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Wallsend memories
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Gainers Terrace
I was born at number 13 on 4/9/1950 and was happy there until my mam died, then me dad and I moved in with Sylvia and Fred in Woodbine Ave. I went back up home in 2006 and it had all gone, streets in my memory alone. I used to watch the ships being built from the bedroom window in number 13 and my dad Harry was a stager at Swan Hunters, then at Clelands in Willington Quay. He used to drink in the Ship Inn and I remember ginger beer in the snug. My brother Brian left on his fateful last journey on the eve of his 21st birthday two years before my mam took her own life in 1960, ...read more here
Contributed by pam shepherd
Cinemas
I was born in 1951, so belong to the generation of Saturday morning cinema goers in Wallsend who just couldn't wait for Saturdays. The choice was big in the late 1950's.
The Gaumont (corner of Park Road and High Street East).
The Royal (High Street East) and now the Lloyds TSB bank.
The Tyne (Station Road) pulled down to make way for The Forum.
The Queens (Station Road) behind Woolworth and opposite the Memorial Hall.
The Ritz (High Street West)
The favourite was The Ritz, an art deco cinema palace. I was an ABC Minor - the junior cinema goers club and still have the badge to prove it. Sixpence got you into the stalls and ...read more here
Contributed by Michael Innes
Tyne And Wear memories
Gainers Terrace
I was born at number 13 on 4/9/1950 and was happy there until my mam died, then me dad and I moved in with Sylvia and Fred in Woodbine Ave. I went back up home in 2006 and it had all gone, streets in my memory alone. I used to watch the ships being built from the bedroom window in number 13 and my dad Harry was a stager at Swan Hunters, then at Clelands in Willington Quay. He used to drink in the Ship Inn and I remember ginger beer in the snug. My brother Brian left on his fateful last journey on the eve of his 21st birthday two years before my mam took her own life in 1960, ...read more here
A memory of Wallsend contributed by pam shepherd
Cinemas
I was born in 1951, so belong to the generation of Saturday morning cinema goers in Wallsend who just couldn't wait for Saturdays. The choice was big in the late 1950's.
The Gaumont (corner of Park Road and High Street East).
The Royal (High Street East) and now the Lloyds TSB bank.
The Tyne (Station Road) pulled down to make way for The Forum.
The Queens (Station Road) behind Woolworth and opposite the Memorial Hall.
The Ritz (High Street West)
The favourite was The Ritz, an art deco cinema palace. I was an ABC Minor - the junior cinema goers club and still have the badge to prove it. Sixpence got you into the stalls and ...read more here
A memory of Wallsend contributed by Michael Innes