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Historic maps of Leechmere and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Leechmere maps
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Ryhope| Sunderland| Seaham| Seaburn| Houghton Le Spring| Whitburn| East Boldon| Cleadon| Easington Lane| West Boldon| Easington Colliery| Monkton Village
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Tyne and Wear memories
East End
I was born in Sunderland in 1948 and Christened in Holy Trinity Church, Church Walk, where all of my mother's side of the family had been hatched, matched, and dispatched. I was raised in Wear Garth till the age of twelve years old when my parents left Sunderland for work in the midlands. Although times were hard in Sunderland at the time for many, we as a family of eleven didn't have much. I have some fond memories of my early life there. I can always remember playing on the quay side with friends oblivious to the danger of no barriers to prevent children from falling into the water, there had been a few children had lost their lives through drowning and I was forever been told not to go down there and keep off the quay side by my mother. I suppose I was naughty and offen disobeyed my mother and still went down there with friends. I recall it was about 1956/1957 when a battleship docked on... Read more
Thomas And Margaret Riley
I am looking for information about my grandparents Thomas and Margaret Riley. They lived on Henry Street in Seaham in the early 1900s but later lived in Ryhope on 31 Burden, where my grandfather and many of his seven sons were miners. My mother, Anne, recently died. I do hope someone can help me with information. There were 7 sons and 3 daughters.
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.
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!
