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Farringdon maps
Historic maps of Farringdon and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Farringdon maps
Farringdon photos
We have no photos of Farringdon, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Sunderland| Ryhope| Houghton Le Spring| Seaham| Lambton Park| Seaburn| Washington| Easington Lane| East Boldon| West Boldon| Lumley Park| Cleadon| Whitburn| Finchale Priory| Chester Le Street| Birtley| Easington| Easington Colliery
Farringdon area books
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Memories of Farringdon
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My Teenage Years
I remember living across the field at Farringdon comp. as was. I used to climb the fence and run across the school field. I used to have 2 very good friends, Ann Boswell and Sharon Butler, we were never bored and I remember hanging around Gilley Law. I moved away with me dad in 1977.
Tyne and Wear memories
Growing up in West Herrington
I moved to West Herrington village in 1953 as a baby, along with my older sister and parents into a new house in St Cuthberts Road and this was to stay the family home until my mother died in March 2007. My brother was born here in 1954 and my youngest sister in 1959. Although this was a 2-bedroomed house, we managed. The village was the most fantastic place to grow up: it was a close-knit community and a very safe place to be. As a child the farm cottages at the top of the village were still there and we spent a lot of time in with the animals although we were always very aware and scared of Charlie the Bull). Our milk was delivered by the horse and cart in the early days and the dray bringing the beer to the Shoulder of Mutton was also horse-drawn. Once a month on the first Thursday (I think) St Cuthberts church was open for a morning holy communion and although... Read more
Home to my McCue And Routledge Ancestors
This would have been an everyday sight for my ancestors who worked in the paper mill at Hendon and for the NE Railway.
Going to School
My family and I lived in Seaburn, a suburb of Sunderland north of the River Wear, and from 1942 to 1944 I attended the nursery department of the Sunderland High School, south of the Wear. Every morning and evening my father, who taught in Sunderland Technical College, would take and fetch me travelling in a tram like the one on this photo.
Happy Days
My parents used to take my brother and me to Roker Park so that we could play there. Our favourite game was rushing up and down the path running through the ravine, which can be seen on this picture.
Getting Lost in Binns
One day, when I was about 5 years old, Mother took me to Binns, which used to be a big store in Fawcett Street. While I was standing by one of the counters, lost in a daydream, Mother went to another counter a few feet away. Abruptly I woke from my dream when the shop assistant leaned over and asked me what I wanted, and because I didn't see Mother, I thought she had gone away and left me there. I rushed out into the street crying, and a small crowd collected around me. A lady asked me where I lived, I was able to tell her, she gave me money for my tram fare, and I travelled home on the top deck, happily singing to myself, for I'd got over my fright. By the time I reached Seaburn, where I lived, I was happy again, and couldn't imagine why Mother was in tears!
Illuminations
The illuminations were a yearly event in Roker Park and it was magic as a young child to visit each year - particularly scarey was Marley's Ghost in a cave in the ravine.
The other memory was of fishing for tiddlers in the pond or having rides on the little train.
