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Seaton Sluice & Billy Mill
My grandfather John Johnson was born around 1900 and lived all his early life around Billy Mill and Seaton Sluice. He told me that as a boy of about eleven he spent two weeks' holiday with his friend, the lighthouse keeper's son, on nearby St Mary's island and that they were able to explore part of an ancient underground tunnel leading from the island to Seaton Delaval Hall. I believe they were only able to go so far before encountering a roof fall - I've often wondered if any trace of this old passage probably used for smuggling, still exists. His cousin Joe Robson was, I'm told, the lifeguard at adjacent Colywell Bay. My elderly aunt (now in her mid nineties) tells me that as a girl both she and her sister saw Joe as a Northumbrian Adonis patrolling the coastline and winning the admiration of all. When I had a chance encounter with him in the mid- seventies outside the Working Mens Cub at Seaton Sluice, he pulled my... Read more
The Old Wood Buildings That Were The Chip Shop And Butchers
Having grown up in Seaton Sluice I can remember the old wooden buildings that were the chip shop and the one next to it being the butchers. I can also remember them being pulled down and the present ones being built.
Family Tree Hunting
i visited seaton sluice in feb 2007 to track where my father was born,silverhills,hartley.i managed to find the address he was registered at in 1901 census,but can anyone tell me anything about silverhills,or his family,his name was redvers wilson,born on 14 th may 1900,he had one sister that i met,called nancy,but am sure there were others.
My Early Years
I was born at South Newshamin 1934 and went to the local school, then on to New Delaval. Then we moved to the Newsham Road area and I then went to P. L. Rd. South Newsham was a great place to grow up in. My name was then Stafford.
My Birthplace
My mother, Lily Mathtews and I, were both born in the same miner's cottage at 109 Station Rd, just cross from the Welcome Church. She was born in 1903 and I in 1932. My granny, Ada, was an artist and moved to 8 Sunnyside, and during the war my brother and I used to visit all summer long, from our home in Scotland. The cottages are long gone and there's a lovely park there now. My grandfather's allotment was across the street from the cottages. In the distance, you could see the huge airship hangar,as well as giant slag heaps. The area around Sunnyside, which is now all built up, used to be fields in every direction, My uncle Jack, was on the trains and we used to go to the stile near the railway line to see him come home every night, and he'd wave to us. He and his wife Bella, Granny's best friends for life, lived at No. 4 Sunnyside. They had a Manx cat with no... Read more
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!!
Cramlington Co-Op
My family and I used to live at Forest Hall. My grandfather John, Malone, was General Manager for the Co-op, in Cramlington, Forest Hall, Blyth, Seaton Delaval, and Westmoor. I have memories of going with him on a Saturday morning sometimes to Cramlington Co-op. Then we would go to visit an aunt and uncle, at High Pit, and have a cup of tea and a peice of cake. I remember at my aunt's house at High Pit, their toilets were outside, across the road, they ran along in a line opposite their houses. I used to think that was great, I don't suppose they did at the time, 1934-1966. Those houses aren't there any more, and sadly my aunt and uncle, Molly and Stan Chapman, have gone also. Happy childhood memories.
Brenda.
