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Silksworth maps
Historic maps of Silksworth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Silksworth maps
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Ryhope| Sunderland| Seaham| Houghton Le Spring| Seaburn| Easington Lane| Lambton Park| Washington| East Boldon| West Boldon| Cleadon| Lumley Park| Whitburn| Easington| Easington Colliery| Finchale Priory
Silksworth area books
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Tyne and Wear memories
My Teenage Years
I remember living across the field at Farringdon comp. as was. I used to climb the fence and run across the school field. I used to have 2 very good friends, Ann Boswell and Sharon Butler, we were never bored and I remember hanging around Gilley Law. I moved away with me dad in 1977.
East End
I was born in Sunderland in 1948 and Christened in Holy Trinity Church, Church Walk, where all of my mother's side of the family had been hatched, matched, and dispatched. I was raised in Wear Garth till the age of twelve years old when my parents left Sunderland for work in the midlands. Although times were hard in Sunderland at the time for many, we as a family of eleven didn't have much. I have some fond memories of my early life there. I can always remember playing on the quay side with friends oblivious to the danger of no barriers to prevent children from falling into the water, there had been a few children had lost their lives through drowning and I was forever been told not to go down there and keep off the quay side by my mother. I suppose I was naughty and offen disobeyed my mother and still went down there with friends. I recall it was about 1956/1957 when a battleship docked on... Read more
Thomas And Margaret Riley
I am looking for information about my grandparents Thomas and Margaret Riley. They lived on Henry Street in Seaham in the early 1900s but later lived in Ryhope on 31 Burden, where my grandfather and many of his seven sons were miners. My mother, Anne, recently died. I do hope someone can help me with information. There were 7 sons and 3 daughters.
Growing up in West Herrington
I moved to West Herrington village in 1953 as a baby, along with my older sister and parents into a new house in St Cuthberts Road and this was to stay the family home until my mother died in March 2007. My brother was born here in 1954 and my youngest sister in 1959. Although this was a 2-bedroomed house, we managed. The village was the most fantastic place to grow up: it was a close-knit community and a very safe place to be. As a child the farm cottages at the top of the village were still there and we spent a lot of time in with the animals although we were always very aware and scared of Charlie the Bull). Our milk was delivered by the horse and cart in the early days and the dray bringing the beer to the Shoulder of Mutton was also horse-drawn. Once a month on the first Thursday (I think) St Cuthberts church was open for a morning holy communion and although... Read more
Home to my McCue And Routledge Ancestors
This would have been an everyday sight for my ancestors who worked in the paper mill at Hendon and for the NE Railway.
Going to School
My family and I lived in Seaburn, a suburb of Sunderland north of the River Wear, and from 1942 to 1944 I attended the nursery department of the Sunderland High School, south of the Wear. Every morning and evening my father, who taught in Sunderland Technical College, would take and fetch me travelling in a tram like the one on this photo.
Happy Days
My parents used to take my brother and me to Roker Park so that we could play there. Our favourite game was rushing up and down the path running through the ravine, which can be seen on this picture.
