Southey Street As A Kid

A Memory of Gateshead.

Just read a memory of standing outside the factories of Clark Chapmans and asking if anyone had any bait left. I did the same myself, it brought back powerful memories of living in Southey Street until I was 11 years old. My father has just passed away at 88, he worked in Clark Chapmans. Just another thought, can anyone remember the gas explosion that demolished a house near the bottom of the street? We got our bonfire wood from there for a few years. Email:murr.a@hotmail.com


Added 14 April 2012

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We lived next to the house that blew up but it happened before I was born. My brothers and sisters remembered it though. My Mam, Alice was interviewed by the local paper but they misquoted her on everything she said. The house was never refurbished and was a storage area for bonfire wood all year. I moved from there in 1965 when I was nearly 7.

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