Nostalgic memories of Lemington's local history
Share your own memories of Lemington and read what others have said
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.
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Displaying Memories 1 - 10 of 17 in total
i was born in late 1949 in sugley street and currently live in the street directly opposite rokeby street with the school in the middle my name i s geoffrey watson although my surname was changed from hudspith when i was fifteen. not a lot of changes over the years building wise i remember some shop names along tyne view merrix,s where you used to buy paraffin from, the lovely old couple that used to ...see more
Please forgive me if I use this to inquire about local & school friends. Its a long time since I left and trust someone will know what happend to these chums and if any are still living. Derek Pickering. Bruce Gillespie, Barry Beresford,
Marion Sillet, Alex Whitehead and John Huntingdon.
All leads will be much appreciated
In the Fifties I discovered, or rather was introduced to, a coffee bar somewhere in Lemington, in Newcastle and this became the place to go! I don't remember what we drank - coffee? squash? I have no recollection. But what I do vividly remember is the juke-box! We kept putting the money in and it rewarded us with those great hits of the day: Red River Rock, Oh Carol, Blueberry Hill - every one of them a winner! ...see more
I lived in Rokeby Villas, had a brother named Arthur, who belonged to the Boys Brigade, Archie Waters, Billy Cockburn, Harry Gibson, Colin Robinson, Ian Wilson,.
I was 5yrs younger, friends, Dorota Swedkowicz, Lily Robson,
Eileen Atkinson, Elizabeth Lambert, Brian and Margaret Jude. Richard Gair, Ross Hall, Wilfred Gibson, (parents had newsagent on Tyne view) and George Blanchflower. Most of us went to ...see more
I lived at 23 Swinburn terrace bells close and went to Sugley Parish church. Lemington infants then the big school. I left there when I was 15 and did not make it to Claremont. I was born at Dilston Hall hospital Corbridge we moved to a new estate next to Union Hall beside the dene Linnel Drive we used to stand on the bridge wait for the steam train to come and cover us with steam then we would run ...see more
I remember leaving lemington middle school to move to the brand new Shool up the hill at the top of Claremont around 1963 and left in May 1965,and moved to Halifax where I had a nasty works accident and lost my left leg,I had many happy memories of school and Lemington boys club and had many friends at both,I think the boys club was run by a nice man called Geoff.Two of my mates were Richard Fraser and Terry Johnstone who lived at dene avenue. Andrew Gunn.
I remember living in Bells Close from early 70 to mid 80s, in fact I delivered papers to Bells Close and Sugley from the paper shop that used to be along from the new Lemington Centre, on the block that had the butchers! But, was I the only village boy? I remember walking along and sitting on the big black pipe in Sugley Dene but cant remember who with, in fact I remember sitting on St ...see more
Scouting Life during the Forties
I was born in January 1936 in a large village, Lemington in Northumberland, England. Lemington bordered on the limit of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was a working class area and the houses ranged from coal miners houses with no indoor bathrooms to new ones that were build by the council around the time I was born. My family moved in to the house, I was born ...see more
I was at Newburn Hall school in Lemington from 1940 to 1951 and I was wondering if anyone knows any of my class mates that attended with me or what has become of them.
Eddie Ormston, Billy Smith, Ronny Curry, Billy Edwards, Jim Danskin Ken Satterly, Tommy Gilley, the twins Jack and Peter Curliss, Margaret Thomson,Mary Thomson. Mable Hartley, Enid Storey, June Laverick, Beverly Bainbridge or any others that were in that class.
Hi, I am wondering if I can use this site to find out more about the Staffords who lived at 27 Eva Street, Lemington. Thomas Stafford's son Ronald Charles Stafford married a Josephine Storey of Gateshead in 1972 and I am hoping someone from this site knows any information about them. Josephine Storey is my long lost sister and would love to be able to contact her.