fire when goods station bombed. Game spinning milk bottle tops, chasing barrage balloons, talking to Home Guard, taking golf balls on course. Visiting local smith, old ruined house with prisms from chandeliers. Men g...
Albert Allen
Father a sinker. Early houses in Hesleden. Father had got a certificate for working on Newcastle bridge, but threw it in fire as “can’t eat it” – also laid railway lines. Labourers worked hard, moved often. First death at Blackhall Colliery was his brother – how it happened in detail, lamp nearly out of electricity – neck broken, brought out on flat cart, seeing body laid out. Father came home on leave from World War One, locked up by police and escorted back to navy because wanted to stay for funeral – meanwhile his crew had all died, so life saved by this leave. Got nothing from colliery. Co...
Father a sinker. Early houses in Hesleden. Father had got a certificate for working on Newcastle bridge, but threw it in fire as “can’t eat it” – also laid railway lines. Labourers worked hard, moved often. First death at Blackhall Colliery was his brother – how it happened in detail, lamp nearly out of electricity – neck broken, brought out on flat cart, seeing body laid out. Father came home on leave from World War One, locked up by police and escorted back to navy because wanted to stay for funeral – meanwhile his crew had all died, so life saved by this leave. Got nothing from colliery. Co...
Michael Hodgson
Evacuation - mistreated, eventually stole something to get policeman's attention, story came out in court. Diving into nettles when road machine gunned. Other people stayed with as evacuee, including undertaker. Vicar a German sympathiser. Communal air raid shelters, bombing of Middlesbrough. Was nearly on the ill fated Benares to America. Ration food, queuing. Later got lucky dip sweets. Magic tricks. Headmaster took to first job, at printers. In air force - won the drill cup. Later jobs. Long walks.
Evacuation - mistreated, eventually stole something to get policeman's attention, story came out in court. Diving into nettles when road machine gunned. Other people stayed with as evacuee, including undertaker. Vicar a German sympathiser. Communal air raid shelters, bombing of Middlesbrough. Was nearly on the ill fated Benares to America. Ration food, queuing. Later got lucky dip sweets. Magic tricks. Headmaster took to first job, at printers. In air force - won the drill cup. Later jobs. Long walks.
Items of Yesteryear 1
"Items of yesteryear" disc 1. Alex Johnson uses a series of domestic objects as a spring board for reminiscences. Discusses: milk can (fetching milk from farmer, blackberries), hair clippers, hairdressers and nits. Possing and hanging out clothes, ironing. Candles and paraffin lamps. Pinnies, stockings, darning socks. Clogs and boots, home cobbling, trips into Newcastle to buy new boots, police shoe fund. The fire, coal, poker and bleazer, toasting fork and kipper toaster, baking tin, ladle for water from set pot. Chamber pot, newspaper for toilet paper. Miner's bait tins and carbide lamps. Pr...
"Items of yesteryear" disc 1. Alex Johnson uses a series of domestic objects as a spring board for reminiscences. Discusses: milk can (fetching milk from farmer, blackberries), hair clippers, hairdressers and nits. Possing and hanging out clothes, ironing. Candles and paraffin lamps. Pinnies, stockings, darning socks. Clogs and boots, home cobbling, trips into Newcastle to buy new boots, police shoe fund. The fire, coal, poker and bleazer, toasting fork and kipper toaster, baking tin, ladle for water from set pot. Chamber pot, newspaper for toilet paper. Miner's bait tins and carbide lamps. Pr...
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