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Gosforth maps
Historic maps of Gosforth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Gosforth maps
Historic map of Gosforth
Illustrated Victorian map of Tyne And Wear
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Memories of Gosforth
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Growing up in Gosforth 1960-1980
I am young enough to remember Gosforth as a thriving High Street and as a boy buying models from Boydells and my first singles from Woolworths, getting the 45 back and forth with my older brother to go to school too - we were 7 and 8. Witnessing the carnage as traffic volumes and lack of parking killed off many of... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2009
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St Vincents orphanage - re Henry Ritchies memory
My father (same name) was there between 1933-41 and also has many memories. Talk to him if you are able to start his memory cells. e mail: norman.phillipson@talktalk.net
Shared on 23 September 2009
Having written the last article on Children’s Matinees so many memories flitted through my brain, so I had to write them down! And no doubt I shall add to them over the weeks.
Going back to the old Corona at Felling, I just remembered that I was very young fresh out of the Navy and full of my own importance!... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2009
It’s so strange that you can remember so many things from early childhood, all those years ago! And it still feels clear as if it was yesterday and they bubble up into your brain after lying there undisturbed in the pits of time with no effort from you..,such as finding a jar of Pond’s Vanishing Cream on the dressing table in... [more]
Shared on 05 September 2009
THE PASSING OF A GRAND OLD THEATRE
The old Grand Theatre at Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne was one of well over 65 theatres and cinemas in the city in the heyday of entertainment.
Kenneth More in repertory, Winifred Atwell playing her first date in England, Bobby Thompson and the Merry Magpies, The Tattler Girls, many many Pantomimes, Revues and Variety Shows, Musical Comedy, the list could go... [more]
Shared on 14 December 2008
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage in Brunel Street
I spent 10 years in this orphanage, with many memories. Was anyone else there from 1931-1941, or does anyone have any information or photos?
Shared on 09 December 2008
OH YES HE IS! OH NO HE ISN''T!!!!
(ANOTHER PANTO STORY)
It’s like some eureka moment from no ware! Out of the fog of time come more memories of the early days in theatre, this time yet another Panto story.
We were doing Aladdin in a large theatre in the north, packed to the last seat in the Gods with happy children and their mums and dads. Now... [more]
Shared on 09 December 2008
It's Panto Time! Oh yes it is!
You ever been to a panto? Oh yes you have!!! Remember! You go into a large packed hot old theatre full of sticky shouting children and adults trying to look as if they are not enjoying themselves. The house lights dim and the orchestra comes out into the orchestra pit and they settle down, resplendent in dinner suits that have seen... [more]
Shared on 30 September 2008
Extracts From Gosforth & Tyne And Wear books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Gosforth, inspired by Frith photos.
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
Though only a couple of miles to the north of Newcastle, Gosforth had a character and identity of its own. Every year during the last week in June the town would be packed with people for Race Week and the running of the Northumberland Plate. In 1947 over 57,000 punters flocked to Newcastle Races on Plate Day to see the first running of the... [more]
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