Great Memories Of Durham City

My dad was in the Police Force in Durham. Bill Tarn. Sadly passed away peacefully last December. Your right about the chip shop (sweaty berries)

Sorry it was Sweaty Betties

My dad was a sergeant in Durham police,we lived in meadow field police station in early 50,s my first job was in John Colliers shop 1954 in silver street.i then worked west Brandon drift mine,joined South African navy,3 yrs later joined met police ,31 years,bank of England security 9yrs,now 77 live in Essex happily married for 56 yrs.jim mcnab ec Durham Johnston grammar school.y

Ohh wow thanks for the message, my dad is 93 now. Can't walk much but what a brain on him, he still drives too haa. Sorry Geoff Tarn its a late message I've just had an e mail. Sorry to hear about your dad too bless him. Yes sweaty betties haaa, the chips were nice, we had them on way back from the police swimming sessions at Durham baths.
James mcnab, we lived in the police houses in meadowfield , this was in the 60s, dad was a detective a lit if the time in Bishop Auckland in the 50s, Newton aycliff, consett, I went to Brandon secondary school and left in 1965. Used to play on the segga. Now in Devon and 65 years old , im a driving instructor, so watch dad close with his driving haaa. Well that was a real nice blast from the past. Thanks guys.......
John Greenwell.

Just an after thought, you said you worked in John Colliers. I can still remember the advert on TV for that shop from 55 years ago.
"John Collier-John Colliers the window to watch." Haaa where did that come from.

Just chatting to my dad and he reminded me that my Great granfather used to run the Brittania Inn at Claypath in the 1930's in the city, his name was Ernest Garget Greenwell, before that he had the Colliery Inn at Croxdale in the 1920's.
I as a child in the 1950's went to Cockton Hill school in Bishop Auckland before moving to Consett, good grief that was a cold and windy place. We lived in the police houses in Medomsley road, and I can remember one morning waking up to a snow drift level with the bedroom windowcill, I was all for jumping into it before mother pulled me back haaa. I only see about a flurry of snow in Devon unless I go up to Dartmoor near the prison, then it can be quite heavy.Sorry for going on haaa but memories are going around my head right now and it's great.
As you walk up Silver street to the square and turn left in Durham city, there was a narrow lane with steep steps down to the river just on the left I think, I have drury lane in my head but not sure, we walked down there as kids and it was really scarey, on the way the the baths.