church

[rusty]

When i lived in Hs Edward St i have faint recolection of a church near by called St Francis any one else remember this place ?

[Deka]

Hi Rusty,if i'm not mistaken the church was in Garwood St.it looked more like a long hut than a church.

[rusty]

Thanks for that confirmation,i remember going to a couple of slide shows,sorry to say not the same as going to the old cinema at Chi then flying home with jacket turned into a bat man cloak

[Jarrow Pete]

Only went to the Chi once, was it not nicknamed The flea Pit. Seem to remember they let you in if you had a glass jar to use as an entrance fee.

[rusty]

The Flea Pit it was................used to come out of there straight across the road to a bakery 2 large slices of bread and jam 3pence.The Chi had no carpet just bare boards made a lot of noice when you stamped your feet

[german john]

hi rusty
I think it was garwood st.Will check it out but I was christened there in 1954.

[rusty]

I got there a few years early like 1939

[Pooter]

St Francis was in Garwood Street it backed on the railway line. In my time it was father Alderson, it was quite high church - incense everywhere. From memory it was a very nice church inside. There were at least two huts in the grounds one of them was the scout hut. I saw the Desperados play there in 1962 or thereabouts.

[curly]

I went to Bert Alderson's scouts too. The guy was a corker, great with kids.

[Pooter]

I was in the cubs (sixer of red six) not the scouts. The akela was a girl whose name I forget but she lived in Taylor Street.

Did you go on any of the church pilgrimages by bus to places like Ripon?

[rusty]

I think i went to camp to a place near Hartlepool

[Delilahcat]

I remember Father Alderson very well. Although my family attended St Mary's church in South Eldon Street the two parishes were close and we attended St Francis' church on occasions. Like St Mary's it was very high church and I remember Father Alderson hearing my confession before my confirmation. In those days our social life, guides, brownies, girls club, youth club, revolved around the church as there was little other entertainment. I lived just over the road from the church and seemed to spend a great deal of my childhood there. Happy days!j

[mr-angry]

Deliah's a left footer.

[rusty]

What is the Rosette,? looks like some thing you might win at a pet show.

[Pooter]

Deliah's a left footer.

You could have mistaken us for left footers on a Sunday reeking of incense but it was Church of England alright. I have just remembered the young teenage organist who played for a while, she was great.

[Globalmyths]

What month in 1939 Rusty.

[rusty]

the first month

[Globalmyths]

you beat me by a month Rusty I was a Feb 18th baby.

[mr-angry]

Deliah's a left footer.

You could have mistaken us for left footers on a Sunday reeking of incense but it was Church of England alright.

I didn't know the CoE did confessions?
Or you called the Vicar "father"?

[rusty]

25th of Jan not so far away 182 H.S.Edward st top house shared outside loo,many spiders uh !
poss tub,hand cranked rollers gas iron,gas lights all mod cons,nearly forgot coal fired wash house,and 3 clothes props.