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Nostalgic memories of Newburn's local history

Share your own memories of Newburn 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.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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Displaying Memories 21 - 30 of 58 in total

Newburn Bridge
On September 2nd 1947 the 1983 Newburn bridge was the last bridge on the Tyne to be freed of tolls. Dan Dowson and Dick Browell led Northumberland and Durham County councillors over to mark the occasion.
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Added 22 February 2010

Duke Of Northumberland
On August the 11th 1973 Councillor Conway presented the 10th Duke of Northumberland with the peppercorn rent of a red rose for the use of land near the library on which was the rose park opened July 28th 1956.
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Added 22 February 2010

Boat House
These are the years when the boat house was flooded, 1771 1832, 1850. They are still marked outside of the boat house. And in 1798 George Stephenson worked at the Water Row colliery.
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Added 22 February 2010

Ferry
Matthew Kirton, owner of Walbottle brick works, used to arrange for this river ferry to take Sunday School and other outings down river to North Shields and back, the ferry was called 'Blue Bonnet'.
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Added 22 February 2010

Spencer And Sons Ltd
Spencers made the largest steel plate in the world, it was for the liner the 'Mauretania', diameter 13 feet 4ins.
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Added 22 February 2010

Newburn Church
There used to be a friend of the famly called Susie Handcock, she worked as the cleaner at the church, as she was cleaning inside near the altar a piece of plaster fell and underneath was a lovely painting of Saint Michael and All Angels. I was at a wedding there last year, and I saw it must have been covered up, if so that's a shame, unless it was destroyed in the fire. At one time Susie was supposed to have found ...see more
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Added 24 January 2010

Tab Packets
I was eleven in this year 1954 and me and the lads were by this time avid collectors of anything, tab packets was top of most lists, we would scour the streets and gutters wherever we went for that elusive cardboard. The bins behind the Conservative Club proved quite lucrative, so was outside the Imperial Pictures, especially if there was an epic film on and the queue was long, as soon as the doors opened I would be ...see more
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Added 03 January 2010

Millfield Crescent
I lived in 88 Millfield Crescent
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Added 30 December 2009

Long Lost Memories
I was born in Dilston, Hexham as most were from that time. But lived in Millfield 400 yards behind where that photo was taken. Then moved to the white city as it was called, in Throckley. I now live on the coast in Kent, but was there in May 2009. The first things I remember of that street, was my mother taking me to the bingo hall. That is this there on the left hand side, then getting chips across the road. Nardini's if I remember right....... more memories soon Thomas Wilson (Tosh)
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Added 30 December 2009

Christmas
This is about Christmas Day 57 years ago, and how things have changed. Even though we had nowt it was still a very exciting time, as it is now, but money was tight and we could only have the presents that each family could afford. What I mean by this is, there wasn't such a thing as credit like today when you, 'buy now, pay later'. We always had our stockings on the end of the bed, filled with nowt fancy, just a handful ...see more
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Added 25 December 2009