Born Here And Still Live Here

A Memory of Lemington.

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 have a fruit and veg shop at the bottom of union hall road the andersons, just over the bridge there was mr and mrs potter affectionately known Mr Pastry, Gibsons the newsagents. The co-op run by Mr Foster the stalwart organist at sugley church, Mr glass at the maydew dairy and his daughter. Elswick bakery on the corner, Miss hemingway the hairdresser and the "Nit" nurse Miss smith who was another stalwart of lemington. Mr arkless who repaired our shoes and joyce brown who sold beautiful ham, westlakes sweet shop and also the london and newcastle tea company. Spences and fullertons fish shop, I used to walk out of my house directly into school where the caretaker for absolutely years was Mr Moody, teachers were Mr robertson and Mr carr (headteachers) and the one not to mess with was Miss Cundell!!!!!!., I. will write some more soon