Heddon On The Wall, Hexham Road c.1960
Photo ref: H553001
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Photo of Heddon On The Wall, Hexham Road c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Heddon-on-the-Wall

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Heddon-on-the-Wall

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My dad, Henry Ritchie, was in Cheeseburn Grange from St Vincent de Paul Orphanage in Brunel Street. Does anyone remember him? Thanks.
I was one fifth of a rock band called The Hangmen who played at the Knott Memorial hall in the centre of Heddon-on-the-Wall. Every Sunday we would transport our equipment and instruments to the hall and play songs and tunes to an audience of teens, mostly girls, and a great time was had by all. For our efforts we received the princely sum of ten shillings but singing songs to pretty girls was payment enough ...see more