Newburn, Church Walk And Library c.1955
Photo ref: N59301
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A Selection of Memories from Newburn

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 Newburn

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Can any of you lovely folk tell me if Millfield Cresent still stands . My dad was born there in 1925 & I would like to come see it . Thanks in advance
I have written about my family in a series of books called the Douglas Trilogy; www.mytruthliesintheruins.com I visited Wilbrighton Hall about 15 years ago and took many pictures that I would gladly share. Acquired in 1305 by Sir William Bagot with his new wife Eleanora of Lovaine, widow of William de Ferres, and widow of Sir William Douglas of Scotland who died a prisoner 6 November 1298 in the White ...see more
Thanks to everyone who sent their memories of Newburn and Millfield, it brings it all back! I lived at 16 victoria terrace from about 1955 until it was demolished. I remembered how overcrowded we must have been in a one bedroomed house, what with my mam, dad, me and my brother in the only bedroom, and the front room occupied by my newlywed aunt and her husband(who was doing his national service), what a way to start ...see more
ONE OF MY FIRST MEMORIES OF OLD MILFIELD WAS MY MAM(ALWAYS CALLED HER MA)GETTING ME READY ON A COLD DARK MORNING TO GO DOWN TO MY NANAS(MEGY BELL)WHO LOOKED AFTER ME SO MY MAM COULD START WORK AT 7-30 AT SPENCERS,WE ALWAYS CALLED IT SPENCERS DONT KNOW WHEN IT CHANGED TO WOODHEADS, SHE WORKED THERE WITH A LOAD OF OTHER WOMEN AND THERE ALL SEAMED TO LOVE THE JOB.MY MAM USED TO MAKE ALL SORTS OF SPRINGS IN HER SHOP. THIS WAS A ...see more