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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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The Cross Family. Percy Main.

My father, Alex cross, and his siblings grew up in brunton street, he said it curved around and theirs had an old boat in the garden/yard. I am going back to the 1930s. I cannot find any photos of brunton street, has anyone got one? His dad was Fred, born London, mother Lilian(nee Stuart). There was Tom, Lena, Alex, Harold, Maisy, Freda and Raymond. It appears much changed from when my father was young.
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Added 19 September 2021

Need To Find If A Public House Is Still Up & Running
My name is Pat Turner & i was born 28/03/1943 @ home which was 19 Whitworth Street,Walker. Recently my mum passed away & her last request was her ashes be taken home & scattered on her mother's grave. My family are going to make this journey from Crewe,Cheshire.we have all the information regarding the church & plot etc What I'd like to know if the Wink pub still ...see more
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Added 21 June 2014

My Grandma
my grandma was called Martha Dinnie, came from Jarrow, lived at 55, Hedly Street, Percy Main.
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Added 28 April 2014

Looking For Long Lost Cousin
Anyone out there know of the wherabouts of mr Foster Bell, my cousin, trying to locate him, he lived in Percy Main (old) village?
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Added 23 April 2014

Living In Wallsend

I am 54 now and have two brothers Billy & Mark and two sisters Hazel & Linda, we were all brought up in Willington Quay (George Street),( apart from Linda who was not born then), until we moved up into High Howdon, (Purley Close no 36). I went to the Bewick first school on Tynemouth Rd Howdon and then Richadrson Dees Middle School on Wallsend high street, before attending Willington high school on ...see more
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Added 29 October 2013

Born 1915
My father, Arthur Harrison Cook, was born in Tynemouth in 1915. He attended Percy Main school and Victoria School. He moved to Grimsby in 1939 to join the police force and became a Chief Inspector. His uncle Harry Wilson lived in Latimer Street, and I believe there were some newsagents shops which the family owned. Dad is still living in his own home with my mother and will soon be 98.
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Added 03 July 2013

Early Years At Percy Main
My teen years were spent in Mindrum Terr (the buildings). I started work with Percy Couchman the local builder but left to earn more money at the Loco Sheds as a cleaner fireman.
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Added 06 August 2011

Percy Main Village
I was born in 1947, and lived at number 14, Blyth Street, Percy Main village, my maiden name was Bell. My mam was called Ethel, dad was Bob, and my sister was Iris. When I was a child my granda Joe Bell, his daughter Phemie and her husband Charles and their son Brian Poulter lived in Backworth Street. My aunt Beth, her husband Bob and son Foster Bell lived in St Johns Street. I miss the village greatly, but ...see more
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Added 28 May 2010