Cramlington

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Happy days

I was born in No. 23 Hastings Street  in 1950 (is anyone still living there?). Moved away 1968. Was a regular client of the cinema (flea pit) at Klondyke. I remember the coal trains running above the road between High Pit and Klondyke. The road dipped down under the bridge then rose up the other side. Long since gone. I spent my evenings, as a child, exploring the Cramlington countryside by torchlight. You cannot do that today. Happy days!!

Contributed by mick flynn

Happy days

I was born in No. 23 Hastings Street  in 1950 (is anyone still living there?). Moved away 1968. Was a regular client of the cinema (flea pit) at Klondyke. I remember the coal trains running above the road between High Pit and Klondyke. The road dipped down under the bridge then rose up the other side. Long since gone. I spent my evenings, as a child, exploring the Cramlington countryside by torchlight. You cannot do that today. Happy days!!

A memory of Cramlington contributed by mick flynn

My first visit to Nelson Village

My mother originated from Nelson Village and took us for our first visit when I was twelve years old. Her father (Joseph Heslop) worked down the pits, sadly he passed away before I was born. We met another couple, Mr and Mrs Kenny, who were very fond of my mother as a child. They were so pleased to see her and made us all so welcome. No one comes close to the friendliness and generosity that's shown from the Geordies. I will never forget my first visit and I hope I have more to come. Sadly my mum's passed away now but hopefully one day I will meet her relatives.  
A memory of Nelson Village contributed by davina smith

Searching for....

My father, John Robert Coulson, Jr., was born in Bebside, England on December 30, 1907.  He came to America with his mother as a young boy.  His mother's name was Emma Jane Worth Coulson and she had relatives in Shankhouse.  My father's father was also John Robert Coulson and died before my father came to the United States.  I will be visiting there in late May 2008 and would love to find relatives, go to the cemetery, just search for places my father might have been.  My father never returned to England but I remember him saying he had a cousin.  Does anybody know the Coulsons or Worths and can you e-mail me some information.  Thank you.  My e-mail is sara_davis@bellsouth.net. ...read more here
A memory of Bebside contributed by Sara Davis