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THE POPULAR CAFE
My memory is of living and working at The Popular Cafe which belonged to my parents Jim and Evelyn Arkle. The cafe can be seen on the photo of the Esplanade, it is the first building on the right of the archway. I can see the windows of the room in which I was born. They had the cafe built inthe 1930s and we lived above the business till my parents sold it in the 1960s. It was, as the name explains, a popular spot for people to meet. Many a night it was full of courting couples looking into each others eyes over a cup of coffee. Mam and Dad always had a coal fire brightly burning and there was always a dash for the tables next to the fireplace. Mam was well known for her embroidery pictures which lined the walls of the cafe, she even appeared on Tyne Tees Television in the 1960s on a Magazine programme of the time. Does anybody remember this venue? Sadly my... Read more
Arkles Cafe
Hi Ann! I remember your cafe and Jim and you very well. Just returned to UK after 33 years in South Africa. How is your memory? The name is 'Cliff' Clavering. I'm now living near Cambridge. If you see this give me a call on 01353 864 428.
I FELL IN LOVE THERE XX
I had never been to the north of England, I am a Cockney London girl, four years ago I met my angel of the north, I came to Seaburn where he lived, I love the place and the people, for the first time in my life I felt a sense of contentment. I walked along Roker beach, Sea Road, I adored the little shops there, I planned to leave London and set up home in Seaburn, I could so have been happy there, people just saying hello to you while walking along the beach, that just does not happen in the east end of London any more! But I felt safe to be there and safe with a man I truly loved... We planned to meet on New Year's Day 2008, at 12 on the beach at Seaburn, and start our new life together once and for all, but due to a family issue I did not make it on New Year's Day, and my dream faded, so it was... 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.
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