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by bamboo
Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: eureka pub
Replies: 16
Views: 5179

Re: eureka pub

oh bollocks thats a shame .sless,a lad you know used to work for jim
can`t remember his name but i`m sure he is an electrician.
ring any bells ?
by bamboo
Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:02 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: eureka pub
Replies: 16
Views: 5179

Re: eureka pub

siam sam wrote:would that be carrs at the nook, i know les carr very well he had a shop in new green street.
i`m sure jimmy was related to les ,brother maybe ?
by bamboo
Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:02 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: eureka pub
Replies: 16
Views: 5179

Re: eureka pub

trebor wrote:Did that used to be carrs the butchers in the 70s-80s?
yep,jimmy carr owned and ran it with the help of his wife berris .last time i done a bit work for them they lived in hope st jarrow.really nice couple.
by bamboo
Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:53 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: eureka pub
Replies: 16
Views: 5179

Re: eureka pub

i was a lodger upstairs for 6 months around 86.my parent were close friends
of the landlady and she put them up while they were in between houses.
by bamboo
Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Mortimer School
Topic: Pupil Numbers
Replies: 3
Views: 9792

Re: Pupil Numbers

i figure of around 800 seniors in the early 80,s seems to ring a bell,but i maybe wrong ..
by bamboo
Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:36 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

Re: top of lizard lane

lov the christmas photo Pete.. I loved living at Marsden ,, hopefully , i will end up back there .. one day . I'm the same Anna....loved living there for the first 24 years of my life. And I wouldn't mind getting back there one day myself. . you never know Axeman ... :wink: hey anna why dont you an...
by bamboo
Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:09 am
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

Re: top of lizard lane

Jarrow Pete wrote:http://www.skylighters.org/marsden/index.html

Couple of pictures of Marsden Hall on here.
yep that looks like the house .
by bamboo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: Mortimer School
Topic: Anyone leave in 1979?
Replies: 10
Views: 12549

Re: Anyone leave in 1979?

sless wrote:yeah it was when he was a gardener at wood terrace
he got £10.000
about 1982
aye back in the day when £10k was worth having.
by bamboo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:54 am
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

Re: top of lizard lane

Pilot wrote:I remember the railway tunnel under the road and the railway line, Marsden Hall is quite high and quite a distance from the cliffs so it would have to be some tunnel
that what i thought.but its a canny tale anyway :D
by bamboo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:31 am
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

Re: top of lizard lane

it does have that classic haunted house look about it .
by bamboo
Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:19 am
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

Re: top of lizard lane

not too sure anna.next time you drive up the hill when you get to the top look to your right ,the house you see is the one i,m talking about.
by bamboo
Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:01 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: top of lizard lane
Replies: 26
Views: 5757

top of lizard lane

i,ve been doing quite a bit work in a house at the top of lizard lane.its the house directly to your right on the crest of the hill.the owners told me-in their cellar there is a blocked up tunnel that used to lead down to the bay which was used by smugglers back in the day. anyone else heard such ta...
by bamboo
Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:04 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Frederick St.
Replies: 66
Views: 19179

Re: Frederick St.

Bamboo did John Coates not have your carpet warehouse many years ago? aye thats him,he used to rent it off the guy i bought it from.he used to do indoor boot sales from there. Did he not have the second hand shop (goldfinger?) on the corner of the street where the second hand record place the Handy ...
by bamboo
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:11 am
Forum: Mortimer School
Topic: Anyone leave in 1979?
Replies: 10
Views: 12549

Re: Anyone leave in 1979?

did nicky win the footy pools a few years back ?
by bamboo
Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:09 am
Forum: Mortimer School
Topic: 1980's - john bainbridge (BAKER)
Replies: 4
Views: 11730

Re: 1980's - john bainbridge (BAKER)

i think i know your dad.did he have a brother,if so one of them is around 44 and the other about 41.they lived on the victoria rd estate
i used to play rugby with the older brother,he was like a wippet back in the day !
by bamboo
Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:04 am
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Frederick St.
Replies: 66
Views: 19179

Re: Frederick St.

pooter, mackays was a furniture store.i think homesick is refering to the shop that sold anything from nuts and bolts to bits of material and part rolls of cellotape and the like .
by bamboo
Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Frederick St.
Replies: 66
Views: 19179

Re: Frederick St.

i think the shop was owned by a guy called coates . he used to also run car boat sales .
by bamboo
Sat Sep 26, 2009 3:02 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Barnes Road School
Replies: 57
Views: 60808

Re: Barnes Road School

my parents currently live at 157 s/frederick st and i,m pretty sure my slug of a step fatha used to go to barnes rd school.
by bamboo
Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:06 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Eglesfield Road
Replies: 23
Views: 2919

Re: Eglesfield Road

by bamboo
Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:02 pm
Forum: Tyneside History Room
Topic: Shields Fauna
Replies: 44
Views: 11671

Re: Shields Fauna

i,often see a fox around the t/a on highfield rd,about two years ago,bob the manager from the fountain pub,let his dog into the boozer car park and the fox appeared,his german shepard chased the fox over the road,the fox made it but bobs dog was hit by a car :( it was in a right bad way but it did s...