Bobby Elwell leads the Mariners out at Simonside Hall. c1970 ish
Young codger at the Lawe Top. 1955. The Lookout Fort in the distance and Lawe Ho to the right. Why oh why was that historic pile bulldozed?
Another 1950s Burndept social evening. Winnie Tinnion centre and Peggy Brown to her left.
An older codger on the Marine Park lake in 1966. These strange paddle boats replaced the motorised 'scooter' boats. Fairground left and in the distance , the coal washer.
A duo colored print from 1969. Photo taken at the Look Out Fort, Lawe Top. The model, Janet was 16 and worked in the office at the Crompton Parkinson factory in River Drive. Five years late I turned pro, Our studio was in Cullercoats. The coloring of this print was achieved after hours of trial and error, dodgy chemicals and wasted photographic paper. Today I can do it in Photoshop in 2 or three minutes.
Another production line image taken at the Burndept No 2 factory in Station Rd. Late 1940s probably.
c1955-56. Burndept social evening. Second from the left my mother. Next to her my then girlfriend Dorothy Bennett and then myself. I do know the lady on the exreme left and the one at the front (may be Waggot) but their names have gone
Early 1970s Sportsweek Parade Jazz Band. Pics like this were good source of income for me as a budding photographer
Mid 1950s. Trolley buses at the Pier Head.
And last....phew! I took this snap from my favoutite place, the ferry landing. Late evening snap a busy river boats/ships as far as the eye can see. c1980s
Caer Urfa in the foreground (the old Saxon name for the town)
Great pics Hartman, they really take you back - I was at Vidor 70/71 in the research & development dept., under Derek Brown? If memory serves, I think that was his name.
I also recall I had a good farewell party, I think in the harbour lights pub, up the bank from the riverside factory.
i think the houses you can see are the ones that used to be leading to the pier head and what looks like the washer tower is near the northern edge of the fair ground.
Small point I know but the tower is the Crown shaft winder at Westoe pit.
I think like Pilot says the houses are the ones just past the Majestic heading for the Pier. The "tower must be something in the fairground, if it was the Crown winder in the picture you would have seen the boat landing and the model boat club house.
yep i thought the picture was strange but i have now sussed it, the buildings where the houses next door to the quasar, the top of the thing that looks like westoe pit is infact the top of the old crane that worked on the pier
jimmywizz wrote:yep i thought the picture was strange but i have now sussed it, the buildings where the houses next door to the quasar, the top of the thing that looks like westoe pit is infact the top of the old crane that worked on the pier
Like Axeman I am now getting confused, if as I thought the houses were next to Quasar, would you not have the Sea Hotel in the picture?
Jimmy you are right. I have looked at the original negative scan and the little path you can see leads out on to the road opposite where Quasar is now. What I thought was the coal washer is in fact somekind of structure on the pier. (as pilot said) Senior moment again. Sorry chaps. Although it has provoked a sensible debate........
That is a building in the park on the left, maybe the old model boat club house. But that's the coal washer
..well it looked like a bus .. 