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 Leadgate, Front Street 1967 (ref: L164023) |
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I had lived in Leadgate since birth back in 1982 when we used to live on Dunelm Way. Back then Leadgate was a quiet little friendly village where everybody knew everybody. My Dads (David Parkin) half of the family lived close by and i remember going to my Grandma & Grandad's every saturday for tea on Dunelm Close. The shops where nearby on Front Street and had Happy Shopper with the Pet shop next door. Down the street was the Golden Lion pub which had a statue above the door of a golden lion, a little sweet shop i used to go in every day after school for a little treat of a quarter of sweets, bon-bons usually :-) . Next door was a ladies fashion shop and a butchers on the corner, i think it was called Fosters but i may be wrong...in fact i think its still there! Directly across the street there was a shop on the corner which always seemed to change. I remember it being a DIY shop last time i was there. Up the other end of the street was Lesleys hairdressers where i remember my Dad taking me to get my first haircut (back when i thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was the bees knees, and subsequently asked for a flat-top to be like him he he) there was Klers Fish Bar, the owner had a sistinctive birth mark...if you have been there, you will know what i mean, nice chap too! They do the BEST fish and chips there ever!!! On the odd occasion we would go up to Consett and check out the Saturday market or go to the Empire theatre house for the odd flick or two...GOOD TIMES! My Dad recently moved to Ridley Terrace near Park Villas. Where he has an amazing view right across fields upon fields where you can see Pont-on-pike (im not sure if thats how you spell it, thats how i say it you see lol). I now live in Blackpool and i miss Leadgate. I will never forget the place, its people and my old friends from there. Its a place where you feel you belong and im proud to say im from here. Posted: 15/10/2008 10:49 by Dean Parkin |
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Leadgate, Front Street 1967 (ref: L164023) |
Year: 1970
Leadgate Memories
Welcome to all. Most of my life was spent in Leadgate where I enjoyed living. I moved to a beautiful village called Milborne Port near a nice town called Sherborne in Dorset. I am married to a beautiful women called Caroline who came from Farmborough. I have worked for a construction firm in Yeovil for 25 years. I did make a lot of friends in Leadgate, I was still a member of Leadgate Club until a few years ago, I was a member for over 20 odd years. I used to live at Watling Bungalows. My dad William (Bill) Yallop lived with my brother Trevor at Dunelm Close (both deceased). My grandfather and grandmother also lived at Leadgate, Guy and Ethel Westall. My great grandmother also lived there, we called her Little Nanna, her surname was Ringer. My uncle Brian (Westall) and auntie Maureen (Bayles) lived in Leadgate. I worked at Hounsgills Plate Mill (British Steel) for 5 years untill it closed down. I used to go drinking in the Sportmans Arms, Back O The Shaft and The Commercial. The lads at the time I was there, when we went to see Newcastle United play home and away or often sat on a bench outside Gordon's second hand shop drinking cider until opening time, the lads are Adrian Pooley(who I grew up with), Paul Watson, Paul Wilson, Steve and Frank Castleline, Kevin Toole, John Stelling (great times). I was also a paperboy for Les Temple (he would tell me off because I was waiting outside the shop for him to open so I could deliver my papers morning and evening, he would always say I was too early), a lovely man. The butchers on the corner used to sell great pork sandwiches and pease pudding!! It had a lot of pubs for a small village. Everyone I knew, I hope they are all well. Last edited: 17/06/2008 13:09 by Stephen Yallop |
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Leadgate, Front Street 1967 (ref: L164023) |
Year: 1960
Leadgate Village
I grew up in Leadgate and have many fond memories of the village. The shops - Les Temple's the newsagent, Oughton's fish and chips (later the bookies), Billy Pledger's 'Modern Hair Fashions' and his aunt's place Crosbie's selling knitting wools etc, Bousteads, Tilney's the post office (selling all kinds of goods from stamps to furniture) and, of course, Di Palma's who made and sold the best ice-cream in the world! There was Pace's chemist shop and Cecil Best the butcher and even a bank on the corner of Front Street and Watling Street. The village has changed, as it must, but memories live on. Posted: 10/01/2008 11:00 by First Name Last Name |
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