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was it not the original general havelock

mmm Don't know about that one the northumberland was on the corner of laygate lane and campbell street

thanks baldy its not in there its a photo of the railway bridgs taken in the sixties and i think it has been reversed somewhere. are you the owner of the campbell street photo i was born in campbell street no3 which was behind the girl on the right hand side of the photo on the left was a pub called...

thanks offthewall i remember it now the whearsheaf, never went in it though. was'nt broadlands in ocean road used to be a shop goldmans
i think

i found an old pic on the net of King street how do i post it can some one help please[/img]

thanks for posting those Pilot, jogged the memory a bit to i had forgot about Dunns in the backround "gentlemans outfitters" i think they were called. Can you remember the name of the pub in Fowler street that was demolished to make way for the duel carriageway in Keppel street in the mid ...

i Think thats posh for No Spitting

Does anyone remember the Bridge pub in King Street?

Yeah i remember the Lion very Well, we either started in the market and worked our way down king street or started at the Britannia then into anderson street then the stags then ocean road

ME again if any of the Spottiswood clan read this could you ask George to get in touch again, he sent me an email but i pressed the wrong key and deleted it by mistake before i could save it or reply to it

jimo wrote:Hi , I lived at number 54,. Have a brother Mick and sister Kath. Which one are you, I think I can rember a Norma


Regards Jim.

Hi Jim Tell Mick John Sigsworth was asking after him ta

Anyone out there in Cyberland who used to live in Chauce Avenue? We used to live at no88, and names I remember are;Sigsworth,Spottiswood,Winter, Gardner, Lilley, Clark, Magrys, Yorston. Hi Nornan John Sigsworth here how you doin i lived at 84 next to the Spottiswoods the wilds lived at 78 the Winte...

Hi Rob They were only Quiet for the bingo when i used to go, all you could hear on a sunday was the sound of newspapers rustling and the comedian dieing, They sorted that by booking singers

The fist act i saw at the Latino was The Move the night before the singer packed in and Roy Wood took over i also Saw Tiny Tim, Alan Price and Georgie Fame, Bob Monkhouse he was brilliant. I remember seeing showaddywaddy and i think Shakin Stevens played there when it was the Tavern, i saw him at th...

yeah that was it the black and grey a real old smokey place you could smoke 20 fags without buying a packet

there used to be a band that practiced in one of the rooms in the Percy Hudson Can't remember their name i went there for a couple of years in the sixties, then i was introduced to Mr Mckewan in the Scotia and the rest as they say is history

I started at brinky in 62 quite a few in the pic were still there i remember Jock Donagher maths teacher wilfie biggs ian wase

Thanks for that pic of the Scotia used to be what they called a mans bar they used to have trays and trays of half full pint glasses on the counter round about lunchtime ready for the rush from the docks. EEEEEEE happy days

No mention of the Crown Prince Frederick, it used to sail newcastle to Esjberg in Denmark, it had no stabilisers when it was rough it was the ride of a lifetime beats the big one in Blackpool