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Ryton, Tyne And Wear
Ryton maps
Historic maps of Ryton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Ryton maps
Historic map of Ryton
Illustrated Victorian map of Tyne And Wear
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Memories of Ryton
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Childhood:W.Websters village shop
I was born in 1951. My parents owned the W Websters store in Barmoor Lane. I believe the old premises is now known as Orchard Cottage. I remember the sandshoes for sale dangling from the rafters and the butter was weighed out. My older sister helped serve sometimes after school. Dad set up a train set for Christmas for village folk... [more]
Shared on 17 October 2009
Childhood: Newcastle v Birmingham
I remember going to my grandparents' house in Low Row, Addison. It was a colliery village and it was always a treat to go there in my summer holidays. The house was basically a two up, two down but the downstairs back room was where we slept, with my mum and dad and baby brother. The house had no electricity, just... [more]
Shared on 12 June 2009
My first visit to Ryton was when my mother took me and my sister to Ryton Willows during the war years. The train from Gateshead station stopped at the Willows and I recall next to the station was a place for eating your own meals which had to be brought. I can't recall any facilities for tea or meals service. The... [more]
Shared on 04 August 2009
I was born at Crookhill, just outside Ryton and went to Hookergate Grammar School in 1956. When the Ferndene pool was opened we were taken by bus from school to the pool where we were given swimming lessons. My memory is of having to jump from the HIGH diving board and being absolutely terrified as it was just so high. Looking... [more]
Shared on 24 June 2009
Tyne And Wear memories
I lived in Crawcrook until I was 13 years old, then we moved to Coventry, that was about 1955/56. My dad was a miner and had to leave because of the pit closing. I remember happy times playing out down the channels and paddling in the Tyne, going to Whitley Bay for holidays. I went back this year (2009) twice and... [more]
Shared on 23 November 2009
I was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. My mum was born and grew up in Newcastle and so many of my aunties and uncles and cousins were all Geordies. My Uncle George and Aunty Beatty (Charlton) lived in Crawcrook in Morgy Hill and I spent many happy holidays there as a child. My Uncle George worked at Clara Vale and I... [more]
Shared on 09 March 2010
On September 2nd 1947 the 1983 Newburn bridge was the last bridge on the Tyne to be freed of tolls. Dan Dowson and Dick Browell led Northumberland and Durham County councillors over to mark the occasion.
Shared on 22 February 2010
On August the 11th 1973 Councillor Conway presented the 10th Duke of Northumberland with the peppercorn rent of a red rose for the use of land near the library on which was the rose park opened July 28th 1956.
Shared on 22 February 2010
Extracts From Ryton & Tyne And Wear books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ryton, inspired by Frith photos.
County Durham Photographic Memories
Perhaps the flowerbeds in the foreground are a taste of things to come. In 1968 Ryton won the Britain in Bloom trophy.
This is an extract from County Durham Photographic Memories.
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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories
When this picture was taken, Ryton was a pit village in County Durham with no less than five working pits in the immediate vicinity. Now a part of Tyne & Wear, Ryton, like a hundred or more other places, is pitless, though some light industry was attracted to the area. In the background is Holy Cross Church with its unusual broach spire. ... [more]
This is an extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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County Durham Photographic Memories
Often considered to be the prettiest village on Tyneside, Ryton in the early 19th century was a popular residential area for wealthy Newcastle businessmen and merchants, even though it would soon be given over to coal mining.
This is an extract from County Durham Photographic Memories.
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